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Old 11-03-2012, 12:46 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Martina View Post
I am not trans, but I gotta think with transmen anyway, something biological is going on. So many who had exclusively partnered with women, once they transitioned, became bisexual or gay men. I don't know if there are any studies on it. But anecdotal evidence leads me to believe it's very common.
I can't speak for transmen and I don't know what most transmen do, but all four transmen that I've known fairly well had at least a period of time during transition - particularly after around a year on T - where they found themselves interested in guys when they never had been before. Two of them acted on it extensively, one briefly, and one didn't at all. But all (speaking to them separately) said basically the same thing: It's a combination of the heightened and hyper-masculine sexuality brought on by the T, an adolescent boy's level of deep fascination or even adoration of men's bodies, and all this without an ingrained homophobia - I think all but one had been sexual with men before.

None of the ultimately became gay men, though one still consideres himself bi.

So yes to the anecdotal evidence. I'd be interested in seeing this studied.
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