#idk this child but there are lesbian vibes and transmasc vibes here

[aretheyqueer]

Are they transmasc?

disclaimer: this is a hc, not speculating on what the writers intentions were.

reason under the cut!

-the way she dresses and poses in official art and the movie is masculine

-when she wore her school uniform w a skirt and showed ishida, she treated it like a joke and called it cosplay

-uses ‘ore’ to refer to herself the whole movie even after revealing herself to be shouko’s sister and uses a more masculine way of speaking in general (japanese)

-was comfortable with ishida perceiving her as shouko’s boyfriend

-she uses a lower octave for her voice especially when compared with the other female characters

-hasn’t gone to school in a long time for some reason; could be trans woes but no reason is given in the movie

-she’s also really comfortable having ishida as a friend like when she asked him to tutor her for school + she’s not uncomfortable with being jostled by another male character when it would bother other female characters

[potatoescannotdancetheflamenco]

What do you think gay men are attracted to in men that they can’t be attracted to in women?

It can’t be anything about femininity or masculinity obviously. That’s both sexist, and cultural so can’t be what drives men-only attraction.

It can’t be anything about stated identity because someone could lie just as easily as they could tell the truth in such a statement, and it makes no sense because homosexuality and heterosexuality exists in other species with no stated identities. It’s not like other animals without gender are all pan.

Saying idk it’s the vibes or some indescribable trait men have that women can’t but “I can’t explain” is a nonanswer.

Soooooooo what is it? Or do you think any sexuality but bi/pan is just cultural performance or an identity rather than an inborn orientation?

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To be perfectly honest, I genuinely do not know. I’m pan myself so I can’t properly draw from my own experiences. I’m not smart enough to answer this properly but I can ponder it for a while- stated identity could be a factor. While I don’t think it does much with sexuality, gender could be different. A lesbian would likely no longer have feelings for a friend if she met them pre transition (hypothetical situation where the friend is transmasc here) and developed those feelings, friend comes out to her as trans, she’s supportive, they continue the friendship during/post the transition. I can’t say for sure but I assume the feelings would become platonic or wither away? I don’t even mean medical transition. It doesn’t matter what kind of body you have, if someone tells you they’re a man and you view them as such and you only like women it’s quite unlikely you’re going to have feelings for them. It could be something in the way we view people, in the way we respect their identities. Some men are very feminine but that doesn’t make them women, they’re still men if they say they’re men- a straight woman can still fall in love with a very feminine man if she respects his identity and him as a whole, they could have a perfectly healthy and loving relationship.

I suppose there’s a chance it’s “performance” but I really don’t think so and I do not believe that. If you raised a child without concept of any sexuality or gender being the default there’s no telling how those things would turn out for them. Who knows, questioning from a very young age could be damaging, or it could be helpful. In the end they would turn out to just be themselves, I guess.

As I said before, I really don’t know. You say “I can’t explain”/“it’s the vibes” is a non-answer but that’s what my brain went to first. It’s a topic I’m not sure anyone could give a definite answer on.