Article"Being female bodied but masculine appearing, can be a very dangerous place to live....[What] transmen and butches share is that history of not only being stereotyped and sort of attacked by mainstream society, but even within queer culture."
Having transitioned a decade ago, Bergstedt says he now hopes that the young trans people will recognize the contributions of his generation.
"I don't think younger generations ever get this; it's just like you see young women today who take a plethora of things for granted and don't have any idea of what the women's movement did for them or what the civil rights movement did for them."
