Meaning of transvestigation | Babel Free

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An informal investigation into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally conducted by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure.

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“The conspiracies I think⟳ are really bad is the ones that come⟳ from elitism and say⟳ that one group is better than another, so that's what I think⟳ is really stupid. Another thing that gets me are transvestigations, conspiracies about people's gender, like⟳ Justin Bieber being a girl and Miley Cyrus being a guy. It's just so stupid.”

“It didn't take⟳ long for users to point⟳ out that EmergentReality has no idea about the various shapes, sizes, and anatomical variations that both trans and cis women experience⟳. "The Great Transvestigation strikes again, folks," Twitter user @indigowhiskey wrote. "It's been over 3 hours and I still don't know⟳ what an Adonis belt is."”

“[…] and "transvestigations" refers to attempts to expose celebrities (such as Madonna and Mike Tyson) as secretly transgender.”

“Inanna Snow⟳, the "Transvestigation Disclosure" admin who argued that Cavill is trans due to his feminine gaze, was dethroned from her own⟳ page in recent weeks when others accused her of being trans, on equally flimsy grounds.”

“The biggest transvestigation groups have⟳ a few thousand members – tiny by Facebook standards – and the biggest elite gender inversion Twitter account, Son of Man, has 25,000 followers.”

“The "transvestigation" conspiracy involves internet pundits using phrenology to "prove⟳" that apparently cisgender celebrities are in fact trans, despite pretending otherwise”

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