public service announcement to everyone, please read <3 (also i know others have made projects on this topic as well ^^) recently there has been a group of people on tiktok, and now in other social media apps, who have begun to label themselves as "super straight." these people say they will only date other people who aren't transgender. ex; a super straight man would only date women who were born as women. (for those of you who don't know, transgender people are people who were born as one gender but are really a different gender, you could say they were born in the wrong body or gender. ex; a transgender man is a person who was born as a woman but really is a man, so they will use he/him pronouns, etc.) this new "sexuality" is extremely hurtful and hateful towards transgender people. no matter how much "super straight" people say they aren't trying to be hurtful, that is a lie. the "super straight" label was created by transphobic people who were intentionally trying to be hateful towards transgender people. anyone who claims they are "super straight" is invalidating transgender people and brushing them as off as "not real men/women". the "super straight" label is NOT okay and if you see any projects, comments, studios, or profiles promoting the "super straight" label, please report it <3 it may be your personal preference that you don't want to date trans people. that's fine, but it's not your whole sexuality. the superstraight label was literally created to be harmful and to cause chaos in the lgbtq community, which is why the label should be ignored and abolished. let me explain to you the difference between "super straight" and a real sexuality. let's say that most people only drink coke. coke is the "standard". it is expected for most people to like coke. but let's say there is also a small percentage of people, though, who only drink pepsi, or who drink both pepsi AND coke, etc. these people would represent the LGBTQ+ community - people who are homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, etc. super straight would be like drinking coke, but only coke that's in a soda can. why is drinking coke from a soda can different than drinking coke from a glass bottle, or a cup? it's the same coke! just in a different container. trans men and women ARE real men and women! a trans woman is just as much a woman as me, and i was born as a woman. it doesn't matter what people look like on the outside or appear to be. i hope that analogy made sense, and i hope this project was helpful to you <3 thanks ^^ - bee
