OKCupid: "Would you date a transgender person?"

[MugwortPsychonaut]

So I have an OKCupid these days. I've met a really, really AWESOME (cis het) dude on there. We went out and skated once. I like him. He teaches college philosophy (at age 27! gasp!), so he's often busy with that.

I spend a lot of time, because I think OKCupid gives the same sort of dopamine rush as crack.

For those who don't know, you're matched up with people based on compatibility from questions you've answered. One of the many, many questions one can answer, is "Would you date a transgender person?"

Some people actually answer no to this! Like, I get that some people wouldn't, but I still read that, and I'm like, "Oh my Gonz, what a horrible person!" And most of those people list it as "unacceptable" for the other person to be okay with dating a trans person.

As an aside, I tend to have a 90+% match with just about every other trans person.

[FTMax]

When I was still using OkCupid, that was my screening question! I'd always check to see people's answers to it. Probably one of the most useful ways you can sort through people aside from keyword searches.

Probably the most disappointing thing is to come across someone you know and see that they've marked "no" and that it is "unacceptable" for someone else to have said yes. Especially when they claim to be LGBTQ allies

[Kylie1]

That seems like an odd question because people are either meant for each other or not.  If there is an attraction there's an attraction.  It's sad that some people are so closed of mentally that it would make a difference.
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