It’s apparently supposed to make a distinction between trans people before/after bottom surgery. I doubt that’s a common use for that word, but I still have a few points against that specifically:

  • I don’t think it’s ok to make a distinction those in this way
  • It straight up ignores that not everyone wants bottom surgery
  • It’s not even the way ‘-sexual’ is used normally.

Most people just use it interchangeably with transgender to my knowledge.

If I hadn’t heard of it in context it’s commonly used in, I would think that it’s the attraction to trans people.

Idk if I’m making any sense here, I suck at saying/writing things that do

  • Bizarroland@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I always assumed that the word was meant to express a differentiation between trans people and heterosexual and homosexual people, because trans people don’t quite fit into either category completely perfectly, right?

    Still I can see where you’re coming from because it would be weird to call my heterosexual friends heterosexuals instead of just like their name or something.

    I would never tell people “my heterosexual friend Bob is really into cars”, or “my homosexual cousin Jay is a really terrible dancer”, so why would I ever say “my trans… friend Alice has really good taste in clothing”?

    I guess I’m saying that in my vision of a perfect world the context of your sexuality would only come up when it is actually pertinent to the conversation, same as your gender.