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I can’t speak to the contemporary phenomenon, and generally oughtn’t being cishet, but this was a trend historically in the US. In seeking acceptance by the mainstream, some homosexual communities tried to play into postwar American mores around class, respectability, and gender roles, and transmisogyny was a wedge.
A speech calling this shit out was a key moment in modern American trans history. You should watch it!
From A Short History of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson: