I'm wondering if anyone has seen a change in attraction, orientation, etc after starting HRT.

I have historically identified as asexual, and am finding that my emotional attachment, and emotional attraction is much more present for lack of a better term. I feel much more able to connect to other people.

I have a feeling that as time goes by these feelings will only become more common.

I do wonder how much of my ace nature relates to my gender and bottom dysphoria and as these things align more, if that will open the possibility of a more intimate connection.

I don't know to which gender I might be attracted towards, I also don't really care so much, as I'm enjoying the ride.

Anyone else experience in sexual preference or orientation after HRT?

I didn't have a change but I have given myself permission to accept that I actually am pretty sure I have a preference for men...Not 100% sure yet but I haven't changed...all I have done is be honest with myself for the first time in my life. Because now I know I want to have sex with a man but only as a woman. So I remain heterosexual.

If that makes sense

Liz

I was always at least heteroflexible but since starting HRT have become much more fully bisexual, with an equal attraction to both men and women now.

I don't want to go into detail here for fear of being inappropriate, but there was a lot of sexual acts that were hard limits for me before that I will gladly do and even crave now.

Prior to transition, I was asexual. These days, sex is still not very important ... but I do enjoy it on occasion.

I doubt it would change much of anything in that regard; but I betcha it grants permission to your mind to accept parts of your orientation that were there, but unexpressed.

My preferences haven't changed.  Women definitely arouse me.

Thank you everyone for the responses.

Can I ask also has HRT affected how much your able to connect to others on an emotional level? I'm finding that I "feel" more connected to others, like from standard definition to hd, allot more detail and variations.

Thinking that might be playing into my own attractions.


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I think HRT is just part of the story — transitioning changes tons of things about how you relate to people based on their gender (or outward gender presentation at least) and your own. I know a gay trans guy who was more into women before he transitioned, so there's that. For me, I'm still really only into women, but men are less of a turnoff, less of a trigger for dysphoria than they used to be.

But HRT itself has some pretty significant side effects on its own. I think it's really testosterone that's the main issue: It focuses your attention on sex and sexual attraction more urgent. So blocking testosterone (or removing the means of production, so to speak) tends to get rid of the "edge", whereas going on T tends to generate those feelings.

Still attracted to men. However, smell plays a big role compared to physical attraction now. God knows why but if his body odor is not compatible with my nose, it's a deal breaker.

I've always been bisexual. I have noticed an increase in attraction to men since starting HRT, for whatever that is worth and a slight decrease in attraction to women, although i am as attracted to my spouse as i have ever been. That attraction and bond is strong.

I do wonder if testosterone loss takes the "edge" and urgency of needing sexual stimulus. Certainly my desire for porn has almost disappeared. That in and of itself i may be interpreting as less attraction to women. I use to definitely but discretely look at women more out in public. Now i am more apt to see a pretty lady and look at her shoes or outfit. My spouse noticed this - " you look at women's shoes a lot " Yeah so sue me ...i love shoes.

I will say that I was surprised to say the least at my change in sexual orientation as of late. Pre-hrt I figured that I am pretty much bisexual/pansexual. Now guys turn me off so much and that is an understatement. Who knew.

Sara

Such interesting responses. My takeaway is it's possible but does not happen for everyone.

I do wonder if the estrogen changes how some of us connect or feel enough to change overall daily attraction or orientation (kind of along the lines of how orgasms can be very different)


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Quote from: Brooke on August 25, 2016, 08:10:24 PM
Such interesting responses. My takeaway is it's possible but does not happen for everyone.

I do wonder if the estrogen changes how some of us connect or feel enough to change overall daily attraction or orientation (kind of along the lines of how orgasms can be very different)


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It's not the estrogen.. There is no science that supports the concept.

HRT will not cause a change in sexual preference.

Maybe there's no science now, but the effects of HRT on trans people in general is pretty woefully understudied, and human sexuality might be more studied, but is still a pretty big reach based on the current state of neuroscience and psychology, so maybe it's not right to dismiss the possibility out of hand.

Before I started HRT, I was only sexually attracted to women (although I did think male pro cyclists' legs and butts were quite fine!), but after six weeks I think I might be becoming bi- I'm still as attracted to women as I was before, but the male swimmers at the Olympics seemed to stir up something that wasn't present when I watched the Tour de France!

I'm still a newbie with the HRT (5mo). While I'm primarily attracted to women (always have been anyways) I could see myself dating men at some point in the future. I have a lot of stuff to figure out before then! I can't imagine seeing anyone now. Not with all my insecurities, fears and repression in the way.

Quote from: Alyssa M. on August 26, 2016, 05:10:17 AM
Maybe there's no science now, but the effects of HRT on trans people in general is pretty woefully understudied, and human sexuality might be more studied, but is still a pretty big reach based on the current state of neuroscience and psychology, so maybe it's not right to dismiss the possibility out of hand.

If it doesn't change the sexual preference of a cisgendered homosexual person, why do you think trans people would be any different?

Here's a paper on the topic: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192544/
They report 33% of MTFs change sexual orientation, but with a sample size of only 70, a 95% confidence interval is 22-44%- rather wide.

Quote from: LucyNewport on August 26, 2016, 09:12:18 AM
I'm still a newbie with the HRT (5mo). While I'm primarily attracted to women (always have been anyways) I could see myself dating men at some point in the future. I have a lot of stuff to figure out before then! I can't imagine seeing anyone now. Not with all my insecurities, fears and repression in the way.

Same here! In fact, one reason I really hope that my attraction to men increases to the point that I do end up dating them is that I'm very interesting in experiencing how it's different from being a man dating women. I'm also interested in how being a woman dating women differs from being a man dating women. So many experiences to look forward to....

Writing the above actually made me be glad I'm transgendered for the very first time! I've always regarded being TG as a curse, and never thought that there might be positives to it.

Quote from: JenSCDC on August 26, 2016, 09:40:06 AM
Here's a paper on the topic: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192544/
They report 33% of MTFs change sexual orientation, but with a sample size of only 70, a 95% confidence interval is 22-44%- rather wide.

But they don't show any evidence about causation between sexual orientation change and HRT, do they ?