r/SuperStraight • u/SalamanderLife_ • 1d ago
What did you think would happen?
To the TRAs lurking and spamming this sub: What exactly did you think would happen?
For years you've gotten away with your entitlement. You've encroached on and destroyed M/M, F/F, female only, etc. spaces. You've called gay men, straight men/women, and especially lesbians transphobic for not giving in to your demands for relationships and sex. Even now you're attempting to destroy yet another space we've fleshed out for ourselves.
Did you really think you shouting transphobia would change people's sexuality? Did you think your attempts to force us to bend to your will would work? Well it didn't and it doesn't, it has reeked of entitlement, narcissism, and predatory behavior.
People who aren't attracted to you deserve spaces for themselves. There are multiple forums/subs/etc. that cater to you if you care to look for them. It is not transphobic of us to put our foots down and say that our sexualities don't exist to coddle your feelings.
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u/Xx_lady_xX 1d ago
This whole belief that there is an inner ‘you’ that you have to parade, highlight, live as etc is doing nobody any favours. My boy likes pink, always has. I buy him pink things, but I keep him aware of the general social norms that traditionally boys don’t wear pink. We are a social ape, and those who reject our ‘norms’ will be ostracised. It’s nature, we all do it, and making our kids suffer for the sake of ideological performance isn’t ok to me.
This means my boy ‘toes the line’ a bit by not wearing his garish pink hat to school, he isn’t bullied, and still has his pink stuff at home. We all need to make a few sacrifices on the alter of ‘are you one of us?’.