This is all going to be a bit garbled so apologies in advance.
Okay, I wanted to post a thread about transwomen who are allies and what their role is/could be in feminist thought, especially around harmful masculinity. I fell at the first hurdle wondering how to title my thread.
I hate the MtT and FtT terminology, I see it as really dehumanising. I get why people use it but it makes really uncomfortable. I don't see how we can argue that people are biologically male or female (let's just leave intersex for the time being) then use "Male to trans" as a thing. From the other side these people are still male if they are trans, isn't that the whole point?
I like the words transman and transwoman as I feel it's clearly defined enough, being one word, to work as intended as it removes the need to add anything to "woman" or "man" when talking about none trans people. That said I have read why other poster object to this and understand completely.
Is it okay that I like to call trans women I respect "her" and "she"? I mean really, obviously I am not asking for permission but rather other peoples thoughts.