Ok, I wasn't going to respond to hoodstars' listed questions, as we've been here before and the conversations seemed more intelligent before. However; (working to keep the semicolon alive ) the 'words' from his last post in response to anonymoussonny prompted my 'stepping in'.

Being 'gay' is being attracted to the same sex, so you don't have to actually have sexual intercourse with a man to finally become 'gay', the mental aspect, I believe is enough. He nor most others here are attracted to men. We like the female form, attitude, and mannerisms.

Whether liking transsexauals makes you 'gay' can be debated but the general consenus from the TG admirers point of view is that they are straight. I personally am comfortable with saying I'm bi, though I too, do not have any attraction to men, only women and tg's. I find it's simply easier when people want me to talk about my sexuality to say I'm Bi. It's a little easier for the outsider to wrap their mind around.

Transsexuals identify as the opposite sex from which they were born. Being 'gay' requires being attracted to the same sex. Being that 'MtF' transsexuals identify as females, the tg admirers are then straight as they are attracted to the female image that the transsexual presents.

I certainly think it's wrong to only see tgirls in secretive situations and on the 'DL', but tgirls make a very decent business (escorting) off of that very situation so they in turn exasperate the issue further. I've met quite a few girls who had BF's that wouldn't go certain places with them or take them to the family house or whatever. It's very fucked up and I never understand why they put up with it, but that's the human condition isn't it. We are all people and all deserve respect equally, no more, no less, but until the girls start sticking up for themselves and demanding respect and more than just the dollar and cents, we will likely be stuck in this cycle.

Thank you for reading my words, hope I didn't piss anyone off and good night.