Masterpost of Transmasc Theory

The following is a list of posts, articles, sites etc that talk about transandrophobia and/or anti-transmasculinity, or broader issues and experiences of transmascs that may not use (or even like) this language. I think it's important to look at works from people of all perspectives, and I think it's important for us to be able to look at others' works and see if we can apply our own frameworks (i.e anti-transmasculinity) to the ideas they're presenting as well.

I have also included some texts that I consider foundational to these theories, and I highly recommend reading them to see the frameworks a lot of us are building upon.

Some of these works are much more academic in nature, which I understand is an entry barrier. If anyone needs help with parts of works that you may not understand or would like a second opinion, feel free to DM me or send me an ask and I'll try my best to help out if spoons and time is available.

** = contains more links you should also click through and read thoroughly. Some links may be repeated here, because I think they're also foundational and/or exceptional works.

Transmasc Issues & Experiences

Coiner's (st-dionysus) definition of transandrophobia

**genderkoolaid's intro to anti-transmasculinity

**Archive of Violence Against Trans*masculine People by genderkoolaid

**nothorses' pinned post

The Transgender Dictionary "Transandrophobia" page

Not transmasc invisibility, but erasure by S.L. Void

"irl we just kiss" by S.L Void

Boygirl Girlboy blues by S.L. Void

Eraserhead by Jude Doyle

TERFs, Trans Mascs, and Two Steve Feminism by Jude Doyle

Trans Man or Baby Boy? by Adrian Beyer

There is a hidden epidemic of violence against transmasculine people by Orion Rodriguez

Trans Male Privilege by The Trans Dandy

"My Story Is One of Many": The Criminalization of Testosterone HRT by Stann Fransisco

Strip searches, trauma, isolation: Trans men describe life behind bars by Aviva Stahl

**Repro Masculinity: “An intimate snapshot of trans masculinity, reproductive health and the care that keeps us alive” by Ale Pedraza Buenahora, with interviews of many others

Can the Monster Speak? by Paul B. Preciado

Youngman by Lou Sullivan (also known as We Both Laughed in Pleasure)

Sons of the Movement by Bobby Noble

Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green

A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar by Harry Nicholas

Transmasculinity and Feminism by Liam Lair

Other Trans Theory

Trans, Feminism: Or, Reading like a Depressed Transsexual by Cameron Awkward-Rich

The Transunitist Manifesto by Luke B.

The Transfeminist Manifesto by Emi Koyama

A Short History of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson

**What is Transmisogyny? by Julia Serano

Articulating Trans-Misogyny by Julia Serano

Black Trans Feminism by Marquis Bey

Gender Trouble by Judith Butler

Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out. by Jennifer Coates

Feminism & Intersectionality

Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love by bell hooks

The Routledge Global History of Feminism by Bonnie G. Smith (editor), Nova Robinson (editor)

the problem with radical feminism by lou reading things (youtube)

Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis by Joan Scott

The Urgency of Intersectionality TED talk by Kimberle Crenshaw

Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex by Kimberle Crenshaw

Mapping the Margins by Kimberle Crenshaw

There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions by Audre Lorde

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis

Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis

This Bridge Called My Back, editors Cherríe Moraga, Gloria Anzaldúa; foreword, Toni Cade Bambara

**Masculinity and Gender Youtube Playlist by F.D Signifier

spoilers for my graphic novel in progress: they kiss

I can’t believe people are choosing now of all times to fear monger about binders. “I’m concerned about ribcages 🥺” Oh wow really? crazy. I’m concerned about the 15 year olds that are gonna kill themselves over the government harshly regulating what they do with their own bodies. you can worry about ribcages though , if that makes you feel better

If it’s cut, it will regrow

I think a lot of the transandrophobia discourse stems from the idea that transfems and transmascs are parallel and inverse. If a transfem experiences one thing, then transmascs must experience the same thing but opposite. In reality, there are gonna be challenges that transfems face that have no transmasc equivalent, challenges that transmascs face that have no transfem equivalent, and challenges that both face in similar or only slightly different ways. That's not even accounting for nonbinary and intersex people who have a whole host of their or challenges outside of this rigid framework we've recreated.

trans men shouldn’t have to feel “guilty” for putting one more man into the world and shouldn’t have to bend over backwards trying to apologize for having their own journey of self-discovery. making them feel ashamed for “becoming the bad gender” is how trans men end up repressed, depressed, and/or dead. aaaaaaaaaaand hit post

Saint Sebastian

A man they could not kill.

christmas list

Tboy? Tboy? Come on, dude. You're an adult. You're a fucking man. Don't put yourself down like that. You wanna be a man? Then be one. That's all it takes.

Is transitioning scary? What, afraid it's gonna hurt? Feel that panic-excitement in your stomach whenever I call you by the correct name? Yeah. Burns, doesn't it. It's good. Guess what. Transitioning is scary, and that's the best part. You gotta fight for what you want and carve out what masculinity means for you.

You can be soft. You can be angry. Go to the gym. Wear pretty clothes. It doesn't matter what you look like. It doesn't matter what you do. But you have to be a fucking man about it. Own it with your fucking chest. Don't back down; don't let anyone take that away from you. And don't forget to be good. Be a good man. Got it? Attaboy.

im explosion lover so its very pretty

trans flag color picked from this explosion

i’m gonna forcibly masculinize everyone who reblogs this.

forcemascing a reef fish girl by keeping her around other fish girls so her body's natural systems make him start producting testosterone is this anything

do they have the number of trans women theyve banned in here too?

its gonna be +1 here in a bit.

what unreasonably annoys me a lot is when people refer to AAA games with maybe 2-3 homosexual love interests and non-existent in-universe transgenderism as "queer". that is not queer, that is corporate gay at best.

this is our new trans-friendly game! we renamed your two options of "generic female body" and "generic male body" to "body type A" and "body type B". you can even slap a vagina on a male body, how queer! no, it will not be acknowledged in any way

You can set your pronouns to they/them, and become the only they/them pronoun user in the world.