• @dejected_warp_core
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        55 hours ago

        I think boils down to “similar optics, different gender identity”, but I’m neither of these flavors so I really don’t know. But for this joke, I think either works.

        Calling for assistance: we need a ruling here. Halp.

    • @[email protected]
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      616 hours ago

      This sucks. Implies he can only like a trans woman if he’s bi and not if he’s straight.

      • @AnUnusualRelic
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        109 hours ago

        I just like the female form. The plumbing is secondary.

        So I think it can be more nuanced than bi/straight.

      • @[email protected]
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        13 hours ago

        What makes you think there’s a trans girl involved? Could just be a femboy. Also, there’s nothing wrong with bi dudes liking trans girls.

        • @[email protected]
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          68 hours ago

          I suppose that’s possible, but the lack of clarity on that point still makes me uncomfortable. And there’s nothing wrong with bi dudes liking trans women, obviously. I am a bi dude who happens to be dating multiple trans women.

      • nifty
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        410 hours ago

        Why does it matter?

        • @[email protected]
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          108 hours ago

          Because the idea that a man attracted to trans women could not be straight is transphobic. Trans women are women and a man attracted to women can be straight regardless of whether they’re trans or cis.

          • @EldenLord
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            32 hours ago

            I would argue that sexual attraction to a non-op trans woman involves attraction to male genitalia, which by definition and logic extend beyond the label “straight”. A different case would be a man attracted to masculine presenting women (tomboys), or post-op trans women, which would not rule out bisexuality, but be within the defining bounds of straightness.

            Because the visual overlap between non-op trans women and femboys is quite noteworthy, an umbrella term for attraction to both male and female identities such as “bisexual” is appropriate. Denying that is arguably Bi-erasure! I hope you understand my point.

          • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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            73 hours ago

            True, but if a guy doesn’t like male genitalia and the woman is non-op, well, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with him not wanting to have sex with her. That’s his preference and it’s valid.

            • @[email protected]
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              146 minutes ago

              Not sure what that has to do with what I said. I didn’t suggest anyone should be compelled to have sex with anyone…