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[–]Tovasshi 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I had a male trans friend go from being into women to being into men.

They explained they think it was because their initial attraction to women wasn't genuine attraction to them, but they had what they wanted for themselves. It was a kind of envy was their explanation.

[–]MarkTwainiac 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds like gay autogynephilia and what Blanchard calls pseudobisexuality.

As with all AGPs, your friend's primary sexual attraction is probably to himself as the imaginary female he fancies himself to be in his heart of hearts. His supposed attraction to women previously was entirely/largely based on envy and covetousness. Now he's supposedly attracted to men because he fantasizes/believes that if a man finds him in his female persona/presentation convincing and attractive enough to fuck, it will validate that he is a "real woman."

These guys don't really want lovers or partners. They want mirrors - and the most flattering mirrors at that.