2017 July 9, nosheepnosleep, “Just browsing & had to say :)”, in Reddit[1], transgendercirclejerk, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
She better do it fast; there's nothing more repulsive than a rotten egg.
2017 August 22, older_bolder, “Has Anyone Else Noticed Reddit's Transphobia?”, in Reddit[2], asktransgender, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
Rotten Egg Syndrome: internalized transphobia caused by gender insecurity (often because of unreflective repressed questioning or ignorance compounded by internalized homophobia) - abbr.: RES - ex: We must be compassionate, because sometimes even people with RES hatch.
2018 December 8, Broten66, “When you get hit with a memory of how much of a bigoted piece of shit you were before you transitioned”, in Reddit[3], traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
Yeah, I was a "rotten egg" too.
2019 February 3, CerezaOfTheFae, “egg_irl”, in Reddit[4], egg_irl, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
He sounds like a rotten egg.
2019 May 15, PrezMoocow, “Critter discovers a Snapchat filter...wonders if it's the same as Gender Dysphoria.”, in Reddit[5], GenderCynical, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
Oh look a rotten egg
2020 February 22, SpaceTranshipYamato, “Egg_irl”, in Reddit[6], egg_irl, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
Used to be a rotten egg but now I am a cracked egg
2020 February 22, jfrancesha_, “Awesome!! (For those who don't know, r/transrights was a heavily anti-trans subreddit!)”, in Reddit[7], traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
LOL I think you mean a rotten egg?
2020 December 23, communoah, Twitter[8], archived from the original on 2020-12-23:
"jkr is a rotten egg" is a decent explanation but it feels just as likely that "I could've been trans" is the TERF equivalent to "I considered prostitution [sic] once but then didn't"
2021 August 14, Violent_Violette, “Is gender dysphoria an exclusively trans experience?”, in Reddit[9], asktransgender, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
Or because they themselves experience gender dysphoria but have gone down the rotten egg path.
2022 April 30, SirSqueakington, “So Tats is totally a self-hating trans woman, right?”, in Reddit[10], sinfest, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
I think I remember someone on twitter referring to him as a 'rotten egg', and I like that metaphor... but as a trans person myself I don't feel comfortable deciding someone's identity for them. If he says he's not a trans woman than he's not a trans woman, buuuut... I have suspicions that if circumstances were different... yeah, I can definitely see it.
2022 April 30, Sedu, “I am the lizard teacher AMA”, in Reddit[11], sinfest, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
Also trans and have been getting (rotten) egg vibes from Tatsuya for years for exactly the same reasons as you listed there.
2022 May 2, vanishinghitchhiker, “Sinfest 5/02/22: Tribulation 33”, in Reddit[12], sinfest, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
...huh. Okay, one point for the "rotten egg" theorists.
2022 May 18, Tribar, “Egg_irl”, in Reddit[13], egg_irl, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
From what I can tell gender issues is somewhat hereditary, so it's possible the dad's a rotten egg. My 'dad' was really transphobic to me when I came out like 6 years ago and now I'm 100% positive there's gender afoot.
2022 May 26, full_auto_trans, “Trans attraction leading to Transition”, in Reddit[14], asktransgender, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
He says that the reason he's obsessed with trans people is because in his words, they're so "fucked up" that he "can't help" finding them "fascinating." There's a black trans woman I'll call LaTonya to avoid using her real name. This creepy old man modified her name into "LaTonian" and uses it as an adjective to describe something that's so fucked up that it's fascinating. The thing that's really fucked up is he got drunk and claimed that I'm secretly gay and needed to "confirm" me by doing super creepy and weird things. One of the things he says I did that was gay was being "too obsessed with trans people," even though he's way more obsessed and he doesn't have anyone in his family who is trans or any other reason why he would take an interest in trans issues. He thinks being interested in trans subjects is weird, yet obsesses about them himself. He really seems like a rotten egg.
2022 June 9, Midnight-Tea, “Sinfest 6/9/22 - Bilderberg”, in Reddit[15], sinfest, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
TBH, I think it's strongly possible he is trans. Or specifically what our community sometimes calls a "rotten egg". That is instead of hatching it got boiled in so much hatred and induced self-loathing that it went bad. A lot of little things suggest the possibility. The obsessive hatred of the male parts and even using them for self-pleasure? Internalized dysphoria. Fetishizing women suffering or brought low? Repressed envy and satisfaction. The idolizing of women on a pedestal that he could never dare approach? Also something transwomen often do, either before they hatch or for a time after. (this ironically leaves them vulnerable to TERF ideology, which I've seen a few young trans girls almost get pulled into)
2022 June 14, tulipkitteh, “The whole "Tats is secretly trans" joke pepple like to make is kinda weird”, in Reddit[16], sinfest, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
Not to mention, the most recent comic basically said the punchline is "trans is cool, cis is boring". I was more or less indifferent, but those comics sorta pushed me to leaning toward the rotten egg theory.
2022 September 2, Wisdom_Pen, “Egg💩🤡irl”, in Reddit[17], egg_irl, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
Oh dear a rotten egg
2022 September 4, Allinair, Twitter[18], archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
JK Rowling is a rotten egg (trans-masc)
2022 September 20, cordis_melum, “Yus”, in Reddit[19], traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
One of the many running theories is that the cartoonist is a rotten egg. The problem is that in the past two years, he's been cozying up with MAGA transphobes, so if the theory is actually true and he does manage to crack, he might be in legitimate danger.
2022 September 20, Avder42, “It's Egg Time!🏳️⚧️”, in Reddit[20], sinfest, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
Honestly as someone who is trans, I hope the rotten egg theory is wrong. I wouldn't want this garbage human being in the same demographic as me.
2022 September 26, ConfuzzledDork, “Sinfest 9/26/22: Non-Bonery 25”, in Reddit[21], sinfest, archived from the original on 2022-09-26:
It’s definitely a factor in why so many people think he’s a rotten egg.
