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[–] yoink@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

it's complicated, speaking as a trans woman

on the one hand, there is a very fine line to walk around fetishising trans people, absolutely agree, but on the other hand I can't deny that even beyond the sexualisation, TG stories and comics in general were kind of important to me and other transfolk I've talked to, especially while I was still in the closet

I'm sure there's pages and pages of discourse about the relationships trans folk have with their bodies and how that especially feeds into their ability to be comfortable sexually, which anecdotally is something I have and continue to struggle with, even 7 years after transitioning, and on some level stuff like this weirdly helps - but ultimately only if its done well, if it's done poorly it can have the exact opposite effect

I also want to note I don't want to erase other people's opinions and experiences of the reverse of this, this is ultimately partially anecdotal