Ask Matt: Why Do Some Lesbians Bash Trans Men?

[Shana A]

Ask Matt: Why Do Some Lesbians Bash Trans Men?

February 13, 2012 by Matt Kailey

http://tranifesto.com/2012/02/13/ask-matt-why-do-some-lesbians-bash-trans-men/

A reader writes: "I was having a conversation with my mother the other night about Newt Gingrich and how I was really tired of all the GOP discussion that is constantly in the news. She brought up a fact I had forgotten about. She stated that Newt had a lesbian sister who definitely did not agree with his politics.

"Then she said, 'She looks just like you.' I think my mother was trying to describe the fact that many lesbians tend to lean way over pretty close to the male spectrum in appearance and dress, and she has not come to complete terms with the fact that the main difference between me and butch lesbians is that I relate as a male and not a female.