corresponds with their birth sex in order to seem straight?
No. Gender identity and sexual orientation, although related, are two very different concepts. Transgender individuals present themselves as the gender in which they identify as, within their inner-self, which has no barring on which gender(s) they are attracted to. Expressing a sexual orientation is not the main goal when a transgender person is changing their gender expression, receiving hormone therapy, or having sex reassignment surgery, but instead it is about expressing their gender identity. Although many transgender persons are straight and are perceived as straight after transition, many are non-straight. A transgender woman who identifies as a woman and can be sexually and/or romantically attracted to men (straight), women (gay), both (bisexual), or neither (asexual), regardless of any physical transition to a feminine gender expression. A transgender woman who may present herself in a masculine manner and has not taken any female hormones, may still identify as a lesbian if
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