Spend more time listening to transmasc people, learn about their struggles, their dysphoria triggers etc. This will help a lot to empathize, and it actually expands your own understanding of gender a lot to see how trans people of other genders go about their transitions.
In my experience simply knowing and understanding why transmasc people transition and what they feel dysphoric over and don’t doesn’t really get rid of my envy or confusion, it just urges me to be more empathetic to them. To an extent I think it’s just normal for trans people be envious and confused of each other? I imagine transmasc people have the exact same thoughts about transfemme people all the time. Like, I don’t understand why people like IPA’s but I don’t think they’re less valid for liking them (or that I’m less valid for not liking them!)
Spend more time listening to transmasc people, learn about their struggles, their dysphoria triggers etc. This will help a lot to empathize, and it actually expands your own understanding of gender a lot to see how trans people of other genders go about their transitions.
Real! Talk to your trans comrades!
In my experience simply knowing and understanding why transmasc people transition and what they feel dysphoric over and don’t doesn’t really get rid of my envy or confusion, it just urges me to be more empathetic to them. To an extent I think it’s just normal for trans people be envious and confused of each other? I imagine transmasc people have the exact same thoughts about transfemme people all the time. Like, I don’t understand why people like IPA’s but I don’t think they’re less valid for liking them (or that I’m less valid for not liking them!)