Bitter Butch

From this screen shot, you can see the bitterness and feelings of betrayal that butch women have toward people who transition.

"You [trans-guys] sold us out."

...Sold out who?

Bitter butch lesbians somehow misconstrue the personal decisions of others into an attack on them. I get it. Butch women are used to being on the defensive. It does seem like butch lesbians have the world against them. In popular culture, butch presenting women are universally derided as the butt of jokes and never cast in a favorable light, if they are ever seen at all. When they are, they are dismissed as unattractive and unappealing. (To be fair, this might be a well deserved stereotype.)

On the other hand, every other segment of queer culture is mostly painted in a positive light. In general, gay male culture is glamorized and gay men are lauded as fashion icons. One example of this is "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". Well-coiffed, fit, handsome gays swoop down to teach manners and style to frumpy straight dudes. Lipstick lesbians are glorified as a male fantasy. Androgynous lesbians even had sexy, unattainable Shane to admire. The butch lesbians are still portrayed as hairy, angry, and fat.

I am opposed to anyone treating a butch lesbian badly, just because of the way she chooses to present. However, this is a possible explanation to why they are always so freaking angry. They recognize that society shuns them for presenting masculinity in a female body. Meanwhile, trans-guys who present and pass as male are automatically not just accepted, but granted male privilege, even though, in a way, trans-guys are also presenting masculinity in a biologically female body.