HRT and Sexual Orientation

[pamshaw]

Be who you are and forget labels. As my body gained Estrogen and rid itself of T my true self came out and I started thinking about men. As time went on and HRT progressed I started to dream about being taken by a man. Soon I thought about it during the day. I don't think HRT changed orientation; it just rid me of stigmas and fears and allowed me to be the woman I was. Now when I make love to a man it feels quite right and natural.

Pam

[Debra]

I was attracted only to women before I started HRT. It was only a few weeks after I started HRT that I saw a picture of a man with his shirt off and suddenly felt very giddy and excited. I also remember seeing men's underwear ads and getting a similar feeling. This only developed more as HRT went on and nowadays I consider myself mostly a heterosexual woman...but I'm still kind of undecided so I say I'm bi. I mostly say that because I think if I found the right woman, things might work, I dont know.

Did the hormones cause this? I think so. The other option is that I was in denial all my life until then...which is also possible. I was raised to believe liking men was "wrong" for me and I adapted to that by avoiding looking at any pictures like the ones described above. So who really knows.

[BunnyBee]

I'm pretty much the same as Jerica, except I never was that attracted to women.  Whether it was an effect of HRT or not, I am certainly a lot more attracted to men than ever before and that seemed to correlate pretty well with when I started.

[Virginia]

I am six months HRT, full transition level estrogen and testosterone blockers, happily married to the same cisgender woman for almost 20 years. I have a harder time now imagining why anyone would be attracted to a guy than ever.

[cynthialee]

I am so bisexual I have literaly fall into tears to have to make the men or women descision. Luckily for me I married an androgyne and I get both in one person. But I will say as I did before, I ussed to want men more than women and now I want women more than men but I have always liked both pretty much equaly.

[FairyGirl]

I was always, always bisexual, since childhood. My first sex was with boys my age. Like Cynthia, I truly didn't have a preference and have had multiple partners and relationships with both sexes. After transition, HRT, surgery, if I think about women it's like, what would I possible do or even want to do with a woman? I remember the attraction to women, like a ghost with no substance, but the real thing is just not there anymore.

Because I never had any hangups about dating men before, I have to think there's more to it with me than just a release of denial or freeing of sexual inhibitions. Maybe dating women was my hangup lol

[Riannah]

Is anyone just starting HRT worried about things changing?

I am not worried about things changing at all. I have always been attracted to men, am starting hormones very soon, and am pretty sure that that I will continue to be attracted to men only. I can't really explain why, but I just know it. Even if my orientation would change, which I doubt, then so be it. It will obviously feel right then, otherwise I wouldn't feel the attraction.

I do notice more interest from lesbian women lately. I have no ideay why. They keep popping up everywhere hehe, before I just didn't notice them for some reason, aside from my lesbian friends. Anyway, I'm just not interested. Not yet anyway, LOL.