notes about trans men

• trans men and trans women have almost nothing in common as classes (so stop talking about “the trans community/umbrella/whatever” as if it exists in a meaningful way)
• trans men have systemic power that they can and do leverage against women, including cis women, regardless of the status or type of their transition (it’s always okay to call them out for their misogyny, and you don’t have to specify that you’re talking about cis men unless you’re actually only talking about cis men)
• trans men may not reclaim the slur “tranny,” because it’s a transmisogynistic slur that is rarely used against them (and, when it is, it’s because of their proximity to trans women)
• boys are icky