Support your sisters not your cisters

The musician FaulenzA describes from her personal experiences the discrimination against trans women and offers suggestions for greater sensitivity and support. She explains transmisogyny as a combination of misogyny, transphobia, classism, and ableism, focusing on how she experiences this within feminist and queer scenes. Trans women are often met with skepticism, rejection, and discomfort. They are under pressure to prove that they are not cis men, are often not accepted as an integral part of the feminist movement, and their perspectives are overlooked. Some women’s spaces openly exclude trans women, while in others, they experience exclusion in more subtle ways. It is said that trans women are "socialized as male," which FaulenzA finds equally nonsensical.