I am not trans, but, time after time, I always seem to really get along with anyone that isn’t heterosexual. I’m a man, who is attracted to women, but I seem to really share many things in common with such people, like a recent co-worker.

I like open source, I like poetry, I love anime, films, many different music genres, drama and art, philosophy, the beauty of the universe, etc . . . . . . . that are all things I struggle to find in common with most other hetero folks.

I just wanted to know if, well, this is relatable to anyone, like, does anyone have non-trans friends that they get along with much more that the average person, or is this strange?

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    I am AMAB (though enby in the last few years) and have always gotten along well in the lesbian community, have had lesbian lovers and my wife of twelve years (now divorced) identifies as lesbian.

    I hung out on r/actuallesbians until the Reddit API debacle pushed me to Lemmy.

    Some factors: I’ve always been a gender abolitionist (at least until I saw that trans folk get a lot from identifying as their true gender) and late in life, I was diagnosed with low-T, and all the signs are there that this has been a lifelong condition.

    Also in the current era, the rise of the manosphere and the hypermasculine / misogynist trend in the current MAGA movement have pushed me away from identifying as a man, which informed how I now check the NB box when there is one to check.