• @[email protected]
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    617 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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      1010 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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        118 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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          42 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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          83 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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            11 hour 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…