I really appreciate the visibility this video provides to the plight if black trans men. My husband has been transitioning for a little over a year now and there is so much misinformation and ignorance within the black community regarding trans people. Some people don't want to hide who they are or what they've been through, but feel it's necessary out of fear of violence. This is something we've gone through personally and I think it will only get better as people become more informed on the subject. So thanks for posting this.
I hope your husband and his transition is going well. It really disappoints me when I see other black people make ignorant comments about trans people. I understand if they don’t support them but the least they can do is be respectful. As a black person myself, I try to learn more and educate myself on topics like this.( I hope what I said made sense ;-;)
Kaeminta that’s really kind of you. our community need a lot of people like you lol sometimes i wish the black community would stop treating their own color how they feel certain races treat them
I'm sorry but I have an inquisitive mind What if they were Identifying as white men, since we dealing based upon how some one feels and thinks rather than what they were born as, My body parts are wrong and most definitely my color is wrong I always felt white,and I refuse to be called anything other than white,Would you stand by them then. I doubt question what's the difference since we're dealing with identity
Tip from a man, who’s been a man his whole life. YOUR INVISIBLE 😂😂 they don’t need you, till they need you. Congratulations on your transitions my brothas
This is true. I think women transitioning to being men will be shocked at how being a man is far different than they ever could have imagined. The world is entirely cold or indifferent to you. There is no inherent support or care for no reason. You have to be useful or you will be left out of society. This is fine because this is what makes men as creative or industrious as they are. Men do not hold value just by existing is what I mean. Being a man my whole life I take these things to be self evident but it would be interesting to see what it's like for someone just becoming a man.
@hello i mean he's not wrong either. From someone who is ftm men are given less support and overall sympathy. Do women have their own obstacles, of course but personally I've gotten more sympathy for things like my sexual assault and eating disorder when I've been perceived as a female. When im perceived as a male its glossed over and it doesn't have the same support. Im a gay male so quite honestly i still have to deal with older men, whenever i do try to find a partner, them only being interested in my body and wanting to have sex but i wont get the same sympathy as if i was perceived as female still.
The reason why trans men are invisible is due mainly to the fact that by comparison to trans women it's harder to tell that you are trans when you fully transition or even just during the process it seems to be easier for a woman to look like a man than it is for a man to look like a woman which is also kind of weird because the default for humans in our genetics is women scientifically speaking we kind of start out more female and as you develop you can become a male within the womb I forget what it's actually called but like I said in comparison between transmen and transwomen there's a big difference in the how the process and the overall appearance between before and after so yes in a crowd of endless faces you will be invisible and honestly there's nothing wrong with that and you don't want your gender regardless of biological or the one you choose being the Forefront of you as a person and what you're known for or else you're just going to be that trans person it should be your accomplishments your strive for success and doing something for either your community or country that makes you admired
Trans men are invisible because their issues are left out of the conversation when people talk about trans rights the focus is always on trans women especially by transphobic people because acknowledging and including trans men in conversation completely undermines and exposes flaws in their arguments
@@Abyzz_Knight They ARE men, and people do care a lot about cisgender black men, what are you talking about? So now people can't talk about the issues of a very specific demographic? Get out of here.
this was so interesting and MUCH needed. i feel like black trans men are definitely invisible. they are just as important as everyone else and we need to hear there stories. thank you for this
sade watkins they became invisible because they became men. They didn't realize that being a man equals that no one gives a shit about you. The video even proves it by emphasizing how these people are trans, like oh tbese people deserve our attention because they're trans.
I'm glad I found this video! In the story I'm currently writing I've decided that one of the characters in the main group would be a black Trans man. There's still more about the community I need to know to make his character believable, but this video helped a lot!
@@darkx6869 Or he might have originally had a really really high voice. And testosterone also doesn't always work super well for everyone. Some people (not you necessarily) almost act like testosterone is a magic potion that will make everyone look exactly like a biological male, when it isn't always that easy
Irrelevance is the highest form of acceptance. When no one cares about your race, or status as trans, or anything of that nature, you have been accepted by society. The social contract is an unspoken agreement between all people to not bother someone else if they don't bother you. This has established a culture of not giving a fuck. You're trans? Cool. Good for you. You're gay? Cool. Have a nice life. I agree that every demographic has issues unique to it and its people, but a lack of recognition doesn't equate to a lack of existence. Trans people are just as much people as anyone else. That's understood. That also subjects them to the culture of not giving a fuck. When strangers don't give a fuck about you being trans, they regard you as a normal person regardless of whether you're trans or not.
Or they just say they don’t gaf bc saying how they really feel would be too problematic so they just give you a pass as to not feel like they have to be some ‘stand up voice’ in a society they do care and may not have a fixation towards acceptance but their one little assertion and the fact of having sustain that intellectually on all sides going forward to feel like you always keeping ‘always’ it real just isn’t worth it. It’s exploiting the weakest of human psychology for a sense of acceptance and that is, ‘annoyance’ and ‘humility’
I am a black transgender man, early in my transition. I'm not seen as a male or a he/him/his. I am often misgendered by strangers AND friends&family. I want to have a romantic relationship with a black woman. However, the black community as a whole is NOT very welcoming for a transgender man, at least not in my experience. I feel like transwomen's gender identity is more accepted than my own. Even within the black, trans community I am being misgendered and disrespected by other black or brown trans people. For example, I was out at a party with many trans women and non-binary folk in attendance. A black transwoman called me a 'dyke' and kept misgendering me, tho I told her I'M TRANS. it was very uncomfortable but I didn't wanna be seen as aggressive or anything so I just let her slide even tho it was pissing me off. We were all drinking, but that's still not an excuse. I just want to be seen and often time I am INVISIBLE. Very Discouraging, but I keep my chin up. . .
damn yo i’m sorry you had that experience, that would definitely make me feel a way too. Ppl are just stupid sometimes. There are plenty of other black trans folks that will support you, but i can def understand bc pre transition and even now my pronouns are they/them and I constantly get misgendered by those within the community….they somehow think that because i’m on T my pronouns have changed
Surprosed that his mom thought being trans was less bad than being gay. I always assumed everyone who wasn't okay with one or either would place gay as less bad than trans
Wow congrats to Jason and Luckie, excellent transitions. Luckie I would literally never even know was trans. Jasons beautiful transition but the very high voice did throw me a bit. But from a straight cis woman congrats on a beautiful story and transformation.
@Torron Brown Yup...but HRT cannot alter them biologically. Nobody’s thinking about the increased risks of cancer when taking hormones. A post menopausal woman greatly increases her risk of cancer with estrogen supplements. So, it’s a no brainer to recognize the increased risk of cancer when a biological woman starts regularly using testosterone.
@Torron Brown I don’t even like the term “assigned at birth,” as if a person can be other than what they’re born. People will do anything to try to justify stupidity.
Have you looked at them? No, they aren't women, clearly you don't know what a woman is. Also there is no medical literature to support increased risk of cancer on HRT, but if there was I promise you it would be more than balanced by the risk of suicide off of HRT.
Breyonna Morgan it honestly depends on how the person's body reacts to the testosterone hormone. My husband is a black trans man and his voice changed right away. Some people never change.
They _are_ men. Regardless of them "passing" or not. Passing is a retarded concept, it limits people's self expression and it keeps you from truly loving yourself. A man is a man if he's hyper masculine or if he's feminine, and every trans man is a man no matter how he looks.
great video !! However I did want to say that the term Biological sex is being replaced by the more politically correct AFAB and AMAB , assigned female at birth and assigned male at birth respectively .
Saying sex (female/male) and saying AFAB and AMAB serves the same purpose and both are correct terms. Why is it wrong to use the second ones in your opinion? They mean literally the same thing.
@@DUWANGlai_kangyi I mostly agree with you! but they do mean slightly different things and the reason that matters most is when including intersex people. Intersex people do not cleanly fit into male or female even from a strictly biological/chemical view point. Though intersex people are still usually assigned a gender. Hence AFAB is inclusive on enbys, intersex, trans and still communicates sex.
I wish a nigga would think me....hell no I would slap myself if I ever was successfully tricked lol I would really be lost cause no offense but u can always tell...but then again they are getting really good at tricking people
