A curious question...

[cykotyks]

I happen to be a tad enamored with psychological studies and the curious workings of the human brain. Given my nature, I have a unique interest in the psychology behind sexuality, sexual identities, and gender identity. I also believe that there are certain things that people can sense on an instinctual level, even if they are unable to articulate

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[chasingtides]

I got a reputation in high school (and a bit even in college) for only dating queer dudes - especially gay guys. I was always that "girl" who they were attracted to as a total outlier, since they were exclusively (or, for most bi guys I dated, mostly) male-attracted. This was long before I openly IDed as transmasculine and before I even knew what being trans* was. (It was a fairly sheltered Catholic school system.)

(I ID as pansexual, so I haven't had that experience.)

[pauraque]

This hasn't happened to me, but it did happen to a friend of mine. Before transitioning, he (FTM) married a guy who appeared to be straight. Later it turned out the guy he married was actually gay and in the closet, but was drawn to my friend even though he was living as female at the time. They stayed together through his transition and lived happily ever after.

[sissy_bloke]

Oh, that's so cute!

[lisaburnham]

Well lets see...My best friend in high school was like that sort of. I knew I was trans and I met this guy and we became friends and the first time I stayed over at his house he came out in a nightgown. OK! Well we shared about our lives and it was never a big deal. We dated strait girls heck we even shared straight girls... But OUR sexual contact was always limited... Now She is out and doing fine and me I hate to say it am still struggling with making the final moves toward coming out. A good friend put it this way "like attracts like"....

[y0te]

I've had a lot of lesbian-identified individuals interested in me, despite the fact that I'm not 100% attracted to women and prefer men(I ID as FTM currently). And to the second question, yes, actually. I've been attracted to one person for a long time and wonder why, because I initially believed him to be female(or rather, in middle school and the beginning of high school, I did. I used to see him as male for some reason, until people yelled at me for referring to him with male pronouns. But granted, this was a long time ago) and a lesbian, then later discovered that he actually identifies as a pansexual trans man, which was really interesting to find out.

[cfirefly]

My first girlfriend identified as straight and then eventually fell for me while I was still presenting as female and before I told her I was a trans guy.

She's pretty bisexual now, though.