Poll: Would you date a transgendered person?

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MammothBlade

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Psykoma said:
MammothBlade said:
OmniscientOstrich said:
Given my quite conspicuous dearth of giveafuckability (totally a word) in regard to gender, as long their parts are working and I'm attracted to them, then I'm game. :)
Also, this.

Only thing I can't really stand are beard. No thanks.
If a MtF has a beard tell her to get her ass to an electrolysist or laser tech.
It's expensive.
It's torture.
It's so worth it.
That's just extreme. How hard is it to shave more frequently or get a facial wax?
 

Doneeee

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Ya know it's the personality that counts. That said it depends. It seems a bit strange but I could get over it if they're a truly good person.
 

MammothBlade

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Yureina said:
I seem to see you alot in threads I post in. :eek:

*looks in fridge* WHAT THE FUUUUUU-
Or perhaps it's the other way around. I've noticed that too. >_>

Not that there's a problem.
 

Psykoma

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MammothBlade said:
Psykoma said:
MammothBlade said:
OmniscientOstrich said:
Given my quite conspicuous dearth of giveafuckability (totally a word) in regard to gender, as long their parts are working and I'm attracted to them, then I'm game. :)
Also, this.

Only thing I can't really stand are beard. No thanks.
If a MtF has a beard tell her to get her ass to an electrolysist or laser tech.
It's expensive.
It's torture.
It's so worth it.
That's just extreme. How hard is it to shave more frequently or get a facial wax?
eh
If they're like me, shaving would mean a shadow showed up within 4-5 hours.
Waxing isn't bad, but I'd still rank electro/laser above it.

Although this 'nono' thing circulating might be the most worthwhile, I have no idea how effective it is.
 

Monkeyman O'Brien

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No way in hell. I am not gay. And if I ever did date a post op job and he neglected to tell me until after we crossed the physical line then I would have no problems with beating him into the ground.

You wanna do that sorta shit, thats fine. Just do not try to get me involved.
 

Kinguendo

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Monkeyman O said:
No way in hell. I am not gay. And if I ever did date a post op job and he neglected to tell me until after we crossed the physical line then I would have no problems with beating him into the ground.

You wanna do that sorta shit, thats fine. Just do not try to get me involved.
Thats the thing though... is it gay? Being gay is being attracted to men, but she would look like a woman so the attraction would be to female features and whatever personality type they are. So, is it?
 

isometry

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There is an interesting medical condition called CAIS: Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome. People with this condition are classified as female at birth, they have normal female genitals and develop female secondary characteristics such as breasts, hips etc in a normal way during puberty. But these women do not menstruate, because instead of ovaries and a uterus they have testes (undescended in the abdomen) and an XY sex chromosome.

They are genetically male, but have a mutation that makes them completely insensitive to androgens (e.g. testosterone) so instead of developing male characteristics they develop female ones based on the estrogen produced by the male adrenal glans (all normal males produce estrogen, it's just that testosterone is the dominate hormone).

So aside from modern medical science, a woman with CAIS is indistinguishable from a genetic woman aside from the fact that she can't have children, which happens all the time to genetic women anyway. If we include modern medical science, then women with CAIS are indistinguishable from MTF transwomen.

Here's a link to read more. I find CAIS very relevant to the "would you date a trans" discussion because if they are indistinguishable from a genetic women, does it really matter?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitivity_syndrome
 

Monkeyman O'Brien

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Kinguendo said:
Thats the thing though... is it gay? Being gay is being attracted to men, but she would look like a woman so the attraction would be to female features and whatever personality type they are. So, is it?
I would say yes. I mean considering how overwhelmingly feminine an extremely large portion of homosexuals are yet they and their partners are still considered gay.
 

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isometry said:
There is an interesting medical condition called CAIS: Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome. People with this condition are classified as female at birth, they have normal female genitals and develop female secondary characteristics such as breasts, hips etc in a normal way during puberty. But these women do not menstruate, because instead of ovaries and a uterus they have testes (undescended in the abdomen) and an XY sex chromosome.
I saw a documentary with an example of CAIS (was about how it sometimes is difficult to tell gender on newborns(was very interesting)) she looked really beautiful.

Wish i remembered the name of the docu to throw it towards people that keep going on like your dna tells you what gender you are. Getting tired of that flawed argument since gender (and sex) aren't that black and white as they think it is.

OT: If there is mutual attraction i do not care. I mean it isn't like i am perfect either :)
 

Heaven's Guardian

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Saladfork said:
This is one of those cases of "You want to be X, go right ahead, but it's in no way something I'd want to be a part of".
Pretty much exactly this. I don't see the point in stopping anyone, but I'll be damned if I'm going to think of them as anything other than what they were born as. By no means is this PC, but it creeps the hell out of me. Especially if someone were to hide it or not mention it, and you found out later. Dunno how I'd react, but I guarantee it would not be pleasant.
 

Chappy

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Yeah I probably would, A person is the same person no matter if they are male, female or TG'd and well I don't know I grew up around quite a few TG'd friends so I guess I'm just more used to being around the LGBT community.

Besides I like to think that lust is gender specific, love is genderless but I'm a moron so ignore me. :)

As to is it gay? I watched a video by 'Hutch' on youtube (Some of you might know him for his CoD video's) And I think his definition fit well, It's not the things you do that make you gay but the things you feel, dating a guy wouldn't make you gay but wanting to sleep with guys would as it were.
 

BiscuitTrouser

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No. Im heterosexual. I think transgendered people do something like the operation to make themselves happy. And thats awesome. It really is. They can expect me to accept it. Its their right and their happyness and ill support them 100%. However i cannot ever view that person as their post op gender. Im happy they can feel happy in themselves. I think their rights should be the same rights as anyone else. I think persecution is unacceptable.

However i dont think you can change ones gender. I feel the same way as if i was born convinced i was a dolphin in a humans body, then had surgery to turn my arms into fins. I wouldnt be a dolphin. Id be happier but i wouldnt be a dolphin. The surgery is cosmetic. It changes nothing but looks. And while i appreciate and respect these people i wont view them as female. And as such ill be friends, best friends and bros but i dont think i can date them. I wouldnt feel comfortable.
 

TheDarkestDerp

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Pretty sad results on the poll, if not unexpected.

Well, I'm technically a hermaphrodite and I was married to a MTF transgendered person, so, there you go.

If you truly 'love' someone, what they are isn't going to matter. I loved her before I knew what crockery was in her cupboards and when I did know I didn't care. Why would I? She was what she was and I loved her for the person she was, not the thing. She was a gamer, a geek, a fetishist and a dancing fool with a great sense of humor and some sense of social propriety. I fell in love with those things, not her genitals. It's always seemed so ridiculously shallow to me that anyone would care about something so trivial.
 

Phlakes

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Yeah, call me shallow or whatever, but I couldn't do it. I don't have a single problem with transgender people, if one of my friends was one I would fully support them, but getting romantically involved wouldn't feel right. I would always feel like they're still male (probably because they technically are).
 

Kinguendo

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Monkeyman O said:
Kinguendo said:
Thats the thing though... is it gay? Being gay is being attracted to men, but she would look like a woman so the attraction would be to female features and whatever personality type they are. So, is it?
I would say yes. I mean considering how overwhelmingly feminine an extremely large portion of homosexuals are yet they and their partners are still considered gay.
Thats... not relevent to what I said. I said you are attracted to female features, NOT feminine behaviours(though that plays a part). Initial attraction is visual, unless you are blind or dating over the internet(in which case it could easily be a guy).
 

Casual Shinji

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No way in Hell! ...Sorry.

I'm desperate, but Im not that desperate.

I'm not a fan of cosmetic surgery to begin with, even if it's because you feel like a woman in a man's body or a man in a woman's body. People are allowed to mutilate their body however they wish, but you'll forgive me if I'm not attracted to it.
 

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BloatedGuppy said:
Yes or no? Just curious. Comment to explain your reasoning if you feel the need. It's a fairly gay friendly site, but even gay friendly communities do tend to be a transphobic.

For the purposes of the poll, you can assume said transgendered person is passable, and has all the appropriate parts (post-op).
Your poll is lacking, but I realize that part of that is the limitations of the Escapist polls, so I'll vote as close as I can and answer in full here.

I am female. I would date FTM or MTF. And in fact have.
 

RanD00M

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I would date a pre-op, post-op and a trap.
Guess that answers that, next question.