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	Sexual orientation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sexual orientation is difficult to measure accurately because of the pressures upon people even today to report that they are exclusively heterosexual and the internal confusion with which many struggle with over their sexual orientation.
		Sexual orientation is further complicated by more recent non-binary understandings of both sex (male, female, or intersex) and gender (man, woman, transgender, third gender, or gender variant).
		Sexual orientation, as we know it, can be fluid and changing with time and circumstances...We can place people on all levels of the Kinsey scale, even when we apply this scale to sexual orientation toward animals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sexual_orientation (5099 words)

	Sexual orientation of transwomen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Both however report that the number of transwomen who consider themselves lesbians or bisexual or asexual is higher than it is in the general female population (at least in studies done from the 1980s on).
		A few transsexual activists claim the orientation of transsexual women corresponds to that of the cisgendered female population; however, these claims so far have not been substantiated and appear to be politically motivated rather than based on facts.
		Some people look upon transwomen as either effeminate gay men who took their effeminacy to an extreme level (if they are attracted to men, compare drag queen) or otherwise straight men with an abnormal fetish (if attracted to women).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sexual_orientation_of_transwomen (470 words)

	Transwomen - T-Vox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Transwomen or trans-women are transsexual or transgender people who have been identified as members of the male sex since infancy, but believe that this is not an accurate or complete description of themselves and therefore (usually) identify and live as female.
		Transwomen who feel that their change of gender and any medical treatments have been completed often prefer to be called simply women and consider transwoman or male-to-female transsexual to be terms that should only used for persons who are still transitioning.
		Some transwomen feel that surgery is only a small part of a complete transition and that transwomen should not be defined by their surgical status.
	www.t-vox.org /index.php/Transwoman (349 words)

	Definition glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sexual orientation emphasizes that some people feel that one has no control or influence over the development of one's sexual and romantic attractions or one's sexual orientation.
		Sexual preference emphasizes that some people feel that one does or should have some control or influence over the development of one's sexual and romantic attractions or sexual one's orientation.
		Sexual orientation for transgendered persons can be more complex, because it can be based on birth sex or, subjectively, on presentation mode (man or woman), legal status (male or female), and even marital status (married before or after GRS).
	www.annetteonthenet.com /definition_glossary.html (7141 words)

	Second Type Woman - The Sexuality of Transwomen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Post-SRS heterosexual transwomen appear to fall in to two main categories - those that were homosexual (or bisexual) men before SRS and have simply continued to select males as their sexual partners, and those that changed their sexual preference from women to men after their SRS.
		While most heterosexual transwomen are heterosexual for reasons of choice and preference, it seems likely that in some instances the adoption of a heterosexual orientation is closely related to the transsexual woman's success in passing and assimilating herself as a woman.
		She had sexual intercourse with over forty different men in less than a year before settling down slightly with three main boyfriends, two of whom were married.
	transwoman.tripod.com /sexuality.htm (3146 words)

	Sexual orientation - Enpsychlopedia
		The term sexual identity may be used as a synonym for sexual orientation, but the two terms are also sometimes distinguished, with identity referring to an individual's conception of themselves, and orientation referring to "fantasies, attachments and longings"Reiter, L. Sexual orientation, sexual identity, and the question of choice.
		A person is typically classified as heterosexual if their sexual focus is primarily people of the opposite sex/gender to their own, homosexual if it is people of the same sex/gender, and bisexual if it is both men and women.
		The Kinsey scale measures sexual orientation in seven categories, from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual), in terms of the biological sex of their former sexual partners.
	www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Sexual_orientation (4457 words)

	Sexual Orientation of transwomen
		Post-SRS heterosexual transwomen fall in to two main categories - those that were homosexual (or bisexual) men before SRS and have simply continued to select males as their sexual partners, and those that changed their sexual preference from women to men after their SRS.
		Social conformance even in the twenty-first century encourages the successfully passing transwoman to enter in to "normal" sexual relationships with men as far as she is physically capable, while intimate relationships with other women would risk "rocking the boat" and perhaps getting people asking some undesired curious questions.
		She then had sexual intercourse with over forty different men in less than a year before settling down slightly with a diverse mix of three main boyfriends, just two of whom were married.
	www.tsroadmap.com /sexuality/annie-sexuality.html (2315 words)

	KISISS: Sexuality Topics
		Most transpeople express their gender difference in order to be who they feel they are, and their gender identity is not driven by sexual desire nor is it directly connected to their sexual orientation.
		Also, transwomen relinquish their male privilege by transitioning to female and female-bodied transpeople sometimes forgo using hormones because they fear being seen as taking part in male privilege.
		Sexual orientation is distinct from gender identity, and transpeople's sexual orientations are as varied as those of non-transpeople.
	www.indiana.edu /~kisiss/trans_myths.html (314 words)

	Transwoman -
		Transwomen who feel that their change of gender, with any medical treatments, has been completed often prefer to be called simply women.
		People of conservative cultural backgrounds or beliefs tend to look upon transwomen, if they are attracted to men, as effeminate gay men who took their effeminacy to an extreme level.
		This view is contested, as part of the debate on the associations and distinctions between homosexuality and transgender, and the issue of autogynephilia.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Transwoman (446 words)

	Alternatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A person's sexual orientation is defined by their enduring emotional, romantic, sexual or affectional attraction to other people.
		People don't have to be sexually active to know their sexual orientation - feelings and emotions are as much a part of one's identity.
		HIV is spread by sexual contact with an infected person, by sharing needles and/or syringes (primarily for drug injection) with someone who is infected, or, less commonly (and now very rarely in countries where blood is screened for HIV antibodies), through transfusions of infected blood or blood clotting factors.
	www.co.benton.or.us /health/CH/FP/alternatives.htm (1773 words)

	People
		But the transgender movement over the past decade has provided at least anecdotal evidence that over 40% of MTF transwomen identify as lesbian, and close to 30% of transmen identify as gay men (and lots of these men were hardcore dykes for many years!).
		For years, they've built their case for gay civil rights on the concept that sexual orientation is fixed and natural, and along come these transpeople who change their sex and their sexual orientation -- there goes their argument.
		If anything, the fact that sexual orientation can change for some transpeople is further proof that human beings don't have conscious control in determining to whom they are attracted.
	www.planetout.com /people/columns/green/archive/20000214.html (892 words)

	Scottish Human Rights Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Under the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations, which came into force on 1st December 2003 it, is unlawful to discriminate against or harass lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the workplace.
		The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations include a special rule to permit an employer to discriminate on grounds of sexual orientation where the employment is for purposes of organised religion.
		So forcing an LGBT person to reveal their sexual orientation or gender identity when they do not want to, or revealing this information about someone without their permission, is potentially a breach of Article 8.
	home.btconnect.com /scotrights/publications/ResourceGuide/lgbt/lgbt.htm (3769 words)

	Autogynephilia: A Mistaken Model
		That this is their primary “sexual orientation”, and that they act in order to attain the object of this desire.
		That some transwomen have had, or continue to have, sexual fantasies that could be termed autogynephilic does not make them “autogynephilic transsexuals.” They are merely transwomen whose bodies have been trained over the years to respond with physical arousal to the fear associated with being caught doing something socially “wrong”.
		The shame that so many transwomen feel about these fantasies is a shame that has been internalized, and stems from the response of so many people who have no understanding of what it is like to grow up with gender dysphoria.
	www.starways.net /beth/ag.html (2309 words)

	Our Bodies Ourselves - Violence and Abuse - Woman-Woman Rape
		As with sexual assaults committed by men, the perpetrator may be a partner, an acquaintance, or a stranger, and it can happen to any woman, regardless of her sexual orientation.
		If the sexual violence occurs within the context of an abusive relationship, the other forms of abuse may be acknowledged long before the sexual abuse is. The reluctance to talk about it and the difficulty framing this abuse as rape buries this form of abuse.
		Transwomen are especially unlikely to seek medical care due to concerns about how we will be treated by health care providers.
	www.ourbodiesourselves.org /book/companion.asp?id=8&compID=95 (1297 words)

	UCLA Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
		The factors that determine sexual orientation are complex.
		Although the causes are not known, some researchers believe that one's basic sexual orientation is predisposed at birth While these affectional inclinations may not be recognized or acknowledged for many years, once established, they tend not to change.
		In recent years many theologians and clergy have begun to look at sexual relationships in terms of the love, mutual support, commitment, and the responsibility of the partners, rather than focusing on the gender of the individuals involved.
	www.lgbt.ucla.edu /Family_friends.htm (3629 words)

	Diversity at Los Alamos National Laboratory (covering Transgender Basics and more...)
		Given the awareness that the pubic has today about the wide range of sexual orientation in the population, we often hear questions in the area of gender orientation.
		Sexual Orientation —Attraction to people of the same or opposite or both or other sex relative to yourself.
		These individuals are usually career professional actors, singers and dancers, and this performance is not indicative of a particular sexual orientation or gender identity.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1053040/posts (1356 words)

	SOA Watch
		Examples include: feelings of inferiority to higher-class people; disdain or shame about traditional patterns of class in one's family and a denial of heritage; feelings of superiority to people lower on the class spectrum than oneself; hostility and blame towards other working-class or poor people; and beliefs that classist institutions are fair.
		This term can be used as a general term to refer to sexual orientation, sexual object choice, or sexual preference.
		Transwomen refers to transgendered women, or women whose history transcends the gender binary.
	www.soaw.org /new/article.php?id=629 (3934 words)

	Definitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The act of hiding one’s sexual orientation to preserve one’s reputation or job, to avoid being discriminated against, or to save one’s own life.
		To say that someone is "queer" indicates an indeterminacy or indecipherability about their sexuality and gender, a sense that they cannot be categorized without a careful contextual examination and, perhaps, a whole new rubric.
		Transsexuals may be heterosexual, bisexual, or homosexual in their sexual orientation (meaning that just because a biological male lives as a female, does not mean the individual is sexually attracted to men)
	www.smcm.edu /campus/clubspage/clubs/stars/definitions.html (1652 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Many studies of this issue may suffer from reporting bias, since many transsexuals feel they must give the "correct" answers to such questions in order to increase the chances of obtaining hormones.
		Transwomen or trans-women are transsexual or transgender people who have been identified as members of the male sex since infancy, but believe that this is not an accurate or complete description of...
		Post-SRS heterosexual transwomen fall in to two main categories - those that were homosexual (or bisexual) men before SRS and have...
	transwomen.iqexpand.com (670 words)

	Transgeneration - Bill Maher - Forums
		People who were assigned a gender, usually at birth and based on their genitals, but who feel that this is a false or incomplete description of themselves.
		It's not unusual, because the issue of transgender is not about your sexual orientation, it's about your sense of self.
		Sexual orientations among transgender people vary just as much as they do among cisgender people.
	boards.billmaher.com /showthread.php?t=37761 (462 words)

	Male to Female Transsexual Individuals have Female Neuron Numbers in the Central Subdivision of the Bed Nucleus of the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The research team focussed on a part of the brain understood to be sexually dimorphic, the central subdivision of the bed-nucleus of the stria terminalis [BSTc].
		The main neuron population of the BSTc is somatostatin-expressing [SOM] neurons.* The team sought to determine the number of SOM neurons in the BSTc [only those with visible nucleolus were counted], in relation to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and past or present hormonal status.
		All of the men, regardless of sexual orientation, had volumes which were similar; the women and the transwomen [MtF] had similar volumes; the transman [FtM] fell into the same range as the other men.
	users4.ev1.net /~taragem/bstc_study.htm (1185 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Magazine :: Transgender 101 for Dummies
		Gender identity and gender expression often coincide, and may be responsible for the “invisibility” of a transgender community on campus.
		At the end of the rainbow comes sexual orientation, which should be fairly familiar to most people at Harvard—simply whether one is attracted to females or males.
		People can be attracted to all sorts of individuals with varying gender identities, expressions and sexual organs; the terminology might be complex, but the feelings are not.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=512323 (329 words)

	Lynchburg College: FAQ
		For most people, sexual orientation and gender identity are shaped at an early age.
		Often lesbian, gay and bisexual people feel afraid, different, and alone when they first realize that their sexual orientation is different from the community norm.
		GLBT people are often accused of flaunting their sexuality when they come out, are publicly affectionate with a same-sex partner, wear gay symbols or participate in pride parades.
	www.lynchburg.edu /x2035.xml (2925 words)

	All The Support You Can Handle - Need some statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		transwomen, or lesbian -- straight -- bi-, pan-, and asexual transwomen.
		impression that the rate of lesbian and straight transwomen is roughly
		something between 2 and 5% of lesbian transwomen.
	www.supportalk.com /detail-5052741.html (310 words)

	Sun Star \| Story
		According to the State of Alaska's Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, an Alaskan woman is raped every 18 hours and 17 minutes, and Alaska's forcible rape rate is 2.5 times higher than the national average.
		The play is based on interviews with women of different ages, ethnicities, and orientation talking candidly about their private parts.
		One of the pieces, "The Flood", centers on an elderly Jewish woman that didn't have an orgasm until she was 72 years old, and another that "wanted to throw up and die" when she even thought about looking at her vagina.
	www.uaf.edu /sunstar/archives/20050222/vmono.htm (849 words)

	Out In The Mountains : Feature - Making A Safer Space
		It’s the second such occasion since SafeSpace opened its doors to provide services for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people who are being shoved, kicked, hit, manipulated or pressured into sex, or who are threatened, assaulted, or denied services because of their sexual orientation or gender expression.
		Even three years after civil unions, and 11 years after the legislature outlawed discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, queer “cultural competence” is not necessarily a given in domestic violence service agencies.
		The directors of both those organizations say that they are committed to the complementary goals of providing culturally competent services and advocacy for lgbt survivors of sexual and domestic violence in their own agencies and supporting a broad array of options so that survivors can get services from whatever agency they feel most comfortable with.
	www.mountainpridemedia.org /oitm/issues/2003/10oct2003/fea06_safespace.htm (1640 words)

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