just saw an instagram reel that was so fucking brainrotted that i wanted to claw my hands through dirt and get 5 different lobotomies in quick succession and then deep clean the rest of my remaining braincells in bleach.

where the fuck do i even begin?

it was about gay men. male x male.

simple, right?

wrong.

first guy starts by saying he is attracted to masculinity so he likes both cis men and trans men.

red flag number one.

define "masculinity". so if i'm seeing this right, you don't like femboys, crossdressers, and effeminate men too? ah yes. cis and trans men. masculine. cause of course gender/sex is inherently masculine, masculinity totally doesn't have to do with your presentation or anything... just say you like dudes and you're without a genital preference, holy shit bro, no one's gonna throw pitchforks at you.

won't mention the others but another GAY guy goes,"i only like specific genitals" ( aka dick ) "so i like men AND trans women".

red flag number two. first of all, let's pause and rewind here. lets just pluck that trans label out. gay man. likes a woman. GAY man. likes a WOMAN. never in my 9 caticular lives have i seen such a comment that makes me feel like an evermore superiorly intelligent being and i am LITERALLY a diagnosed idiot.

you think that's bad? don't worry, strap in your seatbelt and lock in, because it's about to get worse!

entirely baffled by the stupidity of this take, i went to the comment section, and was even more taken aback by the entire comment section seemingly, collectively sharing one singular hivemind braincell : "a gay man going after a trans woman isn't transphobic and both can be gay together in the man-man/mlm way"

suddenly the impulsive urge to toss my toaster into a bathtub didn't seem like a really bad idea.

the gay man's reason why? "there are still situations where 'gay' can be used as a label in not-strictly male attracted scenarios"

i facepalmed. hard. i wanted to bash my head against a wall.

MY BROTHER IN GOD KNOWS WHAT ANYMORE.

the literal meaning of GAY is to be ATTRACTED to someone who is of the same GENDER/SEX AS YOU.

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fellas.

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is it gay for a man to like a WOMAN?

its like seeing a straight man and a trans woman dating and going "omg!! slay, such a queer couple!!" thats a STRAIGHT RELATIONSHIP. 🤦‍♂️ IF YOU LIKE DUDES AND DUDETTES YOU'RE JUST BI WITH A PREFERENCE. why are so many people allergic to admitting they're BI.

remember back in pre/early 2020 when people would scream and cancel someone calling trans men "lesbians in denial" and trans women as "gay men in denial" were transphobic? how the FUCK have we gone 180° from that to screaming that trans men lesbians and mlm trans women are valid and anyone that disagrees is transphobic? fuck that shit bring back the previous ideas, they were going the right direction. we're just a breeding ground for chasers at this point and they dont even bother trying to hide it anymore, they just say it out loud and proud and no one bats an eye! 🤦‍♂️

i'm so pissed seeing the gay label go down the same route the lesbian label has, its meaning is now changing to bisexuality lite too. the amount of braindead commentors trying to defend him is even worse! so many fucking chasers it made me want to hurl.