what makes a person gay?

[raiku9909]

I said this in another post...i think it really boils down to a lack of terminology. It doesn't really seem like the gay/straight dichotomy gives us the right tools to really discuss it.

I'm not sure if a lot of tgirls want to be considered a third sex. I can't really comment on it besides that it makes a little sense to me, especially considering those girls who want to live as women but don't want to get SRS (i'm not wrong in thinking there are girls like this, right?).

It seems clear to me that an attraction to tgirls is something different than an attraction to males...just what to call it, I have no idea. Queer, maybe?

[leckery5]

Well if t-girls are the third sex and most admirerers like GG's too I suppose that would make them bi-sexual.

[RubyTS]

that doesnt work either, there are bisexual people who are attracted to both male and female but have no interest in transexuals

[RubyTS]

and queer is already associated with homosexual and just sounds like a durrogatory term towards gay

[Mari_Mar]

Being gay is more accurately defined as being sexually attracted to people who are your same gender. Gender is defined by more characteristics than just genitalia. So, I don't think it's correct to consider men who are attracted to transwomen as gay.

[raiku9909]

and queer is already associated with homosexual and just sounds like a durrogatory term towards gay

Yeah--I think some people use it in a reclaimed sort of way, like queer theory, but its definitely not perfect. Maybe we should go with something like "enlightened ones" or "rad people".

[Mari_Mar]

Hahaha! I like the way you think raiku!

[raiku9909]

Hahaha! I like the way you think raiku!

thanks! you ain't so bad yourself.

[phobun]

Jumping up and down on Oprah's couch shouting "I'm in love!"

[phobun]

Again, a guy into Ts should really only be concerned with what a T thinks about YOU, no one else's opinion really counts much anyway.

That's funny.