I DON'T want my orientation to be changed bt HRT

[KayXo]

as a teenager, pre-HRT I was 100% into girls, I thought there was nothing that could change that, the male body, well it was a turn off. Into HRT that started to change, now the idea of me being with a woman is just the weirdest of many weird things I think of.

You may love the female form, hrt does funny things, for many it will never change who they'll like to bed, but for some it opens new doors and closes others.

YES!

For me I believe that it played a big part, I can tell you before HRT there would have been no way in hell of me even holding hands with a male, but as hormones did their work, I started to really see myself as the female I was feeling and socially I found males more less of a turn off and more a turn on.
I had my SRS at 21, I've slept with 1 female since then, I've been with many men and even had loving relationships with some. Without ruling it out, I couldn't see myself with a female again.
I put this down to a number of things, one that I believe was hormones.

and Yes! SAME for me. +1

[FairyHime]

I personally found that having the new female social role wound up shifting me more than the hormones. Like, at one point everyone began seeing me as only female, so now there's the shift in mentality where I find it weird to see other women as more than friends, unless they're super highly attractive.

I dated a lot of girls, but even then I'm hesitant to identify as bi simply because right now I just want to be with guys. Also wound up getting a boyfriend somehow, and it feels completely different in a way I'm really liking, so it's kind of hard looking back now. Things just feel better and more fun right now, for whatever reason, and where I never could imagine finding a guy attractive now I find myself feeling dazed and warm (in a really really good way) just from looking at him. It's a weird thing, life.

[Ruth Ruthless]

Still attracted to women... I did lose almost all my sex drive and I've grown to dislike my penis, which when I started HRT I was ok with. I did find out I'm attracted to some trans women, while before I didn't consider the option. I found out I could enjoy a kiss from a somewhat feminine looking man. Still, I don't find myself looking for men, and I don't want a relationship or sex with a man. Men hit on me online, I'd say about once a month but I don't give a damn. I have a girlfriend for 7 months and started HRT 9 months ago.

[Pikachu]

Such an old topic...

Well, I'm bored. I guess I'll chime in.

My opinion on the whole HRT changing sexual orientation thing is that the hormones themselves don't change it, but rather the shift in perspective that comes along with transition for some people. When you start thinking of yourself in a radically different way, you may start seeing other things differently as well, and you may find you're suddenly open to attractions and experiences you may not have been open to before.

[Ashey]

I suddenly have this twisted alternate past where I used to be a lesbian. And I have to go with that and adapt it to my persona. I live with my boyfriend and three male roommates that I'm stealth to, so it can get really weird talking about past relationships. Went from being a straight guy to bi to pansexual, then pansexual female who used to be a lesbian but I'm 'trying guys again'...So strange...

[Hikari]

My approach to the whole thing was simply it either will change or it won't. I mean it would be statistically advantageous to be bi in  potential sexual partners but, that didn't happen I am attracted to women and I am fine with being a lesbian. If I were attracted to a man, I would be fine with dating him too...why miss out on someone who might make you happy?

I am noticing though, it almost seems like my attraction was strengthened towards women after HRT. I also find myself attracted to different sorts of women than I was prior to HRT...since I have increased my estrogen dose, it has had a noticeable impact on this. I found myself "checking out" this woman I was near when I was grocery shopping the other day, and not only was she totally not the type I would have gone for previously I haven't done that in like years and I did caught myself doing it, without thinking about it.

I wouldn't have anticipatedy reactions to HRT and I think it is best to just try and go with however you feel. In any case I have been single for like a year now, so my worries are now much more "is any woman even willing to on a date with a transwoman?" Lol, so my orientation just isn't really my biggest concern.

[peky]

No change so far... I still love humans..... although I must confess a weakness for Danish Cookies !

[Jill F]

No change so far... I still love humans..... although I must confess a weakness for Danish Cookies !

Love those!!!  I have to avoid the bakeries every time I visit Solvang, where they sell them by the tub.