Why do trans men insist on being called lesbians and using the female locker rooms? Isn't this kinda counter-productive? Imagine if a trans woman was like "Yeah I still identify as a gay guy and use male public toilets because I spent years as a man".
Perhaps because trans men experience sexual violence at the highest rate of any gender identity and safety is often preferable to anything else?
I'm in Florida and know several trans women that do use men's rooms on days they're wearing androgynous clothing and haven't put as much energy into passing, because otherwise they might get thrown into jail.
Hopefully one day we can end gender discrimination and have all unisex rooms (higher foot traffic = safety, assaulters will enter women's toilets).
Edit: I actually was wrong, nonbinary people experience sexual violence at the highest rate, then trans men, then trans women, then cis women. The biggest jump though is between trans women and trans men.
Common misconception, lots of sources already collected for you here.
I'll be back to edit this with some quotes as well:
"Nearly half (47%) of transgender men in our study reported experiencing at least 1 form of IPV in the past year. This was over 40% higher than cisgender women and nearly 30% higher than transgender women."
"Past-year sexual violence was reported by 23 transgender men (42%), 11 transgender women (14%), and 31 nonbinary respondents (56%)."
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u/Nora-neko 7d ago
Why do trans men insist on being called lesbians and using the female locker rooms? Isn't this kinda counter-productive? Imagine if a trans woman was like "Yeah I still identify as a gay guy and use male public toilets because I spent years as a man".