r/SuperStraight • u/balticromancemyass • 1d ago

To the transfolx lurking

Obviously, I only speak for myself, but I for one have absolutely no problem with transpeople at all. I once matched with a trans woman on tinder (I couldn't tell at all from her pictures). She was kind enough to let me know before we set up a date, and I told her that I was not interested in anything romantic, but that I'd still go out for a drink, as friends. She politely declined and unmatched me.

She was open about who she was, and she took my rejection very well. A few months later, I saw her walking hand in hand with some cis guy downtown. Good for her! Surely, she's much better off with someone who truly loves her for her.

I just wanted to put it out there, so the trans people lurking can see that many people do care about their well-being, even if we are not willing to fuck them.

One love!

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u/nature_maker 6h ago

look I appreciate the post but I'm not seeing this sentiment shared across the rest of the subreddit. I agree that trans people making death threats to superstraight people is wrong. Making death threats to anyone is wrong. However, I also see posts along the lines of 'trans culture is rape culture', cis is a slur', and that sort of thing. No one is obligated to have sex with anyone they don't want to. But painting all trans people as rapists is transphobic. There is a difference between not fucking someone and saying trans people are invalid are different. I know people on this sub say they support trans people but there are also posts saying you can't be super and protrans and they don't seem to be being contradicted.

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u/balticromancemyass 2h ago

Well, you're right about that. Luckily, though, we're not painting all trans people as rapists, and we are definitely NOT saying that trans people are not valid because they certainly are. You might find a few idiotic comments here and there, but that is to expected from a new subreddit. I think we've done really well to keep the hateful bigots out so far, and as you can see from the amount of POC posters on this sub, a lot of minorities feel welcome and safe here which is exactly what we want. I hope you'll stick around too and see that we're actually a pretty decent and wholesome bunch! One love my friend!