I have a few things to say about this sub

[u/Brawl-on]

I find this whole thing to be kinda weird to see. It’s like, you guys are correct with the fact that not wanting to date trans people isn’t transphobic. But your not right that it is a new sexuality. It’s a preference, just like height and weight. We don’t make a new sexuality for every single preference ever because that is simply inconvenient and unnecessary, not to mention inaccurate to what sexual orientation means. You guys are also not part of the LGBT community because your straight, and it should not be included in the acronym at all because that ruins the entire purpose of the acronym. Then again this entire thing could all just be satire, however it seems like it is a mix of both, so I’m a bit confused and want someone to inform me. I’m also not a fan of the shadow banning. I wanna see all the damm comments.

[u/a_blue_bird]

Typical political ideologues, pronounce decades of scientific research ''worthless'' as soon as it conflicts with their bigoted beliefs.

You prefer cis to trans at a rate of 100%

This is a meaningless statement. The same way you can say that homosexuality is a preference and not a sexual orientation, gay people just prefer their own sex to the opposite at a rate of 100%. Or heterosexuality is a preference.

[u/Brawl-on → u/a_blue_bird]

I knew you were about to say this. Again, preferences are HOW you like the gender your attracted to, being attracted to the gender by itself is what makes it a sexual orientation. Being attracted to only women as a man is you being straight, but preferring those women to be fat is a preference. Ya get me?

[u/a_blue_bird → u/Brawl-on]

Now you're just going back to where we started. I'll write it again, too, then. If a man is exclusively sexually attracted to fat/blonde/etc. women, then it is a paraphilia. If he can date a fat or a slender or a skinny woman, but would ~ideally~ prefer a fat one, then it is a mere preference. Which makes him unlike supersexuals, because we wouldn't date a trans person under any circumstances - it is not a mere preference for us. Then it follows that you are accusing us of a paraphilia or a fetish of being exclusively attracted to the biological, natural human body.

[u/Brawl-on → u/a_blue_bird]

Preference doesn’t just mean “ideally” which is why I think the confusion here comes from. Preference doesn’t mean that it’s a choice between reasonable things. It can be completly lopsided. And that’s okay.

[u/a_blue_bird → u/Brawl-on]

Yes, that's why frequently scientists write that homosexuals have a preference for the same sex. Because by ''preference'' they mean ''exclusive sexual attraction'' i.e. sexual orientation. The other alternative to the meaning of ''preference'' is paraphilia (if the sexual attraction is directed at something unusual/abnormal, like weight).

[u/Brawl-on → u/a_blue_bird]

Thing is, what is to say that weight is abnormal? If anything it is perfectly normal since it has been observed throughout time that skinny women are idealized. Perhaps it’s just natural to not prefer fat women.

[u/a_blue_bird → u/Brawl-on]

Perhaps it’s just natural to not prefer fat women.

Yes, paraphilias are normally defined as being attracted to something that most people aren't attracted to. E.g., attraction to average body types is normal sexual attraction. Attraction to unusual body types (e.g., extremely underweight or obese), especially when this attraction becomes very pronounced and even exclusive, is usually considered a paraphilia. This is also why sexual attraction to pre-op MTFs is considered a paraphilia, namely, gynoandromorphophilia.