TS Orientation? please help.

This is purely a personal opinion and one I know that others will disagree with.
I am not an expert apart from my own sexuality and I can't claim to be able to answer your question definitively.

Gender identity is an extremely complex subject. On the face of it, there are female, male and intersex genders.
The “Ts” that you mention would fall into the last category which is considered to cover conflicting male/female gender identity i.e. those with conflicting male/female physical and/or mental gender identities.

Homosexuality is, strictly speaking, a term applied to persons sexually attracted to people of their own sex/gender.

Consequently, an intersex person who lives as a female and who has female partners would, in theory, not be considered homosexual but if they had an intersex partner who lived as a male they would, in theory, be considered homosexual.

So, to answer your question, persons classified as intersex would be considered to be homosexual if their preference were for other intersex persons and heterosexual if their preference was for male or female partners.

Unfortunately, despite the fact that it should really be that simplistic, it is typically highly subjective within (but not limited to) the intersex community and it is a very emotive subject so you might still be told to “fuck off” but then what are you saying that invokes such a response?

This is how I see it, I guess not everyone sees it this way but I find this to make the most sense.

If a MTF transsexual lives as a woman for all intents and purposes and hides the fact that she's a transsexual (called living in stealth) and then wants a normal relationship with a man who sees her as a woman and likes her as such, then she's a heterosexual transsexual. Amongst these people is where you find the most who goes through SRS (sexual reassignment surgery).

If a transsexual on the other hand are into men who likes her because she's specifically a transsexual, or if she likes women then she's a homosexual transsexual.

I find it very contradicting with a mtf transsexual who still thinks “she's” a man… well irl that is. There are of course some that regret changing themselves, though they usually strive to change back to being a man after realizing that.

Though here in AChat we of course find a lot of men who choose to play as shemales and then does it as a man.

i think like adera , for me a tg is a woman cause i dont see the interest ( in real ) for a man to modify his body to become a woman if he is not a woman inside . So a tg who is attracted by a woman is homosexual

You might not be able to follow that logic in AChat, though I guess you already knew that.

What I find funny are those that have bisexual in their orientation but wont play with men, I have bisexual as my orientation because I have an interest in all… though mostly in men I have to admit.

Welllllllll .. -skipped most of the comments, sorry- Figured I'd give some background on myself at least. I am a twin of a dead twin (twinless twin). She was female and I was regretably the other. All my life I never considered myself the way I was born. Conflicted. Confused. It lead to so much depression and anger. To always feel I was not born the way I felt and saw myself. To call me the gender I was, disgusted me. I have not had a ton of money so only have had a few operations. I still feel incomplete, conflicted. I DO NOT consider myself “male” at all. And prefer to be address and refered and treated like any woman should. I still sadly have conflicts as I still have “male” parts. I would rather not. Now about roles and thoughts as some pointed above. I am female in mind and spirit, I see me only that. I engage with men, I do not consider me homosexual. Though this twisted world would say I am. I love to feel a mans touch as a woman, not as a “male”. If I can be so bold I hate the whole homosexual tag. I prefer to say I am me. The best damn me I can be. Even as incomplete as I feel, it is still me inside. Even before my surgeries and being with men. I never once considered me as a homosexual. Only ever, doing what I felt inside. To do what any woman would do. To love a man, to have a bond, a soulmate. Though even before all my surgeries. Who would have called me hetero, as a “male” in love with another man. When I am no disgusting man -no offense to men hehe-

I must share a lil of my life experiance on this matter and conqur with KingDustin on his sentiment and views on transgendered, however there are as many graytones here as people. Generally a femme tg IS indeed a woman in all aspects and want to be treated as such in all ways, myself included. My personal preference is men but i equally love making love to a woman. I jus ttend to be a little more dominant with a woman *grins

When a man asks me if he is gay because he likes a female TG with a cock i ask him “Do you find men that look like men sexually appealing? They usually say “No” then i say you are straight. I tell, them that per my experience most guys who like female TGs are straight and not gay. Gay men tend to like men as men not pretty girls with a cock. Bisexual men like men as men and girls as girls and TGs where ever they fall. I tell these men who ask as far as the female TG cock goes there are two normal approaches to dealing with it. One is they simply ignore it if the Tg female is pretty enough. and Two they love it because they feel they are doing something considered wrong and doing wrong is always more fun then doing right.
Straight men like TGs generally, Gay men does not. Many straight men who are attracted to a TG and get angry or confused because they don't want to be attracted to a girl with a cock are usually from the misguided religious right. When i get tired of being hit on all the time i go to a gay club or bar or a predominantly Gay Men Club and i seldom get hit on all all no matter what super sexy outfit i am wearing. I have been hit on by a few bisexual guys but to date not one Gay guy has hit on me – just the simple fact. To them i am a girl regardless what is between my legs as i should by all rights be considered. Gender is NOT whts between ones legs. Sience and doctors today clerly identifies as many as 24 diffrent sexes inbetween the male and the female – which one of theses are you? *sly smile …and we r not talking of a few percentage here. The numbers are staggering.

From my experience atleast 80% of women are sexually attracted to a Female TG with a cock because they get to live out their lesbian fantasy as well as be satisfied buy the cock they love so much. If there is one thing i know it is you can't mess with what turns people on and the majority of straight men and women find a beautiful Transgendered Female sexually attractive.
Now all i have said applies in here too. In the real world many who are attracted to a female TG with a cock would never go near one in real life fearing what others would think. That is the real life fact of the matter. Transgendered people are perhaps the last prejudicial barrier to be overcome.

However, Adera do have a point above with her hetero- and homo- analasys on the matter. Personally i have never met a homosexual TG femme in my life lol – they are women no matter wht their panties are packing. And not all need go through with teh final opertaion either, i am one of them. I jus thappened to meet a man tht treated me like woman in all aspects and still, all theses years later does to an even breater extent. Back then, almost 20 years ago these oprations was hazardous and i shure didnt wanna gamble losing senistivity and my ability to orgasm especially when with a man tht really just love d me in way i was. Had i however done the transition today i would not even have hesitated doing it. Thanks for listening and i hope my lil essay shed sum further light on this matter