We were talking about a particular article on a trans man on my show last night (who identifies as gay and was formerly a "lipstick lesbian") and so the subject came up of FtM orientations. I made a point to emphasize that I didn't know of any reliable statistics but that I'd heard it seems like almost an even split, as in 1/3 str8, 1/3 gay, 1/3 bi. Of course, that's simplified because it leaves out concepts like pansexual, asexual, and others. In fact, I'm pretty sure I'd heard it on this board somewhere as this is where I get a lot of my information about trans-related issues.
Anyone else recall that being discussed here? It was probably in this section.
That's also why it seems silly to me when people argue to completely separate trans issues from LGB issues. One, there tends to be tremendous overlap, e.g. trans people who also identify as having some degree of non-traditional orientation. And two, I think the source of prejudice and oppression is largely the same, i.e. tyrannical culture around behavior, roles, and expression as it relates to gender and gender disparities.
