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I think the idea is that if trans women are women and cis men are men, and a man says "I am attracted to women" that should imply that you are also attracted to trans women. So if a man says they are heterosexual "but I'm not attracted to trans women", this could be construed as them not considering trans women as "real women".
There's lots of problems with this argument, which basically boil down to "people are complicated" and labels are imperfect and attraction is complicated.
More likely is that someone who says this has a visceral reaction of disgust to the idea of sexual involvement with a trans person. That is pretty much textbook for phobia.
Having said that, you don't need to fuck someone to show support. If so many boomers could get over their homophobia to eventually support human rights for same sex attracted people, I'm sure we can get there for other diverse groups, too
Comment by [deleted] at 13/03/2021 at 01:30 UTC
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The basis of the argument is that trans women are women. If you are straight and see an attractive trans woman, you are still straight. If you arent interested in having sex with a woman with a penis, thats a preference.
Sexuality is more referring to the built in attraction centers of the brain.
Its just transphobes who bought into the bullshit "predatory trans" myth thats built up over the years.
Comment by Brewlink at 12/03/2021 at 23:59 UTC
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You should be able to be attracted to whomever you want without being considered transphobic. Im not attracted to trans women because i dont like dick (if they dont have one its a different story) but i litterally just dont like dick thats why im not attracted to trans women that shouldnt be considered transphobic