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That would certainly be interesting if that's actually the case! I visited the subreddit a long time ago out of curiosity and all the posts I saw were straight men complaining about not being able to get a girlfriend, so I dunno, but maybe. There's certainly no reason the term can't be used for someone regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
E: just seen this has already been shared, don't mind me...
I double checked and it was… for sure it’s been 100% co-opted by the “maniverse”, but I think it used to be a reasonably constructive community