Hey, have you read that guy perry grubber or something-writes a medium publication called the transamorous network-all about his attraction to trans women? I tried to read his stuff, my girlfriend is trans and when I first started dating her I thought maybe I could read about how to be a good partner to a trans person, like how to stand up for her if someone misgenders her, how to support her in moments of dysphoia, things like that. I thought maybe I could read more about other cis people dating trans women-totally wrong place to go for such advice.
Anyway this publication, the transamorous network struck me as weird, but when I dug into it, at its core it’s just chaser. Though he is trying to be a nice chaser and less creepy-and he throws a lot of positive sounding word salad around, but when all is said and done it feels super chaser and contains essential beliefs and assumptions that feel transphobic to me.
I’d love to hear your perspective on the weird things perry says in the transamorous network; the word salad is confusing. I’m kind of freaked out by chasers. They really confuse me. Like it sounds on the surface he really cares about trans women, but ultimately it feels super ich.
I think I’m mentioning this because your article is really good at calling out transphobia very eloquently, simply, honestly and respectfully. Thank you for writing this, it’s really good! I’m so glad you spoke all of this.