Wisns middle school featur 'This Book is Gay' library, stirrg onle outrage | WLUK

Contents:

• IS GAY TO DATE A TRANS WOMAN?
• DO YOU NSIR A GUY DATG A TRANSGENR GIRL, GAY, BI OR STRAIGHT?
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

IS GAY TO DATE A TRANS WOMAN?

Gay men were more willg than straight men (12 percent vs. Overall, gay men were far more likely than lbians to exclu dividuals based on their trans stat. Both gays and lbians were, however, nsirably more likely to date a trans person nsistent wh their preferred genr prentatn rather than their preferred genalia (transmen for gays, transwomen for lbians).

That is, how important is to a gay man that his transman date do or do not have a penis or to a lbian woman that her transwoman date has or do not have a penis?

(See Answers to Your Qutns: For a Better Unrstandg of Sexual Orientatn and Homosexualy for more rmatn on sexual orientatn. Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual, or asexual, jt as nontransgenr people n be. For example, a transgenr woman, or a person who is assigned male at birth and transns to female, who is attracted to other women would be intified as a lbian or gay woman.

DO YOU NSIR A GUY DATG A TRANSGENR GIRL, GAY, BI OR STRAIGHT?

Likewise, a transgenr man, or a person who is assigned female at birth and transns to male, who is attracted to other men would be intified as a gay man.

The Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force released a report 2011 entled Injtice at Every Turn, which nfirmed the pervasive and severe discrimatn faced by transgenr people.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) Transgenr Network (TNET). Answers to qutns: For a better unrstandg of sexual orientatn and homosexualy. Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force.