arturo söze on Nostr: as the article helpfully pointed out, wiktionary glosses 'bæddel' as 'effeminate ...

as the article helpfully pointed out, wiktionary glosses 'bæddel' as 'effeminate man, hermaphrodite'; and according to wikipedia, the 'the exact meaning of [the term is] debated'. so it's actually just this micro-subculture for whom it unambiguously maps to the present-day category of trans women. but noöne would use the term, with or without '-ist', to refer to them or ideas associated with them, b/c they had 0 influence. and that's why this usage they coined is a widespread anti-trans slur