Does liking shemales make you gay?

Like many others, I first encountered t-girls while surfing the Internet. I am a male in his 30's and have never been attracted to men or ever had sex with another man. Not that I think there is anything wrong with it! My relationships with women have included a marriage of almost 15 years.

The t-girls I have seen on the Internet are very beautiful and I find myself attracted to them in the same way I am attracted to "genetic" women. I do not consider myself "gay" and joined this forum hoping to learn a little bit more about myself and my own sexuality. It has been interesting reading the posts on this topic. Human sexuality is very complex and I don't think there is a simple answer to the "gay or straight" question. I believe it was Kinsey who first said sexual behavior falls on a "continuum." More recently, there was a "Klein Grid" that measured orientation.

A few years ago, the TV show "Cold Case" aired an episode where a teenager falls in love with a t-girl and invites her to the prom. Of course, his father and others react poorly and the relationship has a tragic ending. I found the episode to be a good lesson in tolerance and have often wondered how difficult it would really be to have such a relationship or to live as a transgendered individual. Currently, I live in the mid-western United States where things are perhaps not as tolerant as say, Brazil. My own personal feelings are that it shouldn't matter to anyone but the two people involved. It's no one else's business.