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It's apparently supposed to make a distinction between trans people before/after bottom surgery. I doubt that's a common use for that word, but I still have a few points against that specifically:

  • I don't think it's ok to make a distinction those in this way
  • It straight up ignores that not everyone wants bottom surgery
  • It's not even the way '-sexual' is used normally.

Most people just use it interchangeably with transgender to my knowledge.

If I hadn't heard of it in context it's commonly used in, I would think that it's the attraction to trans people.


Idk if I'm making any sense here, I suck at saying/writing things that do

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I kinda agree. Hypothetically it would make sense to differentiate between gender expression and our physical bodies, but tbh nuance like that is always lost. The cis just call us all transexual or transgender, depending on how old they are.

That's why I like the trans big tent. Inclusivity is always my preference. Actually, ~~GSM (gender or sexual minority)~~ see below is ideal imo but it hasn't caught on.

[–] Lxrduy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've never heard GSM, I've only ever heard GSRM where the R stands for romantic, because, well, it's different from sexual

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Huh. Yeah, that is better.

tbh I see the term so rarely in the wild that I probably just saw GSM somewhere and it stuck in my brain. Oof

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember seeing GSM a lot more like a decade ago and don't remember seeing GSRM until more recently.

[–] Lxrduy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Oh that makes a lot of sense, I haven't been around that long lol