I wish there were a way to search tags in this community, since there have been quite a number of very nuanced discussions of this. Every situation is different, but there are likely to be back posts from people who don't participate regularly in the forum.
As far as sexual orientation changing, well - yes. It certainly can. I know a lot of it gets chalked up to guys feeling OK about being attracted as gay or bi men to other gay men or bi men, now that they are comfortable with their own manhood - but frankly, that doesn't add up as much as people might want it to. A lot of guys come out as gay exactly at a point when it might be most troublesome for them, and they are not established or "comfortable: in their male identity (insofar as they have one - not everyone does). This is so much of a conundrum that Walter Bockting (who legitimized in the first place the possibility of FTMs being allowed to transition knowing that they were gay) is doing research on it.
That said - people change for all sorts of reasons. Communication is very important - including communicating about how communication changes. Good luck.
We need more honest and unbiased longitudinal statisically valid studies of transmen. Topics could include sexual orientation, safety of various T doses over long (3-5+ years), satisfaction after various surgeries as related to outcome, and lots of other info. It would be useful to all, as it would help establish more standard treatment parameters, meaning perhaps more doctors would be willing to supervise T or perform SRS. Also, as risks become better known, treatment costs might drop as hormone therapy and surgery become less "experimental". As for sexual orientation changes, I feel it's problably a matter of expression rather than attraction. After T, one may feel more comfortable following one's heart.
As far as sexual orientation changing, well - yes. It certainly can. I know a lot of it gets chalked up to guys feeling OK about being attracted as gay or bi men to other gay men or bi men, now that they are comfortable with their own manhood - but frankly, that doesn't add up as much as people might want it to. A lot of guys come out as gay exactly at a point when it might be most troublesome for them, and they are not established or "comfortable: in their male identity (insofar as they have one - not everyone does). This is so much of a conundrum that Walter Bockting (who legitimized in the first place the possibility of FTMs being allowed to transition knowing that they were gay) is doing research on it.
That said - people change for all sorts of reasons. Communication is very important - including communicating about how communication changes. Good luck.
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As for sexual orientation changes, I feel it's problably a matter of expression rather than attraction. After T, one may feel more comfortable following one's heart.
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