Straight White Men/Real Men Don’t Bitch
Most of the trans content I see on social media
Glorifies and empowers trans women
And weirdly
Humiliates and silences trans men.
The only approved speakers are
Born- female enbies and trans women who are
Uplifting people of identical identities
The only motivating and uplifting content
I ever see about trans men
Centers ENTIRELY around top surgery whereas
Trans women’s content is all about self acceptance, empowerment, and
The choices you get to make, trans male content is about
How funny it is that you’re short, and how
Shitty and “in progress” your beard is, and how
We have “dykey faces” mannerisms despite
Rejected by all lesbian resources—
Add onto that being told you have
“Privileges” in the workforce such as
Being discriminated against on the regular but
Unable to say a single peep
About Jack shit
Because real men don’t bitch.
Why does it feel like I’m the only one who notices that
Nobody treats “trans men are men”
Like it’s a fucking actual real statement
I see absolutely
None
Of my trans experience being represented
Mostly because the only people
Anyone cares about transitioning
Are trans people who fit the narrative —
The rest of us are just awkward and
Nobody gives a single bit of a shit
About empowering trans men, especially not
White ones
Because intersectionality in practice makes it so that
There is a hierarchy of who gets the microphone
It doesn’t seem to matter if you’re trans or not—
Straight white men are not welcome.