partners may be with a transgender person throughout their gender journey (exploration and/or transition), or they may enter the transgender person’s life later on. for example, an ftm who was once part of the lesbian community as a butch may have strong social ties to the lesbian community and have a partner who identifies as a lesbian.

the female partner may maintain a lesbian identity, while the ftm partner may now identify as straight or bisexual. post-transition, the mtf may …