New Research Shows a Vast Majority of Cis People Won't Date Trans People - as a remainder of a study published a few years ago

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[–]hermiona52[S] 37 insightful - 14 fun37 insightful - 13 fun38 insightful - 14 fun -  (9 children)

Only 12% of all participants selected “trans woman” and/or “trans man.”

Virtually all heterosexuals excluded trans folks from their dating pool: only 1.8% of straight women and 3.3% of straight men chose a trans person of either binary gender. But most non-heterosexuals weren’t down for dating a trans person either, with only 11.5% of gay men and 29% of lesbians being trans-inclusive in their dating preferences.

Surprisingly, among the 127 participants open to dating a trans person, almost half selected a trans person of a gender incongruent with their stated sexual orientation. For example, 50% of the trans-inclusive straight women and 28% of the trans-inclusive gay men were willing to date a trans woman, even though one wouldn’t expect either straight women or gay men to be attracted to women. Similarly, 50% of trans-inclusive straight men and 69% of trans-inclusive lesbians said they’d date a trans man, even though both groups are presumably only attracted to women.

I guess the majority of people are TERFs haha. And I highlighted "surprisingly" from the last paragraph since if you're homosexual or heterosexual it shouldn't be surprising that how our bodies look derived from our sex is hugely important in those exclusive sexual orientations.

[–]yousaythosethings 36 insightful - 4 fun36 insightful - 3 fun37 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

That’s what I came here to quote. All of the “surprisingly” and “presumably” language should smack everyone in the face as evidence that these idiots revised definitions of sexual orientation are the problem, not people’s dating habits. And how “trans-excluosionary” is a misnomer in many cases because a number of people are willing to date trans people whose biological sex is consistent with their sex-based orientation. Any sane person reading this gets it.

[–]oofreesouloo 33 insightful - 4 fun33 insightful - 3 fun34 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

I was also going to comment on that haha! OF course we would rather date a trans man over a trans woman LMAO! What is it about this so ~surprising~? I personally wouldn't date either one, but if I REALLY had to choose, I would choose a trans man, because it IS a female!!!!!! And we are not blind... omg, they're so stupid for real.......

[–]lavender_menace 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

that’s kinda it. They aren’t stupid, they play stupid. They pretend reality is different than it actually is.

[–]mangofruit 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's like they did such a good job of educating people that gender and sex are different things that most people identify their attraction based on sex, not gender. Wow, who could have imagined?

[–]SpatOuttheKoolaid 32 insightful - 6 fun32 insightful - 5 fun33 insightful - 6 fun -  (1 child)

"Similarly, 50% of trans-inclusive straight men and 69% of trans-inclusive lesbians said they’d date a trans man, even though both groups are presumably only attracted to women." Ding ding ding...we have a winner!

[–]VioletRemi 27 insightful - 8 fun27 insightful - 7 fun28 insightful - 8 fun -  (0 children)

Similarly, 50% of trans-inclusive straight men and 69% of trans-inclusive lesbians said they’d date a trans man, even though both groups are presumably only attracted to women

What a surprise! Who would thought that people attracted to women would chose female?

[–]just_lesbian_things 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's crazy the amount of vitriol lesbians get considering that we're the most tolerant demographic out of all the ones listed by a significant margin.

[–]ghostraider 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When you are so deep into your own bullshit that reality seems "surprising"...

[–]IamWomanHearMeRoar 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That’s pretty interesting. Just wait until all these people get called terfs, I can’t wait to see what happens

[–][deleted] 36 insightful - 4 fun36 insightful - 3 fun37 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Sexual attraction and orientation are based on sex and not gender identity. I've even seen swarms of trans people online admit to being uninterested in dating other trans people but you hardly ever see them called out for "transphobia." Interesting.

[–][deleted] 18 insightful - 5 fun18 insightful - 4 fun19 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Most bisexuals don’t want to date other bisexuals either. It’s like everyone wants what we got to give. But they can’t have it

[–]IamWomanHearMeRoar 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I’ve noticed that some trans people do this too, they wouldn’t date their own. They prefer people who aren’t trans. Otherwise, why would they invade our spaces

[–][deleted] 32 insightful - 3 fun32 insightful - 2 fun33 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Once again, ignoring sexual orientation and calling it discrimination.

[–]sallyseton 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This. Interesting lexical choices in this study, couching sexual attraction as discrimination as opposed to preference. Using discriminate vs prefer implies prejudice.

[–]mangofruit 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"The fact that most cis people would not consider trans people as potential dating partners is yet another serious risk factor for increased psychological and physical health problems among the trans population."

This is super messed up. Placing responsibility for other people's physical and mental health onto the shoulders of people they would like to date is so fucked.

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

The physical and mental health problems that they ALREADY have are a HUGE factor as to why I won't ever date a single one of them (plus I wouldn't date a transbian in a gazillion years). I sat in on some LGBT support group meetings in my area and every trans person there was so massively screwed up in the head, and not just due to being trans. The thought of having to sit in the same house with any of them for any length of time seemed absolutely miserable af. They were already fucked up long before lesbians or "cis" people ever rejected them as partners, believe me.

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

No shit