Transgender Umbrella, ella, ella, eh… eh….. eh……..
If Bisexuals get their own fucking letter
Why not talk about
Trans men and women
As separate issues, the way
Life does?
Separate surgeries, separate hormones,
Separate starting points and separate end-goals.
Trans men and trans women
Do not share much experience besides
The transgender umbrella.
Nonbinary folks
Who do not medically or surgically transition
Have different experiences as well.
These things are all true–
Lesbians are not the same as gay men and
Pansexuals have their own thing.
Polyamorous folks don’t even need to have
A deviant sexuality. Why would we include
All of these alternate relationship models
As individual important details
While bundling together
All gender variations into
T and I categories.
What the actual fuck people
I was talking to a friend and he literally said
“I had no idea trans men and trans women had
Such different experiences”
I responded “why would you–
It’s as if we don’t exist unless
You happen to know one”
I’ve been waiting for years now for this not to be true
Alas, the only people
Concerned about the differences between
Trans men and trans women
Are conservative zealots like
Abigail Shrier who dare noticed something at all
Do I like her book? Eh, not much
But to be honest
Anyone who mentions that trans men
Have different life experiences
Is someone I will listen to, even if
I disagree with all of it, at least
For the love of god
Somebody else noticed.