New research by Just Like Us has found that lesbians are the most likely of the whole LGBTQ+ community to be supportive of trans people. Lesbians are the most likely to say they know a trans person (92%), and also the most likely to say they are “supportive” or “very supportive” of trans people (96%). That’s compared to 89% of LGBTQ+ people overall, and just 69% of non-LGBTQ+ people.

The research was independently conducted and surveyed more than 3,600 adults aged 18-25. Even within a group of young adults, who would be expected to be more supportive of trans people, lesbians are still incredibly strong trans allies relative to the rest of the LGBTQ+ community.

But there are other reasons that the idea that lesbians are more likely to be anti-trans doesn’t add up. One is that being a lesbian and being trans are not mutually exclusive – sexual orientation and gender are different parts of our identities. You can be trans and a lesbian.

Secondly, as a lesbian, I see so much overlap with the experiences we and trans communities encounter in the heterosexist world we live in. Particularly, as a butch lesbian, I know that we are both used to living in the margins, to not having our identities respected or understood. Lesbians and trans people stand side by side – we always have done and always will. And this isn’t just my opinion, the research shows this is the case too.

So when you hear or read a nasty, false stereotype about lesbians being anti-trans, I hope you’ll be able to see it for what it is: a lesbopobic trope.

notice that this dumbass article makes zero mention of “transmisogyny”, only transphobia in general

moreover, while the Survey data isn’t linked (always a good sign), none of the quoted results make any attempt to distinguish cis lesbian attitudes towards trans women and transfems specifically from their attitudes towards trans men, transmascs, and nonbinary people who are not transfem. there is zero acknowledgement, using the word “transmisogyny” or otherwise, that cis lesbians might treat trans women much differently from how they treat trans men

which makes this part especially funny:

But there are other reasons that the idea that lesbians are more likely to be anti-trans doesn’t add up. One is that being a lesbian and being trans are not mutually exclusive – sexual orientation and gender are different parts of our identities. You can be trans and a lesbian.

if the idiot who wrote this cared so very much about trans lesbians, maybe she would have noticed our (trans lesbians’) criticisms of cis lesbians specifically being hostile to trans women even while being supportive (or “supportive”) of trans men, transmascs, and nonbinary people who are not targeted by transmisogyny. many of us have had exactly this experience with cis lesbians who are supportive of trans men and transmascs in the sense of construing them as Female-Adjacent—or outright deem them to be Confused Lesbians who have just lost their way—whereas they view trans women as Predatory and Male-Socialized

for an example of a study which actually distinguishes between attitudes toward trans women and trans men, there’s Blair & Hoskin (2018), Transgender exclusion from the world of dating: Patterns of acceptance and rejection of hypothetical trans dating partners as a function of sexual and gender identity, doi:10.1177/0265407518779139

(in the table below, Exclusionary indicates “no trans people at all”; Congruent means inclusive of trans people in a way that’s consistent with being Straight/Gay/Bi and the respondent’s own gender; Incongruent means there’s inconsistency, such as e.g. bi people not including trans women, or lesbians including trans men)

notice that among those surveyed, 71% of lesbians were exclusionary to all trans people, but 19.8% of lesbians were “inclusive” to trans men, while only 9% were inclusive of trans women. cis lesbians were twice as likely to view trans men as prospective partners than they were for trans women

my point in citing this study isn’t even about dating: this is just a single facet of how many cis lesbians view trans men and trans women in general. if you aggregate the attitudes of cis lesbians toward trans men and trans women together, you’re just using cis lesbians’ affinity for trans men to cover up their stance toward trans women

the allusion to butch lesbians being particularly incapable of transmisogyny is also really funny:

Secondly, as a lesbian, I see so much overlap with the experiences we and trans communities encounter in the heterosexist world we live in. Particularly, as a butch lesbian, I know that we are both used to living in the margins, to not having our identities respected or understood.

there are literally butch meetup/support groups that are explicitly AFAB-Only lmao—not even just that they always happen to push out trans women, which is the more common pattern, I mean that they explicitly do not allow trans women:

the Organizer of this group, Lane, has been an on-the-ground organizer for TERF causes for years and years. like many transmisogynists, he conceptualizes trans men and butches as both just being Very GNC Females, while he despises trans women. there are many transmisogynists who are GNC women, or whose Gender Is Lesbian, etc. there are also transmisogynists who are transmasc or trans men

“we’re both marginalized” doesn’t mean being incapable of transmisogyny, especially when it’s being used as an excuse to not confront transmisogyny

as a disclaimer, the states of our communities vary widely by national context as well as local conditions: most of my comments here are focused on the first world and anglosphere. but that’s not the disambiguation that this article is getting at.

a better article could acknowledge progress that has been made at countering transphobia and transmisogyny in our communities, while also acknowledging that they both persist, especially transmisogyny. a better article could actually engage with the criticisms trans lesbians have levied at transmisogyny among cis lesbians specifically, while also engaging with transmisogyny among cis bi women and gay/bi men

but all this article does is paper over how differently trans men and trans women can be treated by the exact same people: the equivalent of plugging your ears and repeating “you just hate lesbians” when a trans lesbian talks about her experiences with cis lesbians

lastly

I texted my friend back: “How many anti-trans lesbians do you know?” She replied: “None.” I don’t know any either – and I know a lot of lesbians!

The idea that lesbians are somehow more likely to be anti-trans is yet another lesbophobic trope that we’re forced to deal with and dismantle.

“as a lesbian who isn’t a trans woman, I haven’t experienced cis lesbians being transmisogynistic, so it must just be a Lesbiphobic myth!”....lmfao. this is so fucking stupid it would be funny if it weren’t so typical

this article is still being posted/linked elsewhere by insufferable cis lesbians (and otherwise transmisogyny-exempt lesbians) eager to pat themselves on the back about how they’ve totally never met a transmisogynistic cis lesbian in their entire lives, and that everyone who criticizes transmisogyny among cis lesbians is just being Sooooo Lesbiphobic™ :(

cis/TME lesbians are so committed to plugging their ears and crying “Lesbiphobia” instead of acknowledging (let alone combating) each other’s transmisogyny

(the OP here retracted the post, apologized, and deleted the original upload shortly after I responded to it, Do Not go bother her)

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dragon attack

in a musical manuscript (orlando di lasso: 4 sacred songs), ca. 1565

source: Munich, BSB, Mus.ms. A I(1, p. 85

Everyday i worship the beast .

Louise Bourgeois  Ink on fabric 

im on the cross rn not crucified just hangingout

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lil homie goin both ways #bisexual

he was trying to catch a moth and made sure he looked elegant while doing so

^ my beautiful cat btw.

Commercial I would produce as an advertising executive:

We see a husband approach his wife in the kitchen and he smacks her on the rear as she's unplugging a crockpot full of buffalo chicken dip. Their friends have turned the dining room table into beer pong tournament and the kids are laughing in the play room. It's Super Bowl Sunday.

This scene of domestic bliss plays out before us. Warm laughter, excited shouting as their team scores a touchdown, the wife steals a kiss from her husband between sips of wine. This must be what heaven looks like.

The doorbell rings and the husband grudgingly puts his beer down to go answer the door. Who could it be?

He opens the door and we see the latecomer: a giant slug the size of a man, wet and pink and undulating.

"You son of a bitch!" The husband exclaims. "We didn't think you'd make it! How the hell are ya?"

The slug gives no reply but the husband brings the creature into a warm embrace, its viscous discharge soaking his shirt. "Aw, hell, man," he laughs. "Say it, don't spray it!"

The slug makes its grand arrival in the living room, leaving a trail of slime on the hardwood floors. It receives a warm welcome. "Here comes trouble!" "They'll let anyone in this place!" "You missed the first quarter!"

We are subjected to a montage of scenes from the Superbowl party.

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The kids excitedly dash in to crowd around the creature. "Mr. Wormy! We missed you!" they exclaim, hugging the thing and getting covered in its ooze. Several orifices around the creature's body begin to secrete a dark, chunky substance and the children begin to greedily eat it, their hands and mouths covered in its oily residue

"Whoa whoa whoa, I didn't raise you kids in a barn!" The mother says. "Go get some cups from the kitchen!"

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"Yo, Mr. Wormy, you gotta try the buffalo chicken dip. It's to die for!" The husband says. He grabs a dripping handful of the warm orange cream cheese from the crockpot and pushes it into the folds of the creature's flesh.

"Quit bogarting the buff dip, hombre!" "Save some for the rest of us why don't ya?"

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"Yo, Mr. W, I gotta use the can but I am NOT missing the game. Help me out?"

A sphincter at the top of the slug's "head" gapes itself open, and the guest drops his slacks and boxers to his ankles and climbs on top in front of everyone.

"Hoochie mama, that dip's even spicier coming out!"

"Just don't leave the seat up. Trust me, you'll thank me for that one when you and Stacy get married!"

"IF they get married, you mean!"

A loud belch is heard from the creature and the room explodes with laughter.

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"Alright fellas, the game is over and the kids are in bed. I think we all know what this means!"

"Oh brother," the wife says, rolling her eyes at the other women. "Boys will be boys!"

The men are seen chanting "Wormy! Wormy! Wormy!" at each other as they take turns fucking the folds and sphincters and orifices that line the creature's body.

"Ah geez, Mr. W! Warn me before I fuck a hole with a gizzard stone!"

"Now THAT'S tight! I think my wife could learn a thing or two from you, Mr. Wormy!"

"And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we used to call Chet the Two Pump Chump!"

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As the party is winding down, the men are putting their clothes back on, saying their farewells and getting ready to part ways when the creature starts to heave and convulse.

"You okay, Mr. Wormy?"

Everyone looks on as the creature heaves one last time and a copious amount of murky amniotic fluid begins to pour from one of the creature's holes. The sphincter begins to crown and a human baby is deposited onto the carpet. It has an adult-sized head and the face looks exactly like the husband, goatee and all. It's not moving.

The husband nervously tugs his collar. One of his friends calls out, "Check please!"

The wife comes back from the kitchen holding a roll of Brawny paper towels, a playfully annoyed expression on her face.

It's not a good party if things don't get a little messy. Brawny's got you covered.