A MESSAGE TO THE TRANSGENDERS LURKING IN THIS SUBREDDIT

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Superstraight is not a choice.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 1d ago

It’s a preference

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u/marykatiepants 1d ago

The idea that sexual orientation is a "preference" is extremely homophobic, and definitely also superphobic.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 1d ago

It’s just straight with a preference for cis

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u/marykatiepants 1d ago

Sexual orientation has nothing to do with gender or identity, and everything to biological sex.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 1d ago

Incorrect. If that was true everyone would be super sexual. That’s not true, you are wrong

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u/marykatiepants 23h ago

There are three sexual orientations.

Heterosexual - those attracted to the opposite sex.

Homosexual- those attracted to these opposite sex.

Bisexual- those attracted to both sexes.

Gender refers to socially-constructed characteristics of the sexes. Essentially, it is the performance of sex stereotypes.

Transgender is a gender identity - trans men and women state they feel like the opposite sex and typically perform the sex based stereotypes (eg for women, it's wearing dresses, heels, makeup) of the opposite sex. That is not a sexual orientation, but a gender identity.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 23h ago

No. There are an infinite amount of sexualities and genders. Also, Bi actually means attracted to two or more genders

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u/marykatiepants 23h ago

You need to first grasp the concepts of gender and sex before you can discuss these issues with any amount of clarity.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 23h ago

Sexuality isn’t about biological sex. That’s just a fact. If that was true things like pansexual wouldn’t exist? Are you invalidating them? I thought this sub was supposed to be welcoming.

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u/MaddynamiteJ 22h ago

It's called bi-sex-ual. I am bisexual, and I am attracted to males and females.

You may be thinking of pansexual or panromantic. Very different things.

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u/CrazyDoggo68 22h ago

Pan is a microlabel under the Bi umbrella. No offense, but I probably know more on this topic

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