One of the hot button issues of the day when it comes to gender and sexual politics is the question of "is it gay for a cis dude to date a transgirl," a topic often discussed mostly by cis dudes who are maybe kinda just a little bit homophobic or transphobic. Now I'm not suggesting that asking the question is in itself a hateful or bigoted thing, and for that matter I wouldn't really use the term "hateful" to refer to most of the people asking; I don't think that it represents some epidemic of people who despise or fear gay dudes or transwomen and want to take away their rights; more so it just seems to be a conversation that's mostly had by mildly insecure straight guys who seem to have a vested interest in not being gay, and the discussion will often center around at least an implication of transgirls as "not really women," intentionally or otherwise. Obviously this leaves something to be desired. Enter postmodern/feminist/trans-cen
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