Unlike others who claim to speak for all trans men, we claim only to represent those who sign this letter. No one voice can represent all of us; like any group, we are varied. Some trans men are deeply concerned with equity and committed to solidarity in the face of oppression. Some of us are regrettably not, and this letter stands in opposition to them, and to their pseudoscientific depiction of trans women that serves only to divide our community.

Rather than countering point by point each invalid, dehumanizing argument, we have chosen to assert what we believe, and what we will continue to believe. Signatories to this letter agree to the following points:

Our struggles may not always look alike. We may not always agree. We may see different problems and different solutions. But ultimately, we agree that unless we work to uplift everyone we are not interested in equity, only in changing who is benefiting from inequality, and that to uplift everyone we must look to those who are most marginalized. To that end, we want to explicitly commit to solidarity with trans women of color, disabled trans women, trans women who are unhoused, and other groups too often excluded from conversations about queer rights and queer liberation.

*signatories are people comfortable referring to themselves as trans men or transmasculine. As in all else, we believe that they are who they say they are.