Cross-sex relationships involving LGBTQ people
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While LGBT people are often defined by society for their lack of heterosexual relationships, heterosexual relationships among them are fairly common (e.g., an estimated 80% of bisexuals are in opposite-sex relationships).[1]
Transgender people can be any sexual orientation, including heterosexual. This makes a large portion of LGBT people who are in heterosexual relationships.[a][2][3][b][4]
Statistics
[edit]A 2013 survey of LGBT Americans by the Pew Research Center found that 40% of all LGB Americans in committed relationships are in a heterosexual relationship. This includes 84% of bisexuals, 2% of gay men, and 1% of lesbians.[5]
Differences with non-LGBT heterosexual relationships
[edit]LGBT people in heterosexual relationships will often take customs from gay or lesbian relationships they have been in the past. For example, LGBTQ people in opposite-sex relationships may continue to use terms like top and bottom.[citation needed] Heterosexual relationships should not to be confused with queer heterosexuality; an identity heterosexual people sometimes claim that may reflect cultural appropriation of queer in-group language.[citation needed]
Types
[edit]The following elements are included in such relationships
- Beards and mixed-orientation marriages
- Male-female bisexual couples
- Cis-trans heterosexual couples[c][2][3][d][4]
- Trans "chasers" often identify as heterosexual and may therefore represent queer heterosexuality[6]: 378 51% of men attracted to trans women identify as heterosexual.[7] Cis women who pursue specifically FTMs can also be called trans-chasers. Female trans-chasers are thought to be less common than male trans-chasers because of women face a different degree of homophobia; such relationships may face less social scrutiny and stigma.[citation needed]
- A trans man and trans woman together.
- Queer-identifying individuals in heterosexual relationships[8]
- Asexual people who feel non-sexual romantic love for individuals of the opposite sex.[9]
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Marusic, Kristina (4 May 2016). "Why Do So Many Bisexuals End Up In "Straight" Relationships?". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b Michael Shankle (2013). The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A Practitioner's Guide to Service. Routledge. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-136-57355-2. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ a b Binik, Yitzchak M.; Hall, Kathryn S. K. (2014). Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy, Fifth Edition. Guilford Publications. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-4625-1389-5. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ a b James, S. E.; Herman, J. L.; Rankin, S.; Keisling, M.; Mottet, L.; Anafi, M. (2016). "The Report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey" (PDF). National Center for Transgender Equality.
- ^ "Chapter 5: Identity and Community". Pew Research Center. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ Weinberg, Martin S.; Williams, Colin J. (13 July 2010). "Men Sexually Interested in Transwomen (MSTW): Gendered Embodiment and the Construction of Sexual Desire". The Journal of Sex Research. 47 (4): 374–383. doi:10.1080/00224490903050568. PMID 19544216. S2CID 24525426.
- ^ Rosenthal, A. M.; Hsu, Kevin J.; Bailey, J. Michael (January 2017). "Who Are Gynandromorphophilic Men? An Internet Survey of Men with Sexual Interest in Transgender Women". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 46 (1): 255–264. doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0872-6. PMID 27858199. S2CID 27994757.
GAMP is best considered an unusual form of heterosexuality rather than a separate sexual orientation. ... By this understanding of 'sexual orientation,' GAMP does not qualify. GAMP men in this study were indifferent between their self-reported sexual arousal by women and by GAMs; both were highly arousing to them.
- ^ Quinn, Dave (21 February 2019). "Miley Cyrus on Being a 'Queer Person' in a 'Hetero Relationship' with Husband Liam Hemsworth". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Steelman, Sarah M.; Hertlein, Katherine M. (2 April 2016). "Underexplored Identities: Attending to Asexuality in Therapeutic Contexts". Journal of Family Psychotherapy. 27 (2): 85–98. doi:10.1080/08975353.2016.1169014.
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