pride month's over so can i be so homophobic as to say. the mlm community is actually trash in many many ways but we excuse all of it as "our culture"
like yeah sure, men tend to be more sexual and rough around the edges cause. that's how society raises them, and most of them don't even think to unlearn that. and i'll be the first to admit that the ease with which you can hook up with gay guys is very handy sometimes! i don't think that ought to be abolished, obviously. fuck around as much as you please
but also, um, maybe we shouldn't be passing as normal things like groping and grinding on people at clubs without asking, or hitting people up very crudely, or simply being way behind, generally speaking, on romantic (or simply affectionate and respectful) attitude compared to other groups. because sure, part of my distaste with this might be that i'm a repeated sa/csa victim and grew up as a woman with all the sexuality-related terror that entails, but i don't. like it. i don't think it's good.
i don't think any other group has the right to stereotype us as predatory and sexually voracious and deviant, simply because no outsider gets to speak about and police a community. but we must realize that this is an issue. i don't think it's normal how many very young gays fresh out of the closet get "initiated" by men twice their age and experience. i don't think it's normal that breaching into the mlm dating scene comes with the necessary acceptance that you will maybe eight times out of ten not be taken out on dates, not treated tenderly, not pursued for your person. and yeah, not to be that invasive tranny, but i don't think it's normal that, of what few guys want us, most only want us for an exotic sexual trophy.
i don't think it's normal how many transmascs i know that have feminized themselves, re-closeted themselves, just to get an ounce of genuine romantism from a man, because gay men will not give it to you. because we keep perpetuating this culture that is myopically toxic, traditionalist masculinity-focused.
mind you, it is already HELL out there for straight women. the dating pool is barren of men with a shred of decency and interest. do you know how bad it's gotta get to make someone detransition back into a woman just to expand their dating pool? holy fuck you have no clue.
and my heart goes out to them, i love my straight siblings, i don't want fighting between communities. but at the same time, if you're a queer man, take a good look at yourself and maybe think really? you REALLY want to be as bad as a straight guy? fucking really?
we need to fix ourselves.