Does liking shemales make you gay?

[E24th]

Ahhhh. I understand, I totally see how shemales would be attractive towards heterosexuals more than homosexuals. I understand, too, that the femininity I love in shemales and crossdressers would, to some people, qualify me as bisexual. I simply know that I am not.

Really, I just wish I knew other guys with the same desires who self-identified the same way, if only because that part of my identity is so strong. I've been told that I "act straight," which, though it is a despicable term, basically tends to mean that I don't have the stereotypical features of a homosexual. I'm not "limp-wristed," I'm not "prancing," I'm not a drama queen, none of that (I have yet to see more than maybe three people in my entire life who fit that gay stereotype). But I am gay. I just... love really girly guys. I mean guys in general, but softer guys especially, they're all I think about sometimes...

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by E24th

Ahhhh. I understand, I totally see how shemales would be attractive towards heterosexuals more than homosexuals. I understand, too, that the femininity I love in shemales and crossdressers would, to some people, qualify me as bisexual. I simply know that I am not.

Really, I just wish I knew other guys with the same desires who self-identified the same way, if only because that part of my identity is so strong. I've been told that I "act straight," which, though it is a despicable term, basically tends to mean that I don't have the stereotypical features of a homosexual. I'm not "limp-wristed," I'm not "prancing," I'm not a drama queen, none of that (I have yet to see more than maybe three people in my entire life who fit that gay stereotype). But I am gay. I just... love really girly guys. I mean guys in general, but softer guys especially, they're all I think about sometimes...

And I love girly guys as well but have seen very very few of them in my life. (Damn you E24th, now I want a boy badly.) As for stereotypes: I learned a new one when I lived in the US. A stereotype about Puertoricans I had never before had any inkling of. It goes something like this, "You will never see men and women walking hand in hand in PR because there's nothing but gay guys there." I have yet to see any evidence of this. See where I'm going with this?

How are transwomen attractive to homosexuals? And you did not explain what you meant that you see how transwomen are more attractive to heterosexuals than homosexuals.

[E24th]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

How are transwomen attractive to homosexuals? And you did not explain what you meant that you see how transwomen are more attractive to heterosexuals than homosexuals.

Transvestites (femboys) attract ME at least (I can't speak for other homosexuals) because they have the femininity I utterly love, along with the parts which attract me. I am NOT, however, looking for a relationship with an actual transsexual. Transsexuals are women, and as much as I love femininity, I don't love females that way. Really, what -I- personally think would suit me is to look for a boy willing and able to crossdress for me at least sometimes, it seems like it would be a good balance.

I actually say that transwomen would be more attractive to heterosexuals based mostly on experience, and from that I've learned that yes, indeed it is the gender, not necessarily the sex, which can be the attracting factor.

[baasje43]

Originally Posted by E24th

(...) Transsexuals are women, (...)

That's how I feel about.
So I am not gay.