Transgender people usually label their sexual orientation using their gender as a reference. However, transgender people usually remain as attached to significant others after transition as before transition. Some recent research has shown that a change or a new exploration period in partner attraction may occur during the process of transition. Transgender people may be straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual or asexual, just as non-transgender people can be. Gender identity refers to one’s internal sense of being male, female or something else, whereas Sexual orientation refers to an individual’s enduring physical, romantic and/or emotional attraction to another person. Gender identity and sexual orientation are not synonymous concepts. Typically, these categories are male and female, but it is possible for individuals to exhibit a mixture of male and female biological sexual characteristics. Biological sex refers to the categories that we are commonly (and imperfectly) divided into, based primarily on the physical anatomy of the genitals.
Some individuals experience difficulty to establish how they truly feel, or what they fundamentally want when confronted with the tremendous pressure to be, think or act in a certain way. The legal system, religion, values, norms and attitudes of people around us is also influential. Our sexuality does not exist in a bubble or isolation as it is influenced by various factors such as, but not limited to our biology, emotional well-being, spiritual beliefs and our socio-economical, political and cultural environments.
Every individual is unique and therefore a vast diversity is found in the ways that people experience and express their sexuality. Not much, that is, except this: You can get into all kinds of trouble if you fail to understand something about the nature of perversion and love. But psychology really cannot offer much advice to consenting adults as to what sexual activities are appropriate or inappropriate. It’s true that psychology can be used to treat sexual dysfunction, and psychologists know that coerced sex, such as child abuse or rape, leaves lasting emotional scars on the victims. As strange as it might seem, psychology really cannot say much about human sexuality. Sexuality can be experienced and expressed through our thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behavior/activities, roles and relationships. Sexuality forms an important and integral part of who we are as human beings from birth to death and consists of many facets such as biological sex, gender identity gender roles, sexual orientation, including our abilities and choices relating to reproduction, intimacy and sexual expression.
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