Would you be willing to date a trans person?

[gorillafuck]

Why do people think the two threads are the same if they blatantly ask literally different questions?

They're different but they're still on the same topic, one is just more personal than the other.

It's just odd that there are so many threads on transexualism/transgenderism lately.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

I didn't say you are stupid, I said it would be stupid to adopt the naive view that the left in general or the revolutionary left in particular would automatically support trans rights.

I mean I work with Maoists from mainland China and I can't even tell them I'm queer. In China one might literally get kicked out of a socialist party simply because one is gay or trans, no matter how much good work one has done. In parts of the non-developed world it is the norm to expect socialists to be anti-LGBT rather than pro-LGBT. In China there are more capitalists who are pro-LGBT than socialists. In the Chinese political context LGBT activism is largely associated with right-wing liberal capitalism. The most vocal support of LGBT rights in mainland China at the moment, Ms Li Yinhe, is an explicit right-winger economically and politically, and a staunch supporter of the United States.

I appreciate that but it has nothing to do with whether leftists on here would have relationships with transgendered people. As I said, the consensus on here is that we support the transgendered layers of workers, the question of hostilities in countries with backward lines of thinking is not parallel to the question of leftists here and their tendencies towars relationships with transgendered people or otherwise (which are most often in favour of transgendered workers).

I'd say that these are separate questions that you are posing, and the question of views on transgendered people in other parts of the world is a good question. Whether people on revleft would date a transgendered person or not is besides the point, most people are having difficulty understanding the relevancy of the question at hand.

[28350]

Personally, I think monosexuals are sexist.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

They're different but they're still on the same topic, one is just more personal than the other.

It's just odd that there are so many threads on transexualism/transgenderism lately.

Its not even the fact that there are so many threads on transgenderism, its just the kind of questions that they are asking.

[Raúl Duke]

I'm not certain plus it depends.

I'm much more likely to go with a post-op than a pre-op.

[Queercommie Girl]

No.

You are obviously very invested emotionally and want that to be true, but for some the technology isn't quite there yet, especially transitions long past puberty are hard to pull off convincingly if the transitioning person didn't already have an unusual physique for the sex s/he was born with. They are also infertile.

For some yes, but for many others it really is difficult to tell a post-op from a cis-woman.

Would you be able to recognise this young Chinese woman as trans-gendered?

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I am trans. The last relationship I was in was with another transwoman.

By the way, I voted yes because I would.

[The Red Next Door]

The reason i would date a trans, if their sugery was a total knock out and i could not recognize, if she was man or women.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

Because they are straight. Dating a post op trans person is the same as dating a natural born person of that sex. I can understand why a straight person would not want to date a pre op trans person. They are still physically the same sex as them. Perhaps you are referring to pre op trans only? Because, frankly, you not making the distinction. Which leaves one to assume that you don't accept their gender.

I am pre-op. I mostly date hetero-sexual men and lesbians. The only exception is with the bisexuals that I've dated.

Also, a post-op could include someone who had a variety of procedures, including what we call a smoothie (where someone has no genitalia, just a hole to pee out of.)

You are also forgetting partial-op transwomen who have had an orchie (castration) which is sometimes an end, sometimes a means to an end.




Personally, if someone doesn't want to date me, it is their loss (not mine)
Most of those who find out, find out when I'm ready to tell them and they otherwise wouldn't know until I let them in my pants. I don't tell people right away.

An exception:
I recently when out with a guy who didn't know and in a group one person read me and she said "You're not a real woman" and outed me to everyone (including the guy) and I explained to the guy. He hadn't even the slightest thought until that girl loudly said that. But when he and I talked about it, he didn't mind. He said that I'm prettier and look like more of a woman than she did.

[Invader Zim]

It entirely depends on a myriad of factors ranging from the shallow (am I attracted to them?), to issues of personality compatability. I wouldn't rule it either in or out.

but a more pertinant question is would they go out with me, I've managed to fuck up two relationships in as many months and am suspect that I may be percieved as damaged goods at the moment. Probably a fair assessment.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

It entirely depends on a myriad of factors ranging from the shallow (am I attracted to them?), to issues of personality compatability. I wouldn't rule it either in or out.

but a more pertinant question is would they go out with me, I've managed to fuck up two relationships in as many months and am suspect that I may be percieved as damaged goods at the moment. Probably a fair assessment.

I'm damaged goods too so don't feel bad.

[Kotze]

Would you be able to recognise this young Chinese woman as trans-gendered?

Just going by that photo, no. Can you tell me what her name is, for science?

That's a very interesting site, btw.

[Jazzhands]

not really. It's just not attractive to me. there's nothing wrong with that but it's not my cup of tea.

also, haven't there been three or four threads on this in the past day or two?

[Queercommie Girl]

not really. It's just not attractive to me. there's nothing wrong with that but it's not my cup of tea.

also, haven't there been three or four threads on this in the past day or two?

Can I ask what is the reason for your choice?

[Jazzhands]

Can I ask what is the reason for your choice?

I just am not drawn to transgendered people in the same way as women. There's no other reason.

[Dr Mindbender]

I just am not drawn to transgendered people in the same way as women. There's no other reason.

like i said in the parallel thread, you are assuming the false premise that transwomen and ciswomen are always distinguishable.

You'll find that is not the case.

[Hiratsuka]

If a trans-woman appears attractive to me, then yes. If she doesn't, or if she appears too masculine (which even some cis-females do) for my tastes, no.

I would be hesitant about entering a long-term relationship with a trans-woman just because I want my own children.

[Pirate Utopian]

I would but I'm bisexual.

[Dr Mindbender]

I would be hesitant about entering a long-term relationship with a trans-woman just because I want my own children.

What about sterile cis-women?

Would you enter a short term sexual relationship with a sterile cis-woman? How do you go about checking their fertility? Why then for that reason would you reject a transwoman?

[Invader Zim]

I'm damaged goods too so don't feel bad.

Nice sentiments, but I kinda diserve it.