Comments on: Change your gender, change your orientation? https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:16:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Mecenday https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/#comment-67065 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:16:02 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/#comment-67065 I am a transsexual, and I can say that this sort of thing is really common. One of three things will happen:

you will maintain your sexual preference (ie: you still like men)

you will maintain your sexuality (ie: you still like the opposite sex)

you will become asexual (you just give up)

Many heterosexual men become heterosexual women. No big whoop in our world. Other Male-to-Females will end up being lesbian. Also no big whoop. And yes, it’s not unheard of for a transitioning transgender person to maintain their homosexuality.

I always thought it was pretty obvious that sexuality was more than a single variable phenomenon… but I guess it’s news to some folks. I have in the past suggested transsexual sexuality as a research topic to some of my psychstudent friends, as I believe that further study would help shine some light onto how sexual attraction actually works.

I don’t think it “validates the fundamentalists” any more than a hole in our understanding of evolution validates the fundamentalists. These sorts of things are typically very complicated, and just because we don’t know every detail today, doesn’t mean we’re not on the right path.

]]> By: Eddy https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/#comment-67064 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:58:43 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/#comment-67064 Timothy–

I’m sorry that my 3 comments trying to pin down what Jayhuck was actually saying were overkill. You really must print your blog etiquette rulebook one day. It would be a great service to us all.

]]> By: jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/#comment-67063 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:41:17 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/#comment-67063 Um, Thanks again Tim 😉

]]> By: Timothy Kincaid https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/#comment-67062 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:21:11 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/#comment-67062 Eddy,

Re 71213

If we send Jayhuck to his room without dinner can we please stop talking about this? Would that be enough? Or do we need to spank him and stand him in the corner with a dunce hat?

]]> By: jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/#comment-67061 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:20:09 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/12/07/change-your-gender-change-your-orientation/#comment-67061 Thanks Tim 🙂

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