Editing Trans man (section)

=={{anchor|Straight trans man}} Prevalence, identity and relationships==
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In the United States, the ratio of trans men within the general population is unclear, but estimates range between 1:2,000 and 1:100,000.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Conway |first1=Lynn |author-link1=Lynn Conway |date=17 December 2002 |title=Estimating the Prevalence of Transsexualism |url=http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/TSprevalence.html }}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=Source is 20 years old. More up to date information may be available|date=June 2022}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Herman |first=Joanne |url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/commentary/2006/05/12/there-are-more-us-you-think |title=There are more of us than you think |website=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)]] |date=12 May 2006 |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msu.edu/~alliance/faq/faqtransgendered.html |title=FAQ - Transgenderism |last1=Rohde |first1=Maggi |year=1996 |website=The Alliance of Les-Bi-Gay-Transgender and Straight Ally Students, Michigan State University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520111935/http://www.msu.edu/~alliance/faq/faqtransgendered.html |archive-date=20 May 2008 |access-date=4 June 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=Source is 26 years old. More up to date information may be available|date=June 2022}}  A U.S. Census Bureau study in 2015 suggests that there were around 58,000 name changes in census records consistent with female to male transitions although only 7,500 of these changed their sex coding as well.<ref>{{cite report |title=Likely Transgender Individuals in U.S. Federal Administrative Records and the 2010 Census |last=Cerf-Harris |first=Benjamin |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/srd/carra/15_03_Likely_Transgender_Individuals_in_ARs_and_2010Census.pdf |access-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112190056/https://www.census.gov/srd/carra/15_03_Likely_Transgender_Individuals_in_ARs_and_2010Census.pdf |archive-date=12 January 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=58,000 figure is the 90% confidence threshold, figure drops to 24,528 at 99%.|date=June 2022}}

In a study by Kara Devaney, entitled ''Transgender Research Literature Review'', it is addressed that the term ''transgender'' encompasses a myriad of different and unique identities that do not follow the "normal" rules of gender. {{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}Miriam J. Abelson writes, "There is no question that trans men's experiences are men's
experiences and give insight about men, masculinity, and gender inequality."<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Abelson |first1=Miriam |title=Men in Context: Transmasculinities and Transgender Experiences in Three US Regions |date=17 October 2014 |hdl=1794/18512 }}</ref>

Like [[cisgender]] men, trans men can have any [[sexual orientation]] or [[sexual identity]], including [[Heterosexuality|heterosexual]], [[Gay men|gay]], [[Bisexuality|bisexual]], and [[queer]],<ref name="BocktingBenner2009">{{cite journal |last1=Bockting |first1=Walter |last2=Benner |first2=Autumn |last3=Coleman |first3=Eli |author-link3=Eli Coleman |date=28 March 2009 |title=Gay and Bisexual Identity Development Among Female-to-Male Transsexuals in North America: Emergence of a Transgender Sexuality |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |volume=38 |issue=5 |pages=688–701 |doi=10.1007/s10508-009-9489-3 |pmid=19330439 |s2cid=27207925}}</ref> and some trans men consider conventional sexual orientation labels inadequate or inapplicable to them.<ref name="Hrc.org">{{cite web |title=Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Definitions |url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-terminology-and-definitions |website=Human Rights Campaign |access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> The literature commonly indicates that sexual attraction to those of their same gender (e.g., trans men liking men and trans women liking women) is considerably less common among trans men than among trans women; the majority of trans men are reported as heterosexual.<ref name="Shankle">{{cite book |last=Shankle |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xq5LU0iK1Y4C&pg=RA1-PT175 |title=The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A Practitioner's Guide to Service |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-136-57355-2 |page=175 |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Yitzchak">{{cite book |last1=Binik |first1=Yitzchak M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AvfkAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA252 |title=Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy, Fifth Edition |last2=Hall |first2=Kathryn S. K. |publisher=[[Guilford Publications]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4625-1389-5 |page=252 |author-link1=Irving M. Binik |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> Surveys from the [[National Center for Transgender Equality]] show more variation in sexual orientation or sexual identity among trans men. In NCTE's 2015 Transgender Survey of respondents who identified as trans men, 23% identified as heterosexual or straight. The majority (65%) identified their sexual orientation or sexual identity as [[queer]] (24%), pansexual (17%), bisexual (12%), or gay/[[same-gender loving]] (12%).<ref name="NCTE USTS" />

Some trans men date heterosexual women, while other trans men date queer women; the latter might be because queer women are less invested in the gender and sexual anatomy of a person when it comes to selecting an intimate partner.<ref name="Yitzchak" /> It is also common for trans men to have histories with the [[lesbian]] community or to feel that they identify better with that community because of its wide acceptance of [[gender variance]], with a number of trans men having previously identified as lesbian (often as a "[[Butch and femme|butch]] lesbian") before realizing that they are instead transgender.<ref name="Shankle" /><ref name="Yitzchak" /><ref name="Haggerty">{{cite book |last1=Haggerty |first1=George |last2=Zimmerman |first2=Bonnie |author-link2=Bonnie Zimmerman |title=Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=978-1-135-57870-1 |year=2003 |page=776 |access-date=January 10, 2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAZ5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA776}}</ref>

Trans men have less success integrating socially within [[cisgender]] gay men's communities, which tend to be more body-focused, especially in terms of being [[phallocentric]].<ref name="Yitzchak" /><ref name="Schilt">{{cite book |last=Schilt |first=Kristen |title=Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |publication-place=Chicago |isbn=978-0-226-73807-9 |oclc=587209584 |year=2010 |page=153 |access-date=January 10, 2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b534IfCEi_UC&pg=PA153 }}</ref><ref name="Sumerau">{{cite book |last1=Sumerau |first1=J E |last2=Mathers |first2=Lain |author-link1=J.E. Sumerau |title=America through Transgender Eyes |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |publication-place=Lanham |isbn=978-1538122082 |oclc=1064762453 |year=2019 |pages=60–61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xK6LDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA60}}</ref> Yitzchak et al. state that, as a result, they more commonly see gay trans men partnering with each other than with cisgender gay men.<ref name="Yitzchak" /> There are, however, cases of women being likelier than men to thoroughly question trans men about their motivations for modifying their bodies.<ref name="Schilt" />

Some scholars<!--NOTE: The text is worded this way because, based on the chapter title, it's probably not Dan Irving and Rupert Raj arguing these matters. --> argue against assumptions that trans men are predominantly heterosexual and usually have lesbian histories. In scholars Dan Irving and Rupert Raj's book ''Trans Activism in Canada'', researchers state, "There is still a common misperception that trans men are largely heterosexual amongst those who conflate gender identity and sexual orientation. It is frequently assumed that trans men are exclusively attracted to women and have lesbian histories prior to transition." They add, "Recent data from the Trans PULSE project (Bauer, Redman, Bradley, & Scheim, 2013) challenge this assumption, with 63 percent of female-to-male spectrum trans people in Ontario reporting [[non-heterosexual]] identities and/or past-year sex with trans or non-trans men." They also argue that, based on some research, "many non-trans gay men have welcomed trans men into gay communities and have increasingly recognized trans men as potential sexual and romantic partners."<ref name="Irving">{{cite book |last1=Irving |first1=Dan |last2=Raj |first2=Rupert |author-link2=Rupert Raj |title=Trans Activism in Canada: A Reader |publisher=Canadian Scholars' Press |isbn=978-1-55130-537-0 |year=2014 |page=248 |access-date=January 10, 2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dpKDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA248}}</ref>
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