Marc "ACAB" GodinDec 18, 2022

I'm a cis guy, and I want to write a #transmasc appreciation post, because I've learned a lot from listening to trans masc people.

Navigating masculinity is hard, in ways I never would have thought to articulate, if it weren't for the trans men and nonbinary people exploring and defining their own masculinities.

You guys have shown how to love - others and yourselves - how to be tender, how to show courage, how strength and vulnerability aren't opposites but are instead connected. You've made visible ideas that our society tries really, really hard to keep invisible.

And a lot of you are snappy dressers, too. And why are you all so handsome?

Anyway, just wanted to say I love and appreciate you #transmasculine folks out there. We need you in the world. My world is made better having you in it.

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@quietmarc I've said this before but also to add on my perspective as a trans woman: after a lifetime of failing masculinity and finding so much misery in it, it's awesome and healing to see people finding so much vitality in something I could never bring myself to want. the trans men I know do such a wonderful job of making masculinity into something new and bright that I wouldn't want to live my life without, living it in ways I wouldn't have thought of
Dec 18, 2022 at 5:48pmWeb
Show threadAkopalypse 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Dec 20, 2022
@star @quietmarc I feel very similar about my trans sisters (and also my cis sisters and transfem enby siblings) and their femininity. When I was trying to be a woman, I had a very negative, toxic view of femininity. But now that I don't force myself to be a woman anymore, I can finally see the beauty in femininity and can appreciate women much more. And I especially love seeing my trans sisters explore and celebrate their femininity in a way I never could.  
Show threadundead enby of the apocalypseDec 25, 2022
@star @akopalypse @quietmarc it’s the same for me, it warms my heart to see my trans sisters find joy in femininity. I feel like ever since I realized I’m transmasculine I’ve started being able to see women in a completely different light because I no longer assumed they must be suffering like me.