# Gay vs straight people--willingness to date a transsexual person? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 24, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-vs-straight-people-willingness-to-date-a-transsexual-person/537187 "2010-04-24T07:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-vs-straight-people-willingness-to-date-a-transsexual-person/537187/101 "2010-05-03T18:49:16Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > Well, I did _him_. If there’s one thing you learn about transsexuals, they’re very adamant about their new sexuality… they’re a whole new person now. I never did Kathy,\* though I did Kevin. > > \*name changed to protect the not-so-innocent That’s a generalization. I’m the same person I ever was, I’ve just got some medical issues under control and go by a different name. My sexual history remains the same. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-vs-straight-people-willingness-to-date-a-transsexual-person/537187/102 "2010-05-05T10:02:30Z")
I don’t know, there’s something about it that squicks me out for some reason. I don’t know why, because I’m otherwise tolerant of other people’s sexual preferences. I voted bi/maybe, because I just don’t know. I guess if it was a good enough job of it and I thought she was attractive, woohoo no baby scares! I would definitely have to know right at the outset though. Finding out after the fact for me is like saying you have a secret family in another city or cancer or a fake ass or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-vs-straight-people-willingness-to-date-a-transsexual-person/537187.md?page=5)