LGBTQ singles are split on marriage, kids and dating someone who's transgender

By Lisa Bonos May 26

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2016/05/26/lgbtq-singles-are-split-on-marriage-kids-and-dating-someone-whos-transgender/

Less than half of LGBTQ singles (47 percent) are willing to date someone who is transgender, while 44 percent said they would consider it

=================================

I don't care what anyone else says, if you say you won't date any trans people, regardless of how they look or act, you're bigoted.

Quote from: suzifrommd on May 26, 2016, 10:45:11 AM

Less than half of LGBTQ singles (47 percent) are willing to date someone who is transgender, while 44 percent said they would consider it

=================================

I don't care what anyone else says, if you say you won't date any trans people, regardless of how they look or act, you're bigoted.

I would wager that percentage is quite higher than it would be among a sampling of the same size of heterosexual folks. Actually, it would be interesting to see how the numbers would compare when broken down by CIS gender, transgender, and various age brackets. I always find such things interesting, though.

Quote from: suzifrommd on May 26, 2016, 10:45:11 AM

I don't care what anyone else says, if you say you won't date any trans people, regardless of how they look or act, you're bigoted.

I respectfully disagree. we don't get to choose who we date, but we should all be able to choose who we don't date, and how we pick that is no ones business but our own.

I have a feeling this also would vary widely by age group. I see a lot of younger straight and bisexual men that would say they would date a trans woman for instance, than in the past.

I think if you do categorically reject one group of people, then yes you are being prejudicial.

For some people they can only be attracted to certain body parts even if they may find a trans persons personality attractive; which I reckon has a lot to do with the statistics being how they are; not transphobia.

I don't think that a person is automatically bigoted or transphobic just because they don't want to date transpeople.
There might be people under them who hold generally bigoted, prejudice or hostile views against transpeople but simply not wanting to date a trans person alone isn't one.

Everyone can choose not to date whoever for whatever reason they may have without needing to justify themselves in my opinion.