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Did transition change your sexual preference?

Started by kelly_aus, September 04, 2014, 03:38:48 AM

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alabamagirl

Quote from: kelly_aus on September 04, 2014, 06:15:36 PM
Some interesting answers here.. But I'm interested to see how many people have brought hormones in to it. Hormones were not part of the question.

It doesn't surprise me. I've noticed a lot of people are quick to credit any mental change to hormones. I'm not yet (and may never be able to be) on hormone therapy, yet my emotional wiring and the way I perceive many things has shifted drastically. I seem to be experiencing exactly the psychological changes I've seen people here attribute time and time again to hormones, without them.
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Wynternight

Quote from: kelly_aus on September 04, 2014, 06:31:47 PM
They are, yes. But I'm quite interested to see that hormones seem to frequently labelled as the cause by some..

The literature supports people claiming changes in their preferences from HRT though I'm inclined to think it's more of a refinement. I have read that transwomen become more aware and responsive to male pheremones on HRT.
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Jenna Marie

Nope. I was bisexual before and I'm bi now. I'm attracted to a few more men than ever before, but I think that has more to do with the fact that straight men treating me as a woman means more of them are appealing (vs. seeing their crude side back when I was a guy).
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kelly_aus

Quote from: Wynternight on September 04, 2014, 06:37:27 PM
The literature supports people claiming changes in their preferences from HRT though I'm inclined to think it's more of a refinement. I have read that transwomen become more aware and responsive to male pheremones on HRT.

What literature would that be? Is it science-based or simply based on anecdotes? I ask this because my background and more recent research and reading don't agree with the hormone link. I can agree with the pheromone thing to a certain extent - men smelt bad to me before and smell even worse now, and I don't mean their BO..
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carrie359

The girl part of me that could not come out was never gay not that there is anything wrong with gay...... so when being a guy just was hetero  but now that  the girl is in charge guys are totally awesome... for me as a girl I like guys... but no sex until SRS....   I do think I will in the end be a little BI.... so I will be open minded.
Carrie
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specialK103080

One of my small fears is that my SO will have feelings towards men once transition is in full swing. She has said that she never have nor will have anything to do towards men. But I still have that nagging feeling in the back of my head.

I think it's just left over feelings of being insecure in the past with our and other relationships.

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Rose City Rose

I think I'm slightly more bisexual now than I was.  I still much prefer guys but I wouldn't say no if a dominant dark-haired girl propositioned me.
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Jess42

Quote from: kelly_aus on September 04, 2014, 06:15:36 PM
Some interesting answers here.. But I'm interested to see how many people have brought hormones in to it. Hormones were not part of the question.

Nope. Sorry to disappoint you Hon but hormones with me are not part of the equation in the least little bit. Maybe the hormone receptors in my brain but not the HRT.
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kelly_aus

Quote from: Jess42 on September 04, 2014, 08:24:40 PM
Nope. Sorry to disappoint you Hon but hormones with me are not part of the equation in the least little bit. Maybe the hormone receptors in my brain but not the HRT.

No disappointment from me.. I don't think hormones change sexual preference..
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Jess42

Quote from: kelly_aus on September 04, 2014, 08:28:25 PM
No disappointment from me.. I don't think hormones change sexual preference..

Well thanx 'cause I didn't disappoint you. But I will say this much it may be way more of a mental or psychological thing instead of a hormonal thing. I find that I am more attracted to guys now than I ever was. It really started changing when I hit about age thirty. Always was attracted to guys and girls about evenly, but now it is way more the masculine that I am drawn too. So really I don't think it is as much as waning T levels due to age as it is something else that I really can't put a finger on.
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alabamagirl

I just wanted to add that I liked girls way before puberty, so the first batch of hormones didn't change anything for me, either. :P
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stephaniec

I'd  just like to  say  I've been bi since birth ,  but hormones equalized me.
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androgynouspainter26

The only explanation I can see is effect that the experience of transitioning can have on our sexuality-I feel like transitioning can, in many cases, open our minds to new possibilities.  I don't believe that anyone is exclusively homosexual or heterosexual, and transitioning has made me a lot more aware of just how flexible gender and sexuality are.  I identified as gay (male) before my transition, and now I'm a true-blue bisexual.  This has nothing to do with hormones, at least I don't see it that way.  I simply realized that I didn't have to limit myself, and opened myself up to new possibilities.  Just my subjective experience, but that's how it was for me.
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ghostwhisperer

Nope, always liked girls. Only difference is that as a teenager, I had a thing for blondes. Now, I lean towards brunettes more, but ultimately, care a lot less about hair color. :P
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April Lee

Before I started HRT, this very subject fascinated me to death. I was curious how might my sexuality evolve under the influence of hormones. Going into this, I had some very definitely thoughts, but I was not completely sure. As a male, I had never been with a man, and for most of my male life, I can't say I was really attracted to men. But in all my visions of myself as a female over the years, I was a very enthusiastic heterosexual. Because of that, I was always somewhat suspicious that I was a very very repressed bisexual.

There is another aspect of this that deserves mention here: Regardless of my preference, I felt inside I was a bottom in the sexual sense, yet my role as a heterosexual man forced me at times to perform as the top. As the years moved on, and my dysphoria grew worse, I managed to get to the point where I could look at a man, and realize that my inner female would find him attractive, but those were only a select few.

Still, I had my suspicions about what would happen under the influence of hormones. What I discovered pretty soon after starting HRT was that the walls started crumbling. The very nature of my body sensations changed, and any notions of being a top, pretty well disappeared into the ether. Into that vacuum, my more passive sexuality quickly took hold. And I found that the gender best equipped to respond that new sexuality had penises. Suddenly, I looked at men in a new way. Many suddenly became a lot cuter. This is far more than just a physical thing; I crave now emotional connections with the more masculine gender. I now pine away for a day when I have had my SRS, and a man will take me to bed, and make into the woman I have always dreamed of being. Men give me the tingles now; but I sort of thought it would go that way all along.   
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bluebirdx88

Kinda... I mean I've only been on HRT for a month, but I've been full-time for a couple of years (almost 3... I think... Seriously I'm really bad with dates..)

I was always into women... The idea of doing anything with a man was just.. Gross, honestly... But I've noticed that whilst I do still feel somewhat attracted to a woman once in a while, it's more emotional than physical... And... Guess what? Men are quite the opposite of gross lately, haha... I mean I'm not easy or anything but... I'm no longer scared of having some fun if he's hot and there's some interest there... It was the beginning of this year when I first went to bed with a man, kissed a man, or ... I'm not going to go into detail coz there's minors about... But yeah....

I pretty much went from being solely interested in women and very very prude, to being bi with a preference for men, and quite the opposite of prude.

Then again my tastes may change... Other things not so much, but sexual preference I find tends to be (in some people) quite fluid.


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Eva Marie

I liked women before and I still like them 10 months into full strength HRT. My sex drive has unfortunately gone from overdrive to park so the idea of doing "that" with anyone doesn't appeal to me at the moment, especially with the OEM plumbing I still have.

I will say that I have noticed a few cute guys, but I can't imagine myself doing anything intimate with them.
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Jess42

Quote from: Eva Marie on September 04, 2014, 11:51:24 PM
I liked women before and I still like them 10 months into full strength HRT. My sex drive has unfortunately gone from overdrive to park so the idea of doing "that" with anyone doesn't appeal to me at the moment, especially with the OEM plumbing I still have.

I will say that I have noticed a few cute guys, but I can't imagine myself doing anything intimate with them.

There is definitely more than on way to make a cat purr. This isn't the sexuality part so that is all I will say.
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CrysC

I liked girls before and like them still.  I'm still not attracted to men but the concept is not mentally jarring like it used to be.  At most it's slightly curious.  I still though am not attracted to them in the least and actually hate seeing man bits on me when I change. 

The big difference for me is I don't crave sex (thank God!) and really enjoy a good cuddle instead.  I'll take a cuddle over sex. Anybody else feel like that?
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Katie J

Quote from: Codia on September 04, 2014, 11:15:08 AM
To label myself I've considered myself asexual for years.  The few sexual encounters I've had in my adolescence I feel were driven by the pressures of peers and society.  Since starting HRT I've been able to see attractive traits of both males and females; However, I'm totally unsure of what I would even want from a relationship and still have no sexual desire.
This is literally exactly how I feel! The only thing I would look for in a potential partner really is the connection I have with them. Growing up I had only really been interested in women, but there was a part of me that questioned why I was interested in them which eventually led me to question my gender and realize I was trans. I've never been with a guy, but there are aspects of guys that I find attractive just as there are aspects of women that I find attractive.
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