Does harmone therapy change sexual preference?

[DL71]

I'm sure this is a no brainer sort of thing but I really don't know. Does hormone therapy change sexual preferences at all?

[Lachlann]

Nah.

You might feel comfortable enough to be honest with yourself or be comfortable enough to express it, though. I wouldn't say it changes it.

[Janet_Girl]

I have to agree as you learn to accept who you are it just comes with the territory.


Janet

[Jeannette]

No.

[DL71]

Cool, thanks!!! 

[YoungSoulRebel]

Nah.

You might feel comfortable enough to be honest with yourself or be comfortable enough to express it, though. I wouldn't say it changes it.

This.

If anything, testosterone has "made my taste in men more masculine".  Six weeks before testosterone, Jamie Bamber, for example, would be on the telly and I'd say "oh, he's attractive, i suppose".  Six weeks after, I suddenly found myself hunting down a loop of "the towel scene" from Battlestar Galactica because it's better than porn.

But David Bowie will always be hot.

[MeghanAndrews]

No.

[Valerie Elizabeth]

You might feel comfortable enough to be honest with yourself or be comfortable enough to express it

I agree with this statement.  However, I feel it is possible for your sexual orientation to change.

[Jamie-o]

Some people's do.  Whether it's a matter of becoming ready to follow that path, (As is, I'm sure, often the case) or whether it's a chemical thing is really still open to debate.  To say "No, your orientation cannot change.  You were always that way and just couldn't accept it," is virtually the same as saying, "There's no such thing as a bi-sexual.  They're all just gays who can't accept it."  It may sometimes be true, but to say it's always true is rather presumptuous, IMO.

[FairyGirl]

I know this serious boy-craziness I've been infected with has got to be coming from somewhere lol

[Dianna]

My sexual orientation is the same now as it was pre-op.  I  honestly can't imagine it changing now.

I like males, always did.

[Autumn]

With E now and T mostly gone, I feel very different emotions regarding sexual attraction, desires, and emotional needs. I think they were always there, but the T blanket was pulled over them. I'm able to look at them and explore them in another light just as I'm able to explore all of life in another light.

...God, I made the mistake of patting one of my bosses on the back as he went to deal with a problem customer. He's really buff. *sigh*

But I'm bi and have always been bi. Just now, I am at a point in my life where I can really appreciate the differences between what different kind of gendered relationships bring and begin exploring and understanding it.

[FairyGirl]

yeah I was always bi too but it does seem there has been a definite shift in attraction to men. It's a moot point anyway as I'm in a relationship now, but If I say I still like harmless flirting it doesn't mean I'm cheating

[heatherrose]

As one who enjoyed sexual liaisons with both men and women prior
to transition, I can say my sexual orientation has not changed. Before
transition, my "romantic" inclination, aside from a few men who I fell in love
with (unbeknown to them), involved women and I viewed my relations with men
as purely sexual in nature. After transition, I started to entertain the idea of
developing a romantic relationship with a man. Four years into transition and one
year into HRT, I would be as comfortable with having a romantic relationship with
a man, as I would with a woman. I believe the "change" is due to the relaxation
of my own inhibitions, as I have come to terms with who and what I am and
has nothing to do with, any kind "chemical reaction", resulting from HRT.

[Butterfly]

No

[Robin_p]

No.

I did think about going with a guy once because he paid attention to me. Than i found out he was a jerk in disguise.

Thank God, my girlfriend saved me

[Krissy_Australia]

Sexual preference Ide have to say no.

[Blanche]

No, sexual orientation is hardwired into the brain. It cannot be altered.

[juliekins]

I would say that the effects of the hormones are concurrent with the new level of comfort with your own self. Once I was able to fully be me, I guess I let my inhibitions go. I do think that if you had a curiosity with one sex or the other, pre-HRT, then that may well turn into the courage to act upon those buried feelings post HRT.

I think many people can be bi in nature given the right person and the right feelings. Besides, if you've found someone who loves you, is it that critical that their sex and genitalia match that which you had been comfortable with before? Is it the persons heart and soul that you love, or their body? Or does it need to be both?

[AmySmiles]

I think hormones have some sort of effect on your reactions or ability to pick up biological signals from the opposite sex at the very least, even if they don't change your orientation.  As a guy, many women have told me I smell really good after I hug them - and I don't wear any cologne or anything, and sometimes was even sweaty at the time.  Not a single guy ever has though.  I know I've read somewhere that's a biological indicator of some sort, so I bet hormones would allow you to pick up on that kind of thing.  So as others have said above, little nudges like that could help to push you more towards something you had repressed but your orientation should stay the same.