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[quote=Anonymous]     The trans man in our family identifies as a straight man and dates straight women.  Before socially or physically transitioning, he still was attracted to women but never thought of himself as gay.  He had no interest in dating gay women before transitioning any more than he did after.  Hey, I know it is very hard to wrap one's head around all this at first -- I get it.  But once you have someone in your family that you know and love really go through it, it begins to feel comfortable and -- believe it or not -- natural.  I say natural because if a person is really trans that you are close to and you see them nearly every day, it starts to become obvious.

It is much tougher when one introduces the notion of gender fluidity into the equation or, put differently, the period of time of "questioning."  As a transient phase that is understandable.  As a permanent one -- the "non-binary" notion of gender, is more controversial.  I think that is actually where the most controversial parts of the political "movement" referenced above arise.  In fact, while no one will carry signs critical of anyone else in the LGBT community on Pride Day -- no reason anyone should -- there certainly is disagreement within the community over this issue. [/quote]

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