“These guys are actually transphobes insecure about people finding out about their transphobia. “Let’s call this trend what it is,” said Valerie, a transgender woman from the south Indian city of Chennai. The subreddit r/superstraight was at almost 30,000 members before it too was taken down on March 9.īut while Super Straight supporters claim that just like LGBTQ+ people, they too can “come out the closet as superstraight”, others are pointing out this is actually a full-fledged transphobic movement under the guise of inclusivity. The movement gained popularity on Twitter, Reddit, TikTok and 4chan-the last one also being a generator of far-right propaganda and an amplifier of online bigotry. Overnight it seemed, “Super Straight” pages swarmed on to other social media platforms. Then, TikTok took the video down, banned Royce from the platform, blocked the hashtag #SuperStraight, and came out with a statement saying they “do not tolerate hate speech or hateful ideologies.”.īut the damage was already done. The video stayed up for a week despite the backlash it promptly received. It was never meant to be hateful towards anyone.” Royce later clarified to Insider about the video that brutally divided the internet this month, “I created it because I was sick of being labelled with very negative terms for having a preference, something I can't control, and getting labelled by the community that preaches acceptance with that sort of stuff.
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