transmisogyny

We see this transmisogyny everywhere, including the United States, but rarely does it receive the attention it deserves.

Take Action: Protest the Violence Against Transgender People in Venezuela « Gender Across Borders 2009

The situation for trans women, given that they are victims of both transphobia and transmisogyny, is particularly difficult.

Take Action: Protest the Violence Against Transgender People in Venezuela « Gender Across Borders 2009

And the transphobia/transmisogyny comes from devaluing femininity and valorizing masculinity, something that happens in every part of modern culture - lesbians do it, feminists do it, everyone does.

November 20th: what I remember. Elizabeth McClung 2007

When the main way to diagnose fetishistic transvestitism or autogynophilia is to look for the presence of sexual enjoyment, and trans women who enjoy their sexuality risk being given one of those diagnoses and denied trans related health care, that's transmisogyny.

The Bilerico Project 2009

When trans women are afraid to analyze or discuss the role of male privilege in their life because of the way accusations of male privilege have been used as weapons to silence, shame, and misgender trans women, that's transmisogyny.

The Bilerico Project 2009

(When that's something that trans women are asking for themselves, it's more complex, but probably still influenced by transmisogyny somewhere.)

The Bilerico Project 2009

When trans women have every aspect of their presentation examined and labeled either hyperfeminine and therefore fake or not feminine enough and therefore male, while the same traits would be seen as normal in cis women, that's transmisogyny.

The Bilerico Project 2009

When trans women who present femininely or assert a binary identity are blamed for perpetuating binary gender roles, while it's forgotten that many or even more cis women do the same, that's transmisogyny.

The Bilerico Project 2009

While it's true that individual preferences in partners are complicated, when large swaths of queer women's community exotify trans men or identify as trans-sensual or even "tranny chasers" while being clear that they will not consider trans women as potential partners, that's transmisogyny (and in some cases, general transphobia or cissexist exotification as well).

The Bilerico Project 2009

When people who are attracted to women and have met only a few trans women announce that they would never date a trans women, that's transmisogyny.

The Bilerico Project 2009