It’s doubly important for me because food is just a love language for me. Having a cute girl snuggle up to me while i’m cooking stir fry for us, taking her out to a nice restaurant, making a big breakfast when she’s stayed overnight, these are pretty integral to my dating life and that gets soured when people start whining where the meat is.
It’s admittedly gotten much better since i came out and stuck to only dating other trans girls, everybody i’ve been with in the last 3 years was either vegan herself or flexitarian and perfectly happy with entirely vegan options. That’s not necessarily a trans thing, it may be largely because my bubble within the queer community is a lot more progressive than average, but it really makes things easier when you’re centering like-minded people in your life. ofc that gets a lot harder when you’re out on the apps instead, and don’t get me started about the stories that the bi, pan and straight girls i know keep telling. When you check for red flags and wonder if somebody’s values are compatible with yours, you’re already doing loads better than most dudes out there, it’s honestly baffling how many men seem to flat-out refuse to read profiles before they start DMing and just wildly take shots in the dark at everybody that looks remotely hot to them.
not the least bit surprised tbh, they post memes making fun of “binoclards” almost daily