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Study examines straight men and their sexual attraction to transgender women

To mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, Euronews Culture has been talking to trans people about the difficulties they face in the world of dating. First conceived of in , the day was first celebrated as the International Day Against Homophobia the following year. For many trans people, transphobia is a fact of everyday life. Transphobic talking points are regular features of the media cycle, while right-wing lawmakers across the world work to legislate against trans rights. Nowhere is this more obvious than on the dating scene. In my opinion, gender roles have nothing to do with that. It all depends though. When dating, Bee is more than happy to explain himself, provided people are polite and not overly intrusive from the off. Regarding questions about private parts, Bee finds many people jump to that kind of demanding personal information too early. Connor Vanauken, a year-old transwoman has found dating to sometimes be less than comfortable.

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As Western civilization creeps towards actual civilization, transgender women are living—and dating—more freely than ever before. Still, the rules for dating a trans girl are a little more complicated than for your average relationship. Sure, we probably all want to be courted and taken out—some may want to go Dutch, but not me, not on a first date. But there are other factors at play.

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Considering the discrimination trans people face on a daily basis, it comes as no surprise that trans people are overlooked when it comes to dating. Two Canadian researchers recently asked almost cisgender folks if they would date a trans person in a new study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. This is the first study to ever attempt to quantify the extent of trans discrimination when it comes to romantic and sexual relationships. The options included cisgender man, cisgender woman, trans man, trans woman, or genderqueer, and participants could select as many genders as they wanted. Virtually all heterosexuals excluded trans folks from their dating pool: only 1.

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Information for men who date trans women

Posted April 2, Reviewed by Devon Frye. But anti-trans violence is not just physical but also psychological, a symptom of the transphobia that is prevalent in our society. The subtlety of this negativity is manifested in a variety of ways, including during interpersonal interactions—such as our willingness to date a trans person.

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