Sometimes, it’s less that a trans woman becomes gay when she transitions, and more that she already was homosexual in her attraction before she transitioned. A lot of transfeminine sapphics have described being attracted to women in a gay way before they identified as a woman. The same goes for straight transfems who didn’t feel like their attraction to men was gay, but got lumped in as gay because of their assigned gender.
It should also be said that “attraction changes” that happen from hormones are often more absolute than relative based on gender. It’s more like someone who wasn’t attracted to men before suddenly is, or that someone who didn’t feel sexual attraction to anyone now does. Sometimes it’s just that you’re more comfortable being who you want to be, and sometimes it’s your preferences actually changing. It redefines your relationship with your body, identity, and sexuality change in ways you don’t expect.
Sometimes, it’s less that a trans woman becomes gay when she transitions, and more that she already was homosexual in her attraction before she transitioned. A lot of transfeminine sapphics have described being attracted to women in a gay way before they identified as a woman. The same goes for straight transfems who didn’t feel like their attraction to men was gay, but got lumped in as gay because of their assigned gender.
It should also be said that “attraction changes” that happen from hormones are often more absolute than relative based on gender. It’s more like someone who wasn’t attracted to men before suddenly is, or that someone who didn’t feel sexual attraction to anyone now does. Sometimes it’s just that you’re more comfortable being who you want to be, and sometimes it’s your preferences actually changing. It redefines your relationship with your body, identity, and sexuality change in ways you don’t expect.