Bisexual Dating Site Discriminates Against Trans-Man

Queers United  Jul 03 08

"A 25 year-old Boston transman had his profile removed from a bisexual dating site last week after revealing to the site's operators that he had recently transitioned.Site officials defended their action by saying that prior to his transition, Teich had registered on their lesbian dating site, which shares profile information with BisexualDatingNow.com "We do not have a site appropriate for transgenders. You joined our lesbian site, which is not your sexual preference. You then listed yourself as a bisexual man. This is absolutely a violation of our community rules because we do not allow any man on a lesbian site," wrote Dupuis. Full story...

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