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Super straight is described by its originators as a sexuality in which individuals only engage in sexual relations with cisgender people of the opposite sex, which would exclude transgender individuals.[1] It has also been stated to be a is a social media trend and hate campaign, primarily conducted through the use of social media, where people use terms common among the LGBT community to self-identify as "super straight", which they say is a sexuality which excludes transgender people from their dating preferences. The term, first coined by TikTok user Kyle Royce, later spread to 4chan, where internet trolls, trans-exclusionary radical feminists, and Nazis accelerated the growth of the hate campaign. Usage of the term later spread to Twitter. Super straight has been described as a straight pride movement.[2]
Origin
editThe term Super Straight was coined by TikTok user Kyle Royce.[1] Royce stated, "Straight men get called transphobic because I wouldn't date a trans woman. Now, I'm super straight. I only date the opposite gender, women, that are born women. So you can't say I'm transphobic now because that is just my sexuality."[3] Robin Tran, a comedian and trans woman, claimed she coined the term in 2017.[4]
History
editThe movement gained traction in TikTok and moved on to 4chan.[3] The movement then grew and went from Twitter to Reddit.[3] Royce was banned from TikTok due to him advocating Super Straight.[5] The subreddit Super Straight was banned by Reddit for promoting hate.[6] The Super Straight term led to other spinoffs such as Super Gay, Super Sexuals and Super Lesbians.[7]
The movement has been described as thinly veiled transphobia,[3] and individuals who have identified as Super Straight have been labeled transphobic.[8] Super Straight has also been described as a campaign to divide the LGBT movement.[9] The Daily Dot described the phenomenon as a "reframing [of] their harassment of transgender people".[10] 4chan users expressed eagerness to use the trend to "red pill" those in the Generation Z age group, create division among LGBTQ communities, and use the language of LGBTQ rights to troll leftists.[11][10]
The hashtag #superstraight has been banned,[where?] but other tags such as "super stright" have been used to get around this ban.[5] This hashtag though has been flooded with opposing messages.[5] Other tags have been created such as #superstraightrightsarehumanrights.[12] Super Straight groups claim that they receive discrimination from other groups based on their sexuality. [12]
Imagery
editSuper Straight has used imagery of the Nazi Schutzstaffel, which shares the "SS" acronym.[4][13][14] Colours associated with "Super Straight" are black and orange.[15][16]
Popular media
editRapper Robert Charles' 2012 song Super Straight was coopted and used by the Super Straight movement.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Sung, Morgan. "The 'super straight' campaign taking over TikTok is actually just ugly transphobic trolling". Mashable. Cite error: The named reference "auto1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "New trolling trend has some people claiming 'super straight' as their sexual identity". Upworthy. March 12, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Asarch, Steven. "A social-media trend has people identifying as 'super straight.' The transphobic campaign was meant to divide LGBTQ people". Insider.
- ^ a b "Did the 'Super Straight' Trend Originate With Nazis on 4chan?". Snopes.com.
- ^ a b c "TikTok bans the super straight movement and its creator". PopBuzz.
- ^ Asarch, Steven. "Reddit bans transphobic 'SuperStraight' subreddit for 'promoting hate'". Insider.
- ^ "Reddit bans 'SuperStraight' group for 'promoting hate'". BusinessInsider.
- ^ "Social Media Users Explain How "Super Straight" Is Transphobia, Not a Sexuality". Distractify.
- ^ Asarch, Steven (2021-03-08). "A social-media trend has people identifying as 'super straight.' The transphobic campaign was meant to divide LGBTQ people". Insider. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Ball, Siobhan (9 March 2021). "Transphobic trolls are trying to pass off 'super straight' as a new sexual identity". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Milton, Josh (March 8, 2021). "Super Straight: Transphobic Trend has links to the far-right". PinkNews. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Bollinger, Alex (March 9, 2021). ""Superstraight" is the newest anti-LGBTQ insult. Here's what it means". LGBTQ Nation.
- ^ Milton, Josh (March 8, 2021). "Super Straight: Transphobic Trend has links to the far-right". PinkNews. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ball, Siobhan (9 March 2021). "Transphobic trolls are trying to pass off 'super straight' as a new sexual identity". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Milton, Josh (March 8, 2021). "Super Straight: Transphobic Trend has links to the far-right". PinkNews. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ball, Siobhan (9 March 2021). "Transphobic trolls are trying to pass off 'super straight' as a new sexual identity". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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