140 Self-Reported Sexual Orientation and Attraction in a Cohort of Binary- and Non-Binary Transmasculine Patients Seeking Gender Affirming Surgery

Abstract

Although research on health disparities often focuses on looking at the LGBTQ population as a whole, sexual orientation and gender identity exist along separate continua. However, sexual orientation can be relevant to gender care, and vice versa. In particular, interest in sexual intimacy and body acceptance by potential partners may play a role in some individuals’ desires to obtain gender affirming surgery. As part of an ongoing longitudinal study of psychosocial factors affecting satisfaction and other outcomes among transmasculine patients seeking gender affirming surgery, this study looked at self-reported sexual orientation and sexual attraction among transmasculine patients seeking gender affirming chest reconstruction, phalloplasty, or metoidioplasty.