--- description: For almost three decades as a radio newscaster in Victoria, British Columbia, Sheila Gardner fielded countless comments from male listeners--not about stories but about syntax.... title: Seeing Sexism from Both Sides: What Trans Men Experience image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cdc7e1942800de4/698898038e0601c563466525/transgender-male-tiq-milan-experienced-sexism-as-woman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Seeing Sexism from Both Sides: What Trans Men Experience  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 16, 2016 10:16 AM CUT  Tiq Milan, a 33-year-old writer and activist. transitioned in 2007 Tiq Milan, a 33-year-old writer and activist. transitioned in 2007Erik Tanner for TIME  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 16, 2016 10:16 AM CUT For almost three decades as a radio newscaster in Victoria, British Columbia, Sheila Gardner fielded countless comments from male listeners–not about stories but about syntax. They’d call up, night after night, anytime they detected anything that sounded like an error. And invariably they’d offer corrections. _Read the rest_ [_here_](http://time.com/transgender-men-sexism/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4371196/seeing-sexism-from-both-sides-what-trans-men-experience/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4371196/seeing-sexism-from-both-sides-what-trans-men-experience/"},"headline":"Seeing Sexism from Both Sides: What Trans Men Experience","datePublished":"2016-06-16T10:16:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:38:48.873Z","description":"For almost three decades as a radio newscaster in Victoria, British Columbia, Sheila Gardner fielded countless comments from male listeners--not about stories but about syntax....","url":"https://time.com/4371196/seeing-sexism-from-both-sides-what-trans-men-experience/","keywords":["Trans"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cdc7e1942800de4/698898038e0601c563466525/transgender-male-tiq-milan-experienced-sexism-as-woman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cdc7e1942800de4/698898038e0601c563466525/transgender-male-tiq-milan-experienced-sexism-as-woman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"transgender-male-tiq-milan-experienced-sexism-as-woman","caption":"Tiq Milan, a 33-year-old writer and activist. transitioned in 2007","creditText":"Erik Tanner for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4371196/seeing-sexism-from-both-sides-what-trans-men-experience/","name":"Seeing Sexism from Both Sides: What Trans Men Experience"}}]}] ```