https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inclusive-insight/201906/are-trans-people-excluded-the-world-datingQuote
Recently, my colleague and I asked this question of just under 1,000 participants and we published our findings in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Our results indicated that 87.5% of the participants who were asked this very question only checked off the cisgender options and excluded transgender and non-binary individuals from their hypothetical dating pool.
It's really not an inconsequential question. For many of my trans friends, the question of whether or not someone will date them after they transition or come out often weighs heavily on their mind. After all, relationships are one of our most important sources of social support. Indeed, our relationships play an important role in our overall mental and physical well-being and our relationships are a better predictor of how long we'll live than smoking or obesity! But, if very few people are willing to date trans people, what does this mean for their health and well-being?
So it looks like the world is not particularly supportive of trans folks with the vast majority of individuals stating they will only date members of the opposite sex. Personally I've come to terms with my transphobia as i do not see them as the gender they identify as and have no interest in them. I'm well aware of where many kf our conservative friends stand on the issue but id like to know where our liberal friends stand on the issue of dating transgender folks and if they are unwilling I'm curious about the source of their transphobia
