You make a pretty solid case yourself, pardner.

It is correct, but the former has become a slur over time, nor does "transexual" match because it's not about who you desire, it's about who you are. Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, finsexual are all about what kind person(s) you desire sexually. It's a mismatch and it is now a slur.

So it means transgender. Unless you're an asshole.

I mean it's why I hate people who self apply the term "ally" because a lot of "allies" do more harm than help.

Allyship is to be determined by those who need allies, not the people who talk big and claim to be allies while doing fuck-all.

If someone from a minority community decides I am an ally to their cause and calls me an "ally" then I am an ally, not because I self applied a bullshit label to make myself feel better about cisgender white guilt or something.

Yeah I agree on that, the doubles make it way more confusing, and its confusing enough to people since the prefix is an acronym while people are scanning dictionaries trying to figure out a root word that doesn't exist.

Coined in July of 2014 on tumblr:

https://web.archive.org/web/20150324190159/pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/tagged/androsexual

The "fin" prefix means "feminine in nature" and so the opposite where you're attracted to people "masculine in nature" is minsexual. This confuses a lot of people because normally a prefix isn't also an acronym, it's usually from a root word.

So, I think it's a good replacement for gynesexual/androsexual, despite the slightly confusing nature of its origin.

Hijacking top comment to also add that there are words for men who are attracted to femininity outside of the bounds of cisgender women: gynesexual (older term, less inclusive due to implication of a vagina) and finsexual (newer term, more inclusive and drops implication of a vagina).

It is quite likely that many of those men actually fall into these categories even if they have not accepted that about themselves as of yet. Others are bisexual, and even others are pansexual, and haven't "come out" as it were.

Especially if this is relying on self-reporting and how often men want to appear straight, the number of men who are wrestling with such feelings but still put down "straight" is probably quite high.

trans is short for "transgender."

It’s probably not even clear to most Lemmy users that the [] for images in markdown are where you put the alt text.

I certainly just learned something new!

I think it's a design issue.

When you add an image, the alt-text box pops up near the bottom of the page (it is not visible before you add an image). If you're not looking for it/aware of it, it's easy to miss. I don't post a ton of image posts for example, so if I did one it stands to reason I might forget if I was too quick to post.

The alt-text box should really pop up right below the image, above where you input the body of the post, not farther down the page. In fact it could always be there but just be greyed out until an image is added.

useless red circle:

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