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[–]serf_n_terfStraight Ally - Surf’s up! 🏄‍♀️ 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I don’t know of any examples but as a straight woman, I think I’d be able to clock a trans man in about 10 seconds if one tried to pick me up. I’m already taller than the average woman and a lot of the trans men I see online seem shorter than average, so there’s clue number one. Their frame, hand size, posture, etc. would also be a dead giveaway. So yeah, they’d have a hard time getting with straight women if they relied solely on “passing”.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries"[S] 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yea these days it seems like most are no Buck Angel in terms of stature or even in terms of being “butch” at all. More often they seem tiny and frail even for women like Chase Strangio, Alexander Chen, and Andrew Cray.

Those photos of Chase with Laverne Cox and Andrew with Sarah McBride are pretty revelatory.

[–]serf_n_terfStraight Ally - Surf’s up! 🏄‍♀️ 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I looked up the photos and… yeah. The height/size difference is HUGE. But we’re all supposed to go around like zombies repeating TWAW and TMAM. 🤦‍♀️