Indoctrination / DoublethinkThe next time you see a gay trans man """reclaiming""" the word f*ggot, ask them why they aren't doing the same for the word tr*nny.

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Hilarity ensues.

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[–]Neo_Shadow_LurkerPronouns: I/Don't/Care 38 insightful - 1 fun38 insightful - 0 fun39 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hate the Aideens who do shit like this.

They know nothing about growing as a gay men, nothing.

They see our existence and lives as a shitty fetish, a simulacra, based entirely on the vision the media they consume presents to them.

Now I understand how lesbians feel about AGP 'transbians'.

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 19 insightful - 3 fun19 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Better yet, claim it has already been reclaimed and that those who are upset by that need to stop invalidating your lived experience, and remind them that they don't speak for the whole community; some people find power in reclaiming slurs.

[–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Any stories of having tried this?

[–]Athelhilda2 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

I don't see any trans women "reclaiming" the word dyke.

[–]dramasexual 23 insightful - 2 fun23 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Oh they absolutely do. It's fucking infuriating.

[–]julesburm1891 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yep. I’ve encountered it in real life. Funny how something that was never hurled at them throughout high school is so “reclaimed” and “fun.”

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is actually extremely common. It's all over the dating app profiles of every transwoman. They love "dyke" probably for the same reason transmen love the f-word. Curiously they also all love making up stories where they claim they were called this by a stranger. I have never seen any transwoman IRL or anywhere online look anything like someone who would get called "dyke" by a stranger because absolutely no one would have think they're a homosexual female, but at best a cross-dressing male who wants to be seen as a woman. My girlfriend was aggressively called "dyke" by a stranger within the last few months while she was minding her own business because she's female but presents masculinely, so it is very much still being used as a slur against masculine women who are presumed to be lesbians (which she is).

In contrast, I fully believe transwomen of any sexual orientation get called the f-word because the vast majority are obviously male and are presumed to be homosexual. If you ask around, most people assume that Caitlyn Jenner was/is a closet homosexual male. It doesn't help that he is in that weird "non-relationship" with a fellow, but much younger transwoman that is his youngest kids' age. But it doesn't mean that trans women get to reclaim the f-word if they're not homosexual males or they are trying to identify out of being homosexual males.

[–]GreykittymommaMagical lady 💜 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But apparently some bisexual women call themselves dy*es. I think that is pretty lame.

[–]Shales123 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The bloke who coined the term "cotton ceiling" refers to lesbians as "cis dykes"

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

Unfortunately there are actually a lot of them. Just go on r/actualtransbians and look at the flairs.