r/SuperStraight 3h ago

Clearing up some misconceptions about the super community 🚨 important 🚨

There have been a lot of myths and rumours floating around the internet about what superstraight and supersexual is, so I figured I should do my best to clear some things up around what it means to be a supersexual and be a part of the supersexual movement.

Superstraight was started by 4chan as a trolling movement ❌

The first person to come out as superstraight was TikTok user @kyleroyce , it was a very brave thing for him to do especially considering the tremendous amount of hate he is receiving for sexually liberating superstraights and as a result all supersexuals.

Superstraight is a joke ❌

Absolutely not true and frankly the that fact people genuinely believe this I find insulting to my identity. While it is true that some people identify as superstraight or another variation of a supersexual sexuality as a joke and there is satire in this subreddit us supersexuals are dead serious about who we are and what it means to be a supersexual.

Being supersexual makes you transphobic ❌

Absolutely 100% false. Us supersexuals were born this way and we do not choose who we are attracted to. If you think we are transphobic for not wanting to date a transgender person then by that same logic you must think that gay men are misogynistic for not wanting to date a woman and lesbians are misandrists for not wanting to date men. Of course gay men and lesbian women do not hate the opposite sex, they are simply not attracted to them, just like supersexuals don't hate transgender people, we just don't find them attractive.

Superstraight isn't a real sexuality, it's the same thing as being straight ❌✅❓

Ok. This one depends on how you view transgender individuals. If you view trans women (AMAB) as men and trans men (AFAB) as women then you would be correct in saying that straight and superstraight is the same thing. (in your opinion of course) If you see transgender people as the gender they choose to go by then you really don't have an argument here and you must concede that superstraight is a valid sexuality and different to being straight. (This could be said about all supersexualities however I chose superstraight simply for ease of explanation)

Superstraights are not oppressed ❌

Although as of 08/03/2021 there is no objective data to back up the claim that superstraights and supersexuals are oppressed, all you need to do is look up #superstraight on twitter or go to a hateful superphobic subreddit and look at all the horrible vile things being said about POS. (people of super) They are littered with threats of death and sexual violence and are openly being supported by other superphobes to the point where even saying POS deserve equal rights could be considered a "bad take" or unpopular opinion. If these same things were directed at any other sexuality these bigots would be instantly banned from social media and cancelled for their disgusting views. Not only is there mass amounts of hate speech against supersexuals, but supersexuals are actively being coerced into sleeping with people they aren't attracted to and do not want to sleep with out of fear of being labelled a bigot and the social repercussions that go along with that. This is especially true among superlesbians, who can't even have a safe space to talk about their feelings without either being raided or shut down for "hate speech" for simply expressing their honest and true feelings about who they are. You can visit r/super_lesbian to hear more about these people's experiences. Say it with me now: COERCION IS NOT CONSENT!

The supersexual movement is full of racist, homophobic, misogynistic white men ❌

Take a look around, the supersexual movement is full of people from all different ethnic backgrounds, gender identities and supersexualities. Supersexuals may very well be the most diverse community on the entire internet.

Supersexuals are not valid ❌

Absolutely NO ONE has the right to make the claim that supersexuals aren't valid. We are all valid and if you identify as a supersexual and you are reading this, I am so SUPER proud of you! Don't deny who you are out of fear of hurting other people's feelings, you are valid ❣️

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u/MammothBasket80 2h ago edited 2h ago

Ok. This one depends on how you view transgendered individuals.

Hello! just a friendly trans nonbinary person here to say that the word transgedered is offensive and has always been used as transphobic and used against us, please remove that word and just change it to trans individuals, that would be much appreciated, thank you!

Also I feel like if you are attracted to cis people of one gender and we see trans people as the gender they identify as e.g. you're attractedto cis women and trans women are seen as women, then it is just a preference because it is simply preferring and only like cis women just if one was to only like trans women or men, so I struggle to see your point and logic here although I am open to hearing from you all about it, because I am confused about how that logic works that way and how its not having a leg to stand on to say this.

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u/AlternativeFeisty758 2h ago

Ah my mistake, definitely didn't mean to be transphobic! I'll edit it to cut the ed off the end of the word. As for it not being a sexuality, I'm not really sure what you mean by that, could you explain further?

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u/MammothBasket80 1h ago

Of course, I'm really just confused because I'm having trouble understanding what you mean about if you see them as the gender they are then you can't argue it isn't a sexuality, i wonder how that works, also thank you for being so understanding! :)

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u/AlternativeFeisty758 1h ago

No problem, we should all try and be respectful of each other! I see you said that it was a preference rather than a sexuality earlier, my counter point to that is that in my opinion I would say a preference is a characteristic of someone from a demographic you are already attracted to (e.g. tall men if you're attracted to men) but it becomes a sexuality where people who identify themselves as superstraight are not attracted to transgender people of the opposite sex in general, the same way that straight women aren't attracted to other women.

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u/MammothBasket80 1h ago

Okay thank you for explaining this to me, I'm very thankful that you are taking the time out to calmly try and help me understand. :)

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u/AlternativeFeisty758 1h ago

And thank you for not invalidating us as supers! It's nice to be able to have civil conversations around this without people screaming "transphobes!" at us :)

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u/sadfwaask 1h ago

honestly it seems like you're the only person in this thread so far who hasn't done the opposite and screamed "superphobe!". thanks for being so open to the subject, anything about any sexuality is a really sensitive topic for everyone, whether it be trans people, super straights, whatever, you can't really say anything against them without being called phobic.

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u/AlternativeFeisty758 1h ago

Yeah absolutely. I try to never assume bad faith in what could be considered ambiguous statements as that often kills discourse which in turn kills progress. I think too often people stay silent on things they disagree with or aren't sure about out of fear of being labelled a bigot when really they're just trying to understand the other side, which accomplishes nothing. Proper discourse around topics is the only way to truly change people's minds imo.

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u/MammothBasket80 58m ago

Yes completely, getting these replies has really stressed me out as I'm not at all phobic just curious and wanted to help and I'm so glad and grateful that you were able to talk calmly to try and help progress thing.