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When Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender in a interview with Diane Sawyer, it was a major moment. As The Washington Post reported at the time, the former Olympic athlete and "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star confirmed during the emotional, two-hour chat, "For all intents and purposes, I. When Sawyer followed up asking, "Are you a lesbian?" Jenner replied: "You're going back to the sex thing, and it's apples and oranges.

Sexuality is who you are personally attracted to. Discover the real story behind Caitlyn Jenner's sexuality and what it means to be transgender. Get the scoop on her identity as a heterosexual woman here. A new season of I Am Cait, starring Caitlyn Jenner premieres tonight and Jenner talks about her future in dating. Last season on the show, there were rumors that Jenner was dating her friend Candis Cayne.

On the other hand, Jenner said that she can “appreciate” the male form. This led viewers to wonder if Jenner was gay, straight or undecided. WATCH: Caitlyn Jenner Admits She Was Not a Supporter of Gay Marriage 20 Years Ago Earlier this month, Caitlyn addressed her evolving opinion about same sex marriage with Ellen. I wonder how your—what your desires are in that regard. When people come out as transgender -- especially if they choose to transition medically -- one of the most common questions they face is how it affects whom they are attracted to and whom they love.

I am not gay. I am, as far as I know -- heterosexual. Sexuality is who you personally are attracted to—who turns you on— male or female. But gender identity has to do with who you are as a person and your soul, and who you identify with inside, okay? Endocrinologist Dr. Norman Spack, the co-director of a special gender management clinic at Boston Children's Hospital and an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, says that at first—years ago—even he needed a lesson.

Does this make so-and-so straight? But after treating transgender adults, Spack still recites a lesson he learned early on from a member of the community. Boylan remained married to her wife, Deirdre, through her transition. They have been together since , when Boylan was living as a man. They are together still. Boylan understands that some people may be confused.

It takes honesty.

And it takes the support of people around you who will treat you with love rather than disdain. My general experience is that whoever you were attracted to before remains who you're attracted to after. The important thing to understand is that sexuality, who you love, and gender identity, who you are, those really are different things.

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Today, he has been with his partner John since Jay Brown, of the Human Rights Campaign -- a transgender man who identifies as straight, may have been labeled a lesbian before his transition. My gender identity is male and my sexual orientation is straight. Transgender people can be gay, lesbian, bisexual or straight. We're dads and moms, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. We're your co-workers, and your neighbors.

We're 7-year-old children and year-old grandparents. We're a diverse community, representing all racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as faith backgrounds. I never ask leading questions that would give it away. I could never guess whether -- in their affirmed gender—they would be gay, straight, or bi. One thing has absolutely nothing to do with the other.

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