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urgh that entire line of argument makes me feel generally miserable and sick every single time I come across it.

I get so fucking furious with the idea that "female-assigned" (I don't even fucking get "CAFAB") is the most important thing about me; with the erasure of CAMAB genderqueer folk (fuck you they exist); the idea that existing as neither male nor female is in some sense a privileged position (no the vast majority of people do not believe my gender EXISTS)

I just

shit

thank you for the historical perspective on this, i appreciate your words here. it frustrates me that the group which has cornered ‘genderqueer’ is also seeking to corner ‘trans’ through a similar political strategy.

i think the distinction you make between political alliance politics and personal identity politics is important and instructive. this is what i’m also trying to say: on a personal level, i do not share identity with most faab genderqueer people. on a political level, i often find myself in conflict with them as they claim authority over trans experiences that they so clearly lack any experience or knowledge about. and again, i am speaking primarily of the “very limited microidentity for female-assigned folks.”

shit, you know? but feeling shat on by people talking about me this way is ~privilege~, or "if it's not about you don't make it about you", or whatever, but no actually, these people clearly consider me part of this group that... isn't really trans and doesn't really experience oppression for it and I just

can't.