Zhana Vrangalova late last month wrote a piece for Them about the results of a study by two Canadian researchers that showed that the vast majority of cisgender people (those who identify as their biological sex) would not consider dating a trans person, and that is just another example of the discrimination trans people suffer.
Of 958 participants in the study, only 12 percent said they would consider dating a trans woman or trans man.
The high rates of trans exclusion from potential dating pools are undoubtedly due in part to cisnormativity, cissexism, and transphobia — all of which lead to lack of knowledge about transgender people and their bodies, discomfort with these unknowns, and fear of being discriminated against by proxy of one’s romantic partner. It is also possible that at least some of the trans exclusion is due to the fact that for some people, sexual orientation might be not (just) about a partner’s gender identity, but attraction to specific body types and/or judgment of reproductive capabilities.
We’ll admit this is the first time we’ve ever seen the word “cissexism” in print.
Varad Mehta of @DecisionDeskHQ — an obvious “transphobe” — had a few observations:
"Virtually all heterosexuals excluded trans folks from their dating pool." I think I see the problem here. https://t.co/ldHEu3ODkD
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) August 8, 2018
"It's your fault transgender people have mental and emotional problems because you won't date them." Now there's a winning pitch if I ever heard one. https://t.co/ldHEu3ODkD pic.twitter.com/YExvOCzqkI
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) August 8, 2018
Reality rears its ugly head at the end of this paragraph. But the first part is a Wile E. Coyote twenty-feet-off-the-cliff's-edge-and-just-about-to-look-down feat of death-defying insanity. https://t.co/ldHEu3ODkD pic.twitter.com/ZqR4Ye5xVQ
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) August 8, 2018
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"all of which lead to lack of knowledge about transgender people and their bodies" – Something tells me it's not "lack of knowledge" that's the issue here. But that possibility is literally incomprehensible to this person. https://t.co/ldHEu3ODkD pic.twitter.com/MtyNb5QQIi
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) August 8, 2018
If your definition of "trans equality" is "heterosexual people making no distinction between trans and non-trans people in who they date," the "long way to go" will take you well past the heat death of the universe. https://t.co/ldHEu3ODkD pic.twitter.com/f2UY8ihLhT
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) August 8, 2018
The entire premise of this article is perverse and counterproductive. No one is obligated to date someone. Telling "cis" people they're "discriminating" by refusing to date trans people is a surefire way to alienate them from your cause. https://t.co/ldHEu3ODkD
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) August 8, 2018
We all know what is meant by "date" here. Which is exactly why this sort of "discrimination" exists. But the author can't admit that. Alas, sexual dimorphism is a thing even in humans. You're not going to get rid of biology that easily, try as you might. https://t.co/ldHEu3ODkD
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) August 8, 2018
So cis people don’t have to feel guilty that they’re discriminating against trans people by not having sexual relationships with them?
Old and busted: The heart wants what it wants
New Hotness: Have you really *tried* being attracted to the people you aren’t attracted to— Andrew S. (@shoutingboy) August 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/skyl3ragain/status/1027255993313386496
https://twitter.com/MichaelCraig18A/status/1027262084873170944
Let me correct that for you, "LITERALLY all heterosexuals. . . "
Yet we are the bad guys here, unreal!
— Deplorable Porch (@PorchSong) August 8, 2018
Heterosexuals act like heterosexuals. News at 10.
— Keith ??? Burton (@bbeekk321) August 8, 2018
No problem here. That pretty much is the definition of being heterosexual. guys born with male genitalia dating girls born with female genitalia.
— PianoVol (@genedasher) August 8, 2018
Yea it's that whole penis thing I can't get past.
— Sparky "Anonymous source"McGonagle (@Big_Bob_Mac) August 8, 2018
Bigot.
So I guess "gender preference" is now the same as "discrimination" simply because these people prefer not to date a trans person. Someone should see do a study to see how many homosexuals would like to date a heterosexual of the same gender to see how they discriminate.
— Teapot Dome was a deep state Witch Hunt! (@HarrenGWarding) August 8, 2018
The SJW crowd will soon conjure some new jargon.
First we got TERFs (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists).
It’s going to be something like TEBS (Trans-Exclusionary Bigoted Straights), or some nonsense along those lines.
— Ranjit Singh (@AuthorSingh) August 8, 2018
Male entitlement somehow
— Frank (@JimsExWife) August 8, 2018
Remember: even the Women’s March had to say cool it with the “pussy hats” the second time around because they associated certain sexual organs with being a woman, and that could not stand.
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RACIST? You won't believe the current controversy surrounding the pride flag https://t.co/CJJeHuietY
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 2, 2018