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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I appreciate the explanation.  Let me follow up on your friend Sam, as an example.

I understand that Sam is a transgender straight man.  I understand that Sam likes women.  Does Sam have a vagina or penis? Regardless of how we define gender or sexual attraction, I don't think(?) we've changed how we assign body parts to gender.  So, even if Sam lives like a man, thinks like a man, perceives himself to be a man, is he not a woman and/or does that mean he dates women who are lesbians?

Sorry, I don't mean to be rude and insensitive. I'm trying to wrap my head around comprehension of that delta between gender and sexuality and how it expresses itself.  DD is in 4th grade and has a transgender classmate, who honestly is the first transgender person that I think I've ever known personally, so I don't have a lot of information in response to any questions she asks.[/quote]

Sam identifies as a man, Sam dates women, Sam therefore identifies as a straight man. The women that date Sam may identify in different ways. It's possible that a woman who identifies as a straight, bi, or gay woman might date Sam. It's possible that a woman who dates Sam may simply identify as queer.

Nobody is coming around to check that Sam's dates have "date straight men" as part of their identity, though. If a woman who identifies as a lesbian has a crush on Sam and wants to date him, there's no Gay Robert's Rules of Order that says "stop, lesbian, can't date Sam, do not pass go do not collect $200."

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