No, this is not a re-hash of a perennial question. It is an attempt to understand the perennial question (lol) that is asked of the TG community when we come out to everyone, not just SOs, but family, friends and colleagues.
Invariably we are asked “Are you gay?”, if not the first question, certainly within the first 5.
This is stereotypical of the public perception of the TG community, where this idea comes from originally is a matter of debate, however, as a community it is one that we perpetuate. Here is the latest example of our community saying, “yes some of us are gay” http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/...t-are-into-Men.
You may ask how this perpetuates a common question, well it is posted on a forum for crossdressers, it is posted in a section of the forum that is visible to the whole web, it is our own words. So what does the public see, a bunch of “men” saying I like to wear women’s clothes, I am Gay/Bi/hetro (unless I am wearing women’s clothing).
This is not a critique of those who have answered the above thread, it is an attempt to understand just one of the reasons that the general public ask “are you gay?”