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dyl · 3 answers · 6y

CW: dysphoria / a potentially misgendering societal thing.

have you encountered "women + trans" spaces? would you access one? is there a different sort of "safer space" that would meet your needs better, or that you would feel more comfortable in?

I've never encountered a "women + trans" space IRL, only online, and I wouldn't personally use one myself. I think that phrasing is based on the assumption that trans men aren't really men, so I wouldn't want to participate in a group like that. The ideal space for me would be one specifically for gay trans men (by which I mean Homosexual Gay, not Pansexual Gay), because I feel like I don't really relate to straight trans men very well, so a mixed trans group would probably not be that useful to me. In general I think I'm in favour of smaller, more focused/narrow groups, rather than larger catch-all groups.

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