This is a question we've faced in the queer community forever. As LGBTQ people there's a lot of blur between sex/gender. Bars have gotten into hot water with the community over the years for being sex/gender exclusive.

However, in the instance of a sexual environment, like a bath house or fetish club, is such segregation legitimate? For example, I am solely gay and only interested in biologically male genitalia. I completely support trans men politically but if I am in a sexual situation I am only interested in men with penises. However, my husband loves trans men sexually and finds men with vaginas hot af. So IDK. I guess that if I went to a gay sex club and there were trans men there that's simply not my particular jam, like there are gonna be other cis gender guys there that aren't going to be my thing either. But ultimately sexual environments would be the only acceptable segregation I can think of off the top of my head.

Also, note that there used to be an incredibly important annual lesbian music event, the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, that ran from 1976 to 2015 that arguably died because of their exclusion of trans women. From 1991 forward the festival, which was on private land, had a trans exclusionary policy that divided the attendees.

1w ago

Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt

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John Doe @lemmy.world 1w ago

They need some of that hell fire the RepubliKKKlans bring with them to melt it asap

2w ago

My feelings on the Super Bowl

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John Doe @lemmy.world 2w ago

The only 'Super Bowl' I'll be enjoying this Sunday

3w ago

Imaging sending AI Memes

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John Doe @lemmy.world 3w ago

Thanks. I truly didn't know. I recognized Regis and Kathy but that was it.

3w ago

Imaging sending AI Memes

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John Doe @lemmy.world 3w ago

Is that Count Floyd or the My Pillow guy?

1mo ago

things would be different for sure

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John Doe @lemmy.world 1mo ago

If Harris had won (and I'm not convinced she didn't) the RepubliKKKans would have continued to successfully bang their same old tired drum to the beats of their biggest hits - racism, xenophobia, homophobia, trans phobia, misogyny, fear in general, scary woke nonsense, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, and the carrot on a stick forever promising to make things better for the middle class while actually trying to eliminate them. It's painful af to live through but they have to self-destruct. And it's happening. Now.