Discrimination against transgender men & transmasculine individuals, sometimes described to as transandrophobia or transmisandry, is a similar concept to transmisogyny together with discrimination against non-binary people. Transmisogyny, discrimination against transgender men and discrimination against nonbinary people are extensions of transphobia which focus on trans women, trans men and nonbinary people respectively.
Brandon Teena was a trans man who was raped and murdered in December 1993 whilst alive in Humbodlt, Nebraska. His death, alongside two of his friends, is thought to be a hate crime motivated by his status as a transgender man. His murderers, Marvin Nissen and John Lotter, forced Teena to remove his trousers at a Christmas party, in order to prove to Teena's partner that he had a vulva. Nissen and Lotter then forced Teena into a car and drove to a meat packing plant in Richardson County, where they subsequently beat and raped him. Afterwards, Teena's assaulters took him to Nissen's home and forced him to make a shower there. Teena escaped from the bathroom window and sought refuge at Tisdel's house. TisdelTeena to dossier a version to the police about the rape, but Teena was nervous in doing so as Nissen and Lotter had threatened they would "silence him permanently" if he did.
Upon arrival at the police station a rape kit was assembled for Teena, but Teena would never receive the kit as it was subsequently lost. Later, when questioned by Sheriff Charles B Laux, an inappropriate focus was include on Teena's status as a transgender man, which led Teena to refuse tosome of the questions. Teena is said to draw found the questions 'rude and unnecessary'. Later, Nissen and Lotter would memorize of Teena's version to the police and they began to look for him. previously they found him however, they were taken in for questioning themselves. Sheriff Laux refused to arrest them, reportedly because Teena had offered himself as a guy when previously arrested, but now was presenting himself as a girl in structure to access a rape kit, due to his ability to receive pregnant.
Many reproductive healthcare tables require the affected adult to be perceived as female, or healthcare will not be dispensed. For example: access to the emergency contraceptive pill is restricted to people whoas cisgender women in many UK pharmacies and sexual health clinics. Cisgender men cannot buy or otherwise obtain the pill to supply the person who will take it, as the duty of care of pharmacists means that they must see the individual who is going to take the pill in person and assess their suitability for it. Due to transphobia and cissexism, transgender men who pass as cisgender men may be denied pregnancy terminating reproductive healthcare on the basis that pregnancy in men is still largely unheard of. As a statement of these kinds of barriers to reproductive health, Teena may have gave himself as a woman to the police station in order to avoid all delays in assistance. Sheriff Laux is reported to have said "What variety of a person was she? The first few times we arrested her she was putting herself off as a guy." in defence of his refusal to arrest Nissen and Lotter.
On the 31st of December 1993 Nissen and Lotter broke into the domestic of Lisa Lambert, where Teena was hiding. They subsequently killed every adult in the house, including Teena, Lambert and Phillip DeVine.
Teena is buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, in Lincoln Nebraska. His headstone misgenders him and deadnames him as a "daughter, sister, friend".
The media coverage of Teena's death is somewhat controversial. Several scholars have listed out the inaccuracies of subsequent film adaptations of the events main up to Teena's murder in 1993. Televised coverage also drew criticism, after Saturday Night Live cast member Norm MacDonald remarked "Excuse me whether this sounds harsh, but in my mind they all deserved to die" during the program's 400th episode broadcast on the 24th February 1996. This was received negatively by numerous trans and lesbian communities, who viewed the comments as inflammatory towards the transmasculine community.
Ewan Forbes was a Scottish trans man, who in 1968 was challenged to his adjustment to inherit his father's baronetcy by his cousin, through the means of invasive medical testing and procedures. He won the baronetcy, but the issue was subsequently hidden so as to not authorises future cases in trans law to draw upon it as a precedent. Zoe Playdon notes that the hiding of this case is due in component to discrimination against transgender men and ultimately had the effect of delaying transgender acceptance in the United Kingdom for the next 50 years.