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[–]winterwillow 31 insightful - 4 fun31 insightful - 3 fun32 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

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My friend said she knows someone exactly like this........She claims she's a lesbian, but then says that she dates "people without penises." All of the people she's been attracted to are either cis women or transmen who don't pass yet....and she still says she's a lesbian. Something just seems wrong there.

No that's not wrong, that's just what homosexuality means.

It's also interesting how - especially on their own trans subreddits - they still recognize the need for language to separate males and females. There's a lot of borderline "terf rethoric" in those comments, about how "MTF's or nb AMAB's" treat "FTM's or nb AFAB's". It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

[–]julesburm1891 17 insightful - 7 fun17 insightful - 6 fun18 insightful - 7 fun -  (0 children)

I had a moment about that comment too. So, OP was mad that her friend said she was a lesbian and actually is one? Uhh, okay.

[–]8bitgay 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The comment you quoted is so interesting. If you posted it in most LGBT subs you'd certainly be called a TERF for it.

[–]reluctant_commenter 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's a lot of borderline "terf rethoric" in those comments, about how "MTF's or nb AMAB's" treat "FTM's or nb AFAB's". It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

Nailed it. Funny how trans rights activists still need vocabulary to describe people based on their biological sex in order to communicate meaning... it's almost as though it might be useful to have one noun to indicate people of one sex, and another noun to indicate people of the other... Wonder what words we could use...

[–]hetisachoice 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Didn't Helen Reddy have a song about people without penises? I'm trying to remember its name.