The fact that they literally think that me critiquing their language got them to question if I were either a “transphobe or ally” is very questionable. I’m literally a transfeminine (AMAB) enby myself. Nothing of what I said was trans exclusionary. The statement “Some AFABs are men” is literally very trans inclusive. Separating AFABs and men as two mutually exclusive groups, however, isn’t trans inclusive. It’s clearly a pretentious and performative attempt at inclusion because that’s functionally no different than typical TERF-drivel.

  • Angel [any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Even then, you don’t need AGAB to explain a lot of the things people are asking, but you can derive it from the language otherwise.

    Examples:

    • I’m non-binary, and I just started estrogen! I’m so excited! (Likely AMAB)
    • I’m non-binary, and I want to cut my hair to look more masculine. It’ll really help with my dysphoria. (Likely AFAB)
    • I’m non-binary, and I like how deep my voice has been getting since starting HRT. (Likely AFAB)

    People who go out of their way to characterize AGAB as making you a “certain kind of enby” or just a weird spin on cis (or, in some cases, even trans) people of your assigned sex give me an awful headache.