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"Would you date a trans person?" Mostly, no. So you're basically killing them.

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Lamaha · 28/06/2019 16:52

www.westernjournal.com/study-claims-transgenders-suffering-straight-people-arent-dating/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=PostTopSharingButtons&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons&fbclid=IwAR3CCd-QbUiftS3m57Zf8KLHAE309pl3HzHmwNqKjv1IHrc3ODC76wm3PdY

Is anyone surprised by the result?
But: it's simply transphobia. People need to wake up.
Biological men and women who need to get with the times. Just like white people wouldn't date people of colour back in the day,
... it is not until the straight community begins dating transgenders at a higher rate that Western civilization will truly show itself to be accepting and safe for the LGBT community.

“(I)t is one thing to make space for diverse gender identities within our workplaces, schools, washrooms and public spaces,” Blair wrote. “But it is another to fully include and accept gender diversity within our families and romantic relationships.

So, now that they've won the loos and prisons and hospitals, the next goal is in sight... and it's US.
People, prepare for girldick etc.

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Goosefoot · 28/06/2019 17:29

Millions of years of evolution have directed us to be attracted to certain types of secondary sexual characteristics. Which ultimately are quite difficult to convincingly mimic on the opposite sex. Whether or not it is fair.

TimeLady · 28/06/2019 17:29

I read this today: (from the Guardian, 2012)

www.theguardian.com/society/2012/nov/02/my-husbands-sex-change

My guess is that most of the public would be more empathetic to the wife in this article than the disadvantages of a reduced dating pool.

Juells · 28/06/2019 17:28

I was thinking about this earlier today, wondering if trans people are having any proper counselling before deciding to trans, and being advised about all the hurt feelings and lack of sex that are awaiting.

The BBC documentary linked on here a few weeks ago really brought home the fact that some people haven't thought it through, that they're unlikely to pass, and naturally get shocked and upset when reality hits and people laugh and catcall at them in the street :(

DodoPatrol · 28/06/2019 17:28

No thanks, for the same reason I wouldn't date someone with any other strong religious/spiritual conviction. I don't want to dance around massive areas of disagreement all the time in my personal life.

Kashali · 28/06/2019 17:26

I like my men with cocks and my women with the vaginas they were born with.
Don't care what others like and hold no prejudice or wish anyone any harm.

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 28/06/2019 17:25

Why would anyone enter a relationship with someone with identity issues so strong they can't accept their own anatomy

yeah. plus as a straight woman, I presume the author of the article expects me to want to date biological females. who by definition won't have functioning penises. which is the way I like to have sex. so it's a no from me

zafferana · 28/06/2019 17:24

I agree. Transgenderism seems to me to be a form of body dysphoria that's suddenly en vogue, but why are straight people being called out for their 'prejudice' on this? You're attracted to what you're attracted to and most people in the world are straight. If they weren't, then human beings would've died out eons ago! It's just biology.

Lamaha · 28/06/2019 17:20

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zafferana · 28/06/2019 17:17

I can see that this would be a problem and it's hardly rocket science. I'm straight. I like men. Would I want to date a transman? No way, for the same reason that I don't date women - I'm not attracted to them! And why would I need to when half the population are actual real biological men?

NettleTea · 28/06/2019 17:16

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nauticant · 28/06/2019 17:15

I can't save never to the idea of dating a trans person of the opposite sex. Although if they showed any TRA tendencies that would be a deal breaker.

JellySlice · 28/06/2019 17:08

it is not until the straight community begins dating transgenders at a higher rate that Western civilization will truly show itself to be accepting and safe for the LGBT community.

Curious how being dated 'at a higher rate' has not made civilisation any safer for women Hmm

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/06/2019 17:08

I was pondering that just today - when a few of the wokey type chaos start having ‘interesting encounters’ they won’t be so right on will they?

LizzieSiddal · 28/06/2019 17:06

They’ve been telling lesbians that for a while. I’m glad they’ve broadened their reach.
It’s only when men realise what they’re being told to do, that they sit up, take notice and tell them to fuck the fuck off.