A Trans Guy and a Femme Guy Swap Profiles

hey guys welcome to engineer expression
I got it all right cut print gay let’s
do it
do you have a racial preference no
you’re the best kind of gay it’s
impulsive it’s fun glad this isn’t a
family program we’re gonna check out
some dick pics see the BIOS they like
likes only Latinos only Asians only it’s
like why only these are fucking fun I’m
a responder and I’m a pair of legs with
a head there is prejudice versus
preferences hey guys it’s your
cheerleader for the queer agenda re
Swansea and today we’re talking about
gender expression on what the flip my
name is Dominic and I am a gay man I
wouldn’t necessarily identify as them
but I suppose it’s synonymous with not
straight passing and that’s exactly what
I am
my name is Jase I identify as a queer
trans person of color my pronouns are
he/him his I used Grindr because I’m
lonely no just kidding I use Grindr just
to like pass the time just to make
connections with people and see where it
goes
I don’t usually reach out to people
first I just kind of let people approach
me because I kind of like lay all my
laundry out there and I’m like well if
you read all of it and you still want to
talk to me then we’re good I’ve received
a lot of hate and harassment on fan
shaming bottom shaming sometimes I’ll
give people that message me just to say
you know your journey is beautiful and
proud to have you in the community all
right get unsolicited dick pics
so I get a lot of trash and a lot of
hate and a lot of disgusting remarks
towards my identity and things like that
so it depends on the day like I had a
guy recently just reach out to me
randomly and say you’re smiling too hard
in your picture like what does not
accomplish even it’s like not even like
a compliment it’s like not necessarily
like an insult but it’s just like it’s
not nice either so just like refrain
from making comments like that so yeah
it just doesn’t feel good all right so
today as we talk about queer identity
we’re going to talk about the spectrum
that
is masculine-feminine how queer you want
to go
alright so Dominic what’s your
experience been on dating at um well
clearly unsuccessful because I’m still
on them I just feel like I’m not really
well-received by a lot of people because
of this kind of gray area that I live in
I’m not too masculine I’m not too
feminine I’m like interracial so I feel
like a lot of society likes to box you
in label you and you can’t do that with
me what makes you so uncomfortable doing
box and label why would you want to do
that oh no naturally yeah naturally
honey I have to ask that this is for the
others but want to be in a box and label
I don’t know why you want to do that
you’re like a Christmas present that no
one wants to open stop trying to box so
what would you rather happy with self
seen ads online um a queer person of
color like I feel like just identifying
as not you’re not boxed at all you’re
kind of in this fluid gray area
uncharted territory that we’re all
trying to discover together right how
about you chase I first started on
dating apps when I came out when I was
23 so four years ago the four years of
dating I’ve experienced how has it
changed has the climate change from
Denton app it’s horrible back then it
was horrible back then because the
majority of men and women had zero idea
about us was always negative never had
anything positive and then progressively
when everything happened and I hate to
put out there where I think the shift
happened was one Caitlyn Jenner came out
that happened and we all hate it it’s
just fine we all hate that that’s on the
shift having pencils gonna have to ask
why come on when that shifted when she
came out everything change
it went from everyone hated us to you’re
so brave
to you oh my god you’re so courageous
you have so much courage this is so
great you journey it’s so beautiful but
there’s still those like assholes at
least twice a day no exam they approach
you or your approach they approached
they approach me I’d what do they think
so listen I’ve gotten everything from
men don’t have pussy you’re an
abomination from a gay honey you did
that they were yelling this at you just
three years ago get off that high horse
bitch what you date a trans man um
well that leaves me in the air I’m
nothing against it but it depends I mean
you know like love is love I mean
depends you never know who you might
fall in love with I can’t say I’m not
gonna disagree to that I’m just say your
wedding here i’m leaving an heir
i’m dating apps who do you prefer to a
ting sexy tall and masculine masculine
why no feminine it’s not my thing
why not because I’m not into it I’m not
into it because I like men I like
straight men but they’re not usually get
to be so sometimes they are so I’m kinda
straight acting guys straight guys yes
all right guys you have your cell phones
on you know what’s in my purse we’re
gonna take a quick break to get our
purses and get these fuckin phones this
is the part of the show where we
exchange Grindr profile dick pics and
all look I just got tapped from somebody
to say 100% top 40 boy oh that’s high is
he in the building how many feet is here
way okay there you are yeah I was like
come on guys all right so let’s look at
Dominic’s profile with the chase okay
first of all Dominic is a cutie I hate
how perfect your hair is if you were
straight acting you wouldn’t be on here
amen
looking for a man that isn’t racist or
homophobic and it says warriors I know
he’s a sis man he him his single I’m so
shocked that you like basketball like I
you can’t make me watch it balls for us
you don’t put me in a box and full of
surprises so would you would you click
his profile well I don’t usually send
messages we but yes I probably actually
would message him because of his first
sentence so sayin if you were straight
acting you a really friendly photo I
don’t know why everyone’s opposed to
their face when so many people okay hey
let’s chill out now we’re gonna look at
Jakes profile with Dominic and I’m gonna
cross my legs to show proper
addressing so we’ve got an FTM trans guy
with a picture trans man recovering from
top
surgery love congrat thank you I am a
man
see right through it gender trans man
pronouns he him his position is listed
it’s hot yeah I’m not a hitter upper
either people are so against tops but I
love them I feel like that’s like the
the cyber equivalent of me like standing
across the room and being like do you
think not tapping people are not hitting
people up directly is safer for you or
is it a defense mechanism I feel like
that’s exactly what it is you’re kind of
protecting yourself instead of like
putting yourself out there for somebody
to like shoot you down and say something
hateful to you you’re kind of just like
hey I might be interested in you but you
might ignore this too with the top that
is but I’ve always just found it to be
safer to not reach out to people first
so you do tap or you don’t
I do tap but I don’t I yeah I think
tapping is fine just because you’re
gonna forget about them anyway yeah how
about yourself I tap occasionally
especially as a as a trans person on the
amount of hate that is received
outweighs the positivity nine times out
of ten so it is safer from a self love
and self care standpoint just not
approach people because for me that’s
why I put everything on my profile it’s
like me laying out my laundry I’m like
if you go through all of that and you
read through all that and you can flip
through my Instagram and you can see my
polyamorous partners and you can get
with my lifestyle and you still want to
message me great but what if it still
goes the other way if it still goes
south honestly it depends on my mood
which has a lot to do with HRT hormone
replacement therapy because sometimes
you said that because I couldn’t
remember I’m an old trans person we
forget these things
go on I take testosterone so like my
hormones are all over the place so
sometimes I’m a big green or aged
monster and sometimes I’m like a horndog
against some time like it just depends
let me ask you this you lay it all on
the line you know everyone knows
everything about you on your profile
they can go to your Instagram do you
feel like that’s that targets you for
certain people that are just looking to
troll yes and no it’s funny that you
should ask that because the yes would be
the guys that approached me they are the
ones that fetishes and they immediately
are like I’ve always wanted to try an f2
now I love when people try me out I’m
like a dish towel go on those guys I
have found don’t respond very well when
I very respectfully decline because I do
respectfully decline I’m like oh you
know no thank you they immediately the
response is always well you why are you
being such a girl about it why are you
being so family you know why are you
being so feminine and all caught up in
your feelings this is Grindr is just six
and that’s for everyone everyone has
different preferences guys uh I’m in it
for money but it immediately turns into
this well you’re out here and you’re
putting yourself out there so you should
expect that people are going to come
after you for this and it’s like why
should me choosing to be visible and who
I am warrant that I have to have teflon
skin because you don’t feel like being a
decent human being and do they think
that they’re winning the date now like
oh you putting me in my place makes me
really want you daddy
no find another one one who’s interested
in just sex even I’ve even gotten
responses to my profile pic so I still
had like my tape and everything on but I
felt good in that picture I got messages
from guys that was like oh you look like
something out of Frankenstein that’s not
cool that’s gross why would you put all
of this out here nobody wants to look at
that
I was like then why are you looking at
it oh you can literally swipe the other
way yeah there’s other people to look at
like if it bothers you you don’t have to
watch I’m so sick of everything needing
to be so censored
see it all you need to see it all you
need to see trans scars you need to see
trans cars because your mom probably has
implants and she’s got the same scars
right under her titties I do yeah no I’m
just keeping it real honey because
people think it’s all so different it’s
not different at all like why are we
calling the Kardashians beautiful
they’re all paid for we know what they
look like ten years ago they can be
considered butyl
now you can call me a woman now it’s all
the same surgeries would you date a
trans man sure yeah I and Link totally
pansexual like if I meet somebody that
I’m attracted to then like sure you’ve
never called me would you date a trans
man absolutely ever dated a trans man I
have not have you ever hooked up with
one I have not I don’t really know
anything so would you date a trans man
yeah I’m yeah absolutely
top or bottom I really don’t care like
it’s just like it depends on the person
kids are so over these days tell us
about yourself I’m Jake I’m 27
trans-identified gay male I’m Jay Jason
I’m 41 I’ve had a drink okay Jason 41
cisgender gay male I’ve heard some
really messed up stuff girls aren’t
allowed or they want to try me out for
their bucket list I mean one of the
reasons why I love finding Jason was the
first thing he asked me was like you
know how was my day right so you know
just be open-minded and don’t approach
it as a I want to try you out and just
like treat us like people and just be
your authentic self don’t have that be
your opening line like let’s fuck I want
to try you just be real like you would
with any other person yeah work at the
fuck out I’m here for this I think it
makes people uncomfortable to know that
there are like other people that are
different from them we live in a toxic
masculine in the environment especially
if as a as a trans guy I’m a threat to
their masculinity and that is the way
that they see it why are you a threat
it’s because there’s been this one way
for the longest time that we have been
told the men are supposed to be you
don’t do that because that doesn’t make
you a man and that doesn’t make you man
enough and you can’t touch that because
that’s too girly and all of that that
fees and too toxic masculinity is what
we’ve been told so they have someone
like me who’s born biologically female
and then too no you know what this isn’t
the body for me because they’re so
insecure in their own masculinity and
they’re they’re struggling I’m a threat
I’m a threat because their masculinity
won’t be enough if yours is yes because
masculinity is measured by the size of
youth it when that’s just not true I’ve
met some big dick dudes that were just
not that masculine why do you think your
presence on dating apps makes people
insecure I kind
to agree with what you said is because
their masculinity feels threatened my
whole life I’ve been engendered and
policed on how to behave a certain way
and I feel like when you’re not being
man enough people are more inclined to
point that out I mean I don’t know I’m
not a trans man but I feel like even if
you were like a tomboyish girl it’s a
little bit more condone abbu in society
than to be an effeminate boy so it’s
just that is a fact
yeah being an ex effeminate boy growing
up like yeah it’s not it’s not something
that’s like encouraged whereas your
girls were allowed to be tomboy there’s
a whole name for it whereas tom girl did
not exist there’s not a thing they’re
like no that’s a little boy has to be a
little boy so I think it’s just people
perpetuating that kind of policing
behavior when they tell me the things
that they perceive are wrong with me or
the things that they that make them
uncomfortable what do they say that
makes them uncomfortable just like
flat-out like I’m not into phones I’m
like well what do you expect we’re game
men just like any other Beyonce fearing
homo on this OP like I was gonna own a
Kelly Clarkson album your femme – okay
you just don’t admit it to everyone
that’s that’s a literal projection of
what they don’t like about themselves
and that’s what it always is with these
masks for masks types so I hope you all
know that when you insult people that
you don’t fucking know on a dating app
it’s free you look crazy okay guys so
what do we do about these insecure mass
for mass bras I have an answer but I
want you to answer first I will go on
for 20 minutes so I don’t like the idea
of giving up on people if you’re just a
piece of shit and you’re just hateful to
be hateful it’s always pretty obvious if
you’re the type of person I feel like
people can change guys can change no
matter how deep rooted their bullshit is
their internalized homophobia yes their
eyes can be open sometimes it takes a
big shift do you feel obligated to help
them see the light I don’t know a lot of
pressure yeah a lot of pressure honey I
was like why what do you think we could
do about these mess from ass bras who
don’t want to change do you care
on the app no but I feel like if it was
an in-person interaction like they would
need to be educated like I used to work
at a at a store that sold handbags and
like yeah that’s men touch these things
it’s like they’re made they’re toxic
like and I don’t want a man purse okay
well is there such thing as like a woman
screwdriver you know like these aren’t
in gender you know so just like subtle
comments like that I’m like okay well
let’s unpack this like why do you feel
this way you know because the queer
experience is so different from anything
that these like straight conforming
people are exposed to and so I feel like
by just educating them hopefully a
change will come in the future but I’m
not too hopeful like ah so what do you
guys do to protect yourselves from such
toxic masculine energy on these apps I
like to surround myself with people that
validate me positively cheerleaders if
you will that are like go you like be
yourself you know okay so let’s say
you’re having a bad day on Grindr you’re
gonna call your friends sure screenshot
it send it to them how about you what do
you do to protect yourself on these apps
probably the sent along the same line of
a circle of trans friends the circle of
transference is specifically for
situations like this because they get it
because they get it tenfold so like I
can screenshot something we’ll have a
good laugh about it or they’ll send you
something worse yeah I was being a
little bitch yeah look at this oh you
were gonna get murdered what I found
recently is that especially if I see a
surge in like the negative comments I
will delete Grindr for like a week oh
just don’t sign on Crowley’s for delete
my wants and needs are still the same
so everyone I’ve said it once I’ll say
it again my survival tips to protect
your energy to protect yourself and to
keep these toxic people away is the
block button let’s just keep them from
seeing us all together since they don’t
want to know then we’ll see where all
the bottoms go
good luck top
hahaha I also think that seeking
masculinity is like an effeminate
quality yeah
seeking masculinity is an effeminate
quality underlying math yeah there is so
much truth to this there was a lot of
truth right final thought bitch alright
guys that was what the flip thank you so
much Azari swans are your favorite host
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