This is a fascinating thread, which I recommend reading and sitting with in its entirety. Some parts resonated with me, which I'll discuss a bit below, but others did not (specifically, I now pass, and pre-passing was not treated as badly as this).https://twitter.com/BriannaBinds/status/1265710284284612609 …
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The part that resonated, that I think I've shied away from talking about before, is that after having been socialized as a woman and living as a woman for more than 30 years, I often feel more comfortable with women.
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As a former lesbian, I particularly miss being part of the lesbian community and feeling a sense of unity and recognition with queer women. But, also I just know how to talk to women and... er... often I just find I like them more than men.
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As a passing trans man, I've found I'm often socially expected to group myself with the other men in mixed settings, and I find I have little to say to cis/het men. I do not similarly struggle with cis/het women.
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You know- I enjoyed interacting with cis/het men as a lesbian woman a lot more than I do now. Not to be too simplistic, but a big part of it is them assuming I have knowledge of sports and other things I don't know or care about, and it being weird when I don't.
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I've also had some very hostile interactions with men and- counterintuitively- I found those very satisfying. One thing I don't like about women/being perceived as a woman was the constant niceness. Having someone openly hate my guts and being able to respond in kind is a joy.
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