Myth 1. Dating a trans woman changes your sexuality

“Trans women are women, trans men are men. So if you are a straight man who fancies women there’s a possibility you might fancy me and I don’t think that makes you gay.”

Myth 2. You transitioned to trick straight men into sex

“I think we’ve got to stop with this myth that a whole minority group of women are evil, liars and deceptive. It’s just transphobic. In some parts of the world men have even got off murder charges claiming that they’d been tricked into dating trans women.

“Us being honest about our past is integral to our safety, so I see no reason why a trans woman would lie about who she was in order to get with a man. “

Myth 3. It’s a compliment to be told you don’t look trans

“What does that really mean? To be told you look cis gender actually means A. there’s something wrong with being trans which there isn’t, and that we only really value women if they look small, petite, thin, beautiful. In 2019 are we still judging women only on how they look? All trans women are valid.”

6 of the biggest (and most hurtful) myths about dating trans women with Juno Dawson