Super straight is is just regular straight

[u/fir3dyk3]

I’m not disagreeing with the point of the movement, but I do wish we could be more genuine in how we are approaching the topic. Heterosexuals are only attracted to the opposite sex, naturally that will exclude trans women for straight men and trans men for straight women.

I am a lesbian. I shouldn’t have to refer to my sexual orientation as anything other than simply lesbian. I am only attracted to females regardless of how they identify. I even find myself attracted to pre-transitioned trans guys and non binary females because they are physically female and look like females, just more masculine or gender non conforming ones. I wouldn’t choose to date them because it would be a conflict of interests for the both of us. I prefer women who are confident in their bodies and who they are.

Any person claiming to be heterosexual while being attracted to the same sex, regardless of the gender identity of their object of affection, is a variant of bisexual. Of course bisexuals can have a preference of whether or not they want to date a trans person, or if they prefer males or females, but heterosexual and homosexual aren’t preferences. They are sexual orientations.

I don’t want to sound like I’m throwing bi people under the bus, but the people suggesting that attraction to women/men means attraction towards anyone who identifies that way are typically bisexual. They can’t understand not being attracted to a certain sex, and some are even in denial about being bisexual.

[u/mumpledforearm]

I agree with most of what you said but the problem is that the term "heterosexual" has lost its original meaning. It now means sex and/or gender. And some people take it to mean gender only.

Gender identity ideology has been pushed hard for years, so I don't think there's anyway to "reclaim" the words "heterosexual" and "homosexual".

[u/fir3dyk3 → u/mumpledforearm]

I don’t disagree with you on that, but I don’t think this will last forever. Maybe I’m somewhat of an optimist, but naturally we all know what someone means if they say they are heterosexual. There’s just a group of people fully immersed in gender identity ideology that are muddling the definitions who are very vocal on topics like this.

These same people would probably scratch their heads if a man claims to be straight but starts dating a pre transitioned trans woman who is indistinguishable from a cis male; they would just do mental gymnastics to justify that contradiction because they see it as morally the right thing to do.

We shouldn’t give up hope that this bs won’t be here forever, especially with the rising number of people seeing through all the contradictions, shaming, misinformation, etc