in a queer discord server im in there was a notice today. "please refrain from using she/her for anyone today because [one specific trans guy]'s dysphoria has been really bad due to a family event". i continued to use she/her for my wife, obviously. got asked to use they/them "just this once" "for his sake"
i responded "im not gonna misgender my wife for your comfort" and swiftly got kicked out of the server. lmao
please tell me this is a joke 😭 nobody’s masculinity is that fragile. surely. surely.
i don’t think that men with masculinity so fragile they can confidently ask an entire chat full of people to not reference she/her pronouns for a full day are in any position to laugh at anybody.
anyway, “boy who is so sexist he’s afraid of pronouns” is a much funnier meme.
literally just “Women should cover up their bodies so men don’t get distracted or make bad decisions” with a trans coat of paint.
can you imagine the backlash there would be if trans girls said that trans men shouldn’t pack in queer spaces, because it could give us dysphoria? or that trans men shouldn’t have facial hair in queer spaces, because it could give us dysphoria? it is only ever women who are expected to change our presentation for the sake of men. just like in wider cisgender society, wow, who’d’ve thunk it?
can you imagine the backlash if a trans girl asked a queer discord server to not use he/him pronouns for the full day? can you imagine the vitriolic hatred that woman would face? wow, it’s almost like the double standards of the gender binary have implications on the trans community too 🤔
