Understanding Prejudice Against Trans Women: A Primer on Transmisogyny

Let's talk about something that's complicated as hell but super important to understand. You know how sometimes things can be messed up in more than one way at once? That's basically what we're diving into today, but specifically looking at how different types of prejudice stack up and create unique challenges for trans-women.

Breaking It Down

So there's this quote going around that really nails it. It talks about how trans women get hit with this wild double-whammy of prejudice. On one side, they face the same sexist garbage that all women deal with. Then there's this extra layer of BS because they're trans. This unique combination of misogyny and transphobia is known as transmisogyny.

That’s some catch that catch-22. They get attacked both for being women AND for supposedly not being "woman enough." Society's basically like "Hey, you're a woman so yo…