• velma@sh.itjust.works
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    22 days ago

    Not all trans people pass, and some trans people don’t exhibit their gender in a way someone else would like.

    Some do pass. How would those people who think they aren’t attracted to trans people even know until clothes come off? And even then, they might not be able to tell if a person is trans, cis, or intersex.

    It’s like when people say they aren’t attracted to bisexual men. It’s personal preference rooted in bigotry, even if they’re not conscious of it.

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      22 days ago

      Because the only trans people they personally know are ones they aren’t attracted to?

      The second paragraph is ridiculous. There’s more to a person’s sexuality than just sex. We’re human beings, everything runs together.

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        22 days ago

        Because the only trans people they personally know are ones they aren’t attracted to?

        That doesn’t mean they won’t be attracted to any and all trans people.

        There’s nothing different about a bisexual man and a straight man when it comes to dating. If someone doesn’t like bisexual men because bisexual men are also attracted to men, that is a preference rooted in homophobia.

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          22 days ago

          It also doesn’t mean they will be either. You aren’t the only person in the world.

          Yeah, because gay and straight people totally always have the same culture and behavior right? I don’t know what weird world you live in, but here in reality both our brains and our environment shape our personality. If your brain has an attraction to one or multiple kinds of people in absolutely will affect other parts of the brain. In your reality it seems like we’re all just a checklist of traits that don’t interact.

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            22 days ago

            You aren’t the only person in the world.

            I’m not trans, but ok.

            It also doesn’t mean they will be either.

            That’s the point. They don’t know either. So to assume that every single trans person is not attractive to them is an assumption based in bigotry.

            Yeah, because gay and straight people totally always have the same culture and behavior right?

            They can overlap a lot depending on the person.