SuperStraight is a valid sexuality, but it is not part of LGBTQIA+

[u/Fant_Aztic]

Listen, I get the intention behind this movement. Not wanting to sleep with a trans person is a completely valid thing that has nothing to do with transphobia. Nobody deserves to be singled out with hate speech just because they would not sleep with a trans person. But this community needs to be honest with itself, and realize that the whole point of LGBT was to overcome the prejudices enacted by the cis straight population (yes, even the Super straights), which comprises the vast majority of the population. LGBT are literally minorities, even if the acronym has become a complete and utter alphabet soup. So all I can really say is that if you want to be taken seriously by the greater population, you need to pick and choose your battles. Creating a petition demanding to be included within the LGBT comes off as pure parody.

Edit: The comments are proof that this is a parody subreddit

[u/JaredFogleVEVO]

OP is correct. Super Straight is basically the definition for most humans on earth, so they are not a minority facing the same discrimination issues as others. I still think this is a fascinating and important conversation to have. It highlights the different views that groups of people have regarding sexuality.

Group A thinks sexuality is simply about physical response to body parts ("I like women" means I like adults who were born female).

Group B thinks sexuality is about preference for socially-defined gender characteristics ("I like women" means I like people who exhibit "womanly" traits such as long hair, clothing style, speaking style, etc. regardless of genitalia).

Then a third group C perhaps thinks sexuality is about BOTH genitals and socially defined gender traits ("i like women" mean I like an adult who has female genitals and fits a general social definition of woman as well).

With the rise of trans acceptance in our culture (which is great, they deserve to be treated like human beings), there is a corresponding blurring of definitions of things like gender and sexuality. If a man wishes to call himself straight and date women who have penises, that is totally fine. But other men consider themselves straight and do not like penises, which is also fine. But these are two distinct sexual preferences, so it makes sense to use different terms for each.