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[–]Archie 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There is a paper that is the opposite of trans critical in its attempted message, but the data shows an important reality that TRAs always try to hide: 97% of heterosexuals do not want to have sex with trans people. It's lower for gays, even more for lesbians, and about 50% of bis are okay with it. See figure 1: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325490626_Transgender_exclusion_from_the_world_of_dating_Patterns_of_acceptance_and_rejection_of_hypothetical_trans_dating_partners_as_a_function_of_sexual_and_gender_identity

[–]winterwillow 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

98.5% out of heterosexual women even. Though lesbians being more 'inclusive' is due to being open to dating trans men, (19%) instead of trans women (9%). I also think the number across all sexualities are actually lower (except for maybe the bi/nonbinary category since I imagine it contains some 'sexuality is fluid/gender is a spectrum' people) because it is one thing answering a question and thinking of a hypothetical scenario, another to actually go on a date/start a relationship with someone who you aren't attracted to. No one wants to be discriminatory, but in reality will these 9% of lesbians ok with dating a trans woman seek out the oppurtunity? Probably not. And this is of course why the whole 'would you date a trans person' is an issue. If people wanted to date trans people, TRA's wouldn't have to make up stuff like 'genital preference'.