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See also: superstraight and super-straight
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Invented by TikToker @kyleroyce in a video posted on February 21, 2021, in which he explained that he had begun identifying as "super straight" in order to avoid accusations of transphobia for not wanting to date transgender people.
Adjective
super straight (not comparable)
- (neologism, see usage notes) Being sexually attracted only to cisgender people of the opposite sex.
- 2021 March 7, Prerna Nambiar, “What is super straight movement on TikTok? Super straight flag gets slammed”, in HITC[1], archived from the original on 2021-03-07:
- These TikTok users have also come up with a flag to symbolize 'super straight' people. The flag is made up of black and orange colors. Several users have made the flag their profile picture or have been using it on their bio.
- 2021 March 7, “Super Straight”[2]performed by LilCockPump:
- Super straight, yeah, you can check the flag / I was bisexual for a minute, but switched back
- 2021 March 8, Steven Asarch, “A social-media trend has people identifying as 'super straight.' The transphobic campaign was meant to divide LGBTQ people.”, in Insider[3]:
- "I've made a new sexuality," Kyleroyce said in his video. "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."
- 2021 March 11, Nur Ibrahim, “Did the 'Super Straight' Trend Originate With Nazis on 4chan?”, in Snopes[4], archived from the original on 2022-01-27:
- We also encountered numerous posts referring to the trend as "SS pride" and one talking about tattooing the SS rune as part of their "Super Straight pride."
- 2022 June 14, “Is there a straight Pride flag? Exploring the controversy of the heterosexual flag”, in LGBTQ Nation[5], archived from the original on 2022-08-17:
- According to super straight "advocates", this sexual orientation describes cisgender people who are only attracted to cisgender individuals of the opposite gender. Super straight people claim that the identity is just like any other identity that falls under the LGBTQ spectrum, and that identifying as one is a way to "come out" and express that they are proud to be straight and cis.
- Relating to the community of individuals identifying as super straight.
- 2021 March 14, Morgan Sung, “The 'super straight' campaign taking over TikTok is actually just ugly transphobic trolling”, in Mashable[6], archived from the original on 2022-07-02:
- Online vendors started hawking "super straight" apparel to further ridicule the LGBTQ pride movement by mimicking pride merchandise.
- 2022 September 21, Nico Lang, “The Precarious State of School GSAs”, in Them[7], archived from the original on 2022-10-09:
- At school the next day, a group of students hung "super straight" flags, referring to a transphobic identity claimed by some individuals who only date cis people, in the halls.
- 2022 November 1, Saba S., “Queeries: A rant about inclusivity on TikTok”, in The Tufts Daily[8], archived from the original on 2022-11-11:
- TikTok is a place where trans individuals advocate for themselves and have found a community to share their experiences on. How is it that this platform took two years after the super-straight movement to protect its creators and set precedent on their own beliefs?
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see super, straight.
- Alternative form: superstraight
Noun
super straight (plural super straights)
- (neologism, chiefly in the plural) A person identifying as super straight.
- 2021 March 15, Michelle Santiago Cortés, “The Super Straights Are Definitely Not Okay”, in Refinery29[9], archived from the original on 2022-12-17:
- Nobody is required to date or have sex with trans people, but it's eerily violent to organize an identity and a movement around excluding them. For Super Straights to do just that, while claiming that they're persecuted is the ultimate irony.
- 2021 March 24, Jaishree Kumar, “Inside the 'Super Straight' Movement That Got Banned on TikTok and Reddit”, in VICE[10], archived from the original on 2022-05-27:
- To make the point they're trying to desperately prove legit, the Super Straights have come with a flag and merchandise though it's not quite sure who's buying it yet or who came up with the inspired colour scheme.
- 2021 April 7, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Sexual Identity That Emerged on TikTok”, in The Atlantic[11], archived from the original on 2021-04-07:
- "Have you seen these colors on a TikTok video? Scroll [away] instantly," a critic warned in one of many response clips. "These men are known as Super Straights. We have to keep them off the For You page."
- 2021 November 7, Rose Montoya, “Trans 101 by Rose Montoya: Gold Star Gays/Lesbians Transphobic?”, in Los Angeles Blade[12], archived from the original on 2022-07-04:
- Gold star gays/lesbians are just as transphobic as super straights. To be cisgender and require another to be cisgender before allowing oneself to be attracted to someone is transphobic. To have a preference, though, is valid.
- 2022 May 2, Ian D. Svetkey, “A White Man's Voice: The Role of the Privileged Actor”, in The Harvard Crimson[13], archived from the original on 2022-05-03:
- And hearing marginalized people speak up can feel like injustice for those accustomed to their stories being the only ones told. That's why white racists scream "reverse racism," and transphobes cry for the rights of the "super-straights."
Usage notes
- Referring to oneself as "super straight" is often considered to be transphobic (see quotes).
Further reading
super straight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “Super Straight”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007
