[CW: Discussion of Racism and Transmisogyny]
…and I phrased it in a way that I think captures it best.
I’m black and transfeminine.
Transfeminine people are perceived as threats to women.
Black people, especially black men, are seen as aggressive, violent, and likely to commit crimes.
Since transfeminine people are often perceived as men, the intersection between racism and transmisogyny often stems from me being perceived as an even bigger threat.
And what feels the worst about this? I feel like it’s the other way around. I feel like I’m a threat to no one, but so many people are threats to me. My functioning and quality of the daily interactions I have with people are tremendously hindered by having to work around this psychologically.
It’s effectively how I got my “People are dangerous to you until proven otherwise” kind of mentality that makes me a doomer.
But then there’s the additional cherry on the top where being transfeminine, and trans generally, is ironically treated as being a “white” thing so black transfeminine people get the double whammy of “invisible but also dangerous.” It sucks, because like you said, trans POC are way, way more likely to be victimized than to be doing the victimizing, and POC have been an integral part of the history of the trans movement. Sending some virtual
Love you comrade. And I relate to this a lot. I don’t really like being perceived as a man and I have a complicated relationship with gender myself albeit without the added layer of being a black person.
Anyway
❤️
From reading your previous posts, I can see the soundness of your reasons to be cautious with people. They can be just plain dangerous, and it is becoming quite apparent that the situation for such vulnerable people is becoming more tenuous these days. I wish we lived in a better world where that was not the case. 💛
