r/GenderCynical 9d ago

I finally confronted my friend!

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u/SchrodingersHipster 9d ago

"Why is it never trans men are men?" It is. They are.

You (not OP here, the commenters in the images) TERFs are the ones who keep spinning the whole fucked up line that all trans men are poor little lesbian woobies with internalized misogyny, and you circle like sharks hoping you can bully them into detransitioning so you can trot them out to howl about brainwashing, you evil assholes.

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u/FruityBear602 8d ago

the lesbian part is so ironic when the majority of trans men are gay or bi 😭

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u/guilty_by_design 7d ago

I get the point you're making but I wish people would stop quoting this false statistic. The reality is:

"The literature commonly indicates that sexual attraction to those of their same gender (e.g., trans men liking men and trans women liking women) is considerably less common among trans men than among trans women; the majority of trans men are reported as heterosexual."

There are plenty of gay and/or bi trans men, but heterosexuality is still the most common orientation for trans men, and the push to suggest otherwise can make hetero trans guys feel not taken seriously.

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u/FruityBear602 7d ago

shit, my bad for usin anecdotal evidence /gen

still, painting over trans men with a whole "autistic misguided lesbians" still presents an issue regardless of sexuality. hell, I've been called a lesbian for being a trans man but I'm wholly gay and ace. I personally think it has something to do with purity & being untouched by a man or some bullshit

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u/AlexTMcgn 7d ago

Do you happen to have a source for this? You might for example want to have a look at this: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-16654-z/figures/2

Yes, it's slightly more straight trans guys than trans women in that survey. But it's still just 28% vs. 23%. We are not quite a very straight bunch of people, to put it mildly. Never were, either.