Also, there’s a need to mention that transgender woman, continue to have a life expectancy of 35 percent and face very high levels of violence from the hetero communitĪs Twitter seems to became more vitriolic by the day towards trans women, TERFS (Trans exclusionary radical feminists) came out in droves, separating themselves from trans women because of biological anatomy (vagina, uterus), denying trans women the ability to claim full womanhood.
Comments made about being “Magic Johnson 2.0” by a gay man is also troubling, seeing that 50 percent of Black gay men are expected to contract HIV during their lifetime. There was no reason to shame Howard for being a bottom (the person who receives during anal sex) as if that role and sexual position makes one weaker. I must also state the danger in the rhetoric used by Masin, whose internalized homophobia and transpobia became clear in the thread against Howard.
