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[–]catoboros 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"he/him lesbians" are likely same-sex attracted females with some transmasculine gender identity, such as trans men or transmasculine nonbinary females. This is jarring in the same way as "nonbinary lesbians" (also often seen) because it combines trans concepts of gender identity with "lesbian", which in this context only makes sense if it means same-sex attracted female, ignoring gender identity. I guess that trans men (i.e. females) who describe themselves as straight men have trouble attracting females interested in female bodies? Anyway, even though this was confusing at first, it is nice to see at least a part of the trans community acknowledging the existence and importance of sex and its role in sexual attraction. I never understood claims that sexual attraction could be influenced by the gender identity of the object of the attraction because gender identity is entirely subjective.