I affirm trans people’s existence. As someone who lacks empathy, I honestly don’t care about trans rights, nor the suffering they faced, but I know it’s bad and that they’re people too. I don’t see a reason to discriminate, so I don’t.
I don’t deadname. I use the correct pronouns. I’m just only romantically, sexually attracted to, and would only go out with cis men.
I wouldn’t date a trans man with lady parts because of his lady parts. I like man parts. I wouldn’t date a trans man with surgery because he’s female-bodied (I’m simply not attracted to trans men).
I wouldn’t date a trans woman because she’s a woman, though I might like her man parts if she still has them.
I wouldn’t date a cis woman because I’m not attracted to cis women, nor would I have sex or date either of the identified people.
I like masculine parts with a male body. If I meet the right one, I may be bicurious and date women (cis). I like the attention, compliments, and closeness of a woman, so I say I’m bi, but I only really see men as dating material.
Yes, if you refuse to date trans men bcus you think they’re “female bodied” call their parts “lady parts” that means you don’t see them as men
This “parts” language you’re using’s transphobic language you need to excise . No “(man|lady|masculine) parts” . And you MUST care about trans rights
I agree that the “[misgendered term] parts” are tip off but as somebody who doesn’t really experience sexual attraction I don’t feel able to say whether or not it’s transphobic to only be attracted to a type of genitalia not somebody’s gender. It seems intuitive that it should exist but maybe new terminology is required (or already exists and I don’t know it)?
Issue’s coupling genitalia with gender , OP thinks (penis = “man part”|vulva = “lady part”) . We should detach genitalia from gender entirely . Genital preference touchy bcus indeed most what I see about it’s transphobia from TERFs (whole “lesbian = not liking penis” thing)
Perhaps OP would be better off expressing their attraction as “attracted to men with features classified as ‘traditionally masculine’” ?
I don’t care about anyone’s rights, sadly. I don’t have empathy so I just genuinely can’t register feelings.
That’s a pretty sad way to go about life. You can do better, with effort. Empathy isn’t something innate to most people. It’s a learned skill, which we actually know because of the effects of dementia upon a person’s capacity for empathy…