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Old Jul 06, 2016, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by monalisasmile View Post
I have had similar experiences in dating and with my t. I am a femme lesbian and my t doesn't get the dating scene nor does she even try. Most of the time I leave sessions feeling like I am not trying but I do try. I have seen about five different ts and only my first one got how hard it is to date. Four out of five of them said they treat gay relationships the same as straight ones. They are not the same, the same as no two hetrosexual relationships are the same. Every relationship is different regardless of its orientation.
You convey your hope here and perhaps in therapy but your t is not hearing it. I chose not to bring my relationship issues to my various t s as they didn't understand nor try to understand. It's hard to find a t experienced in this area but perhaps there are some ts who have experience with LGBT in your area?

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Thanks. Yes it' hard to explain how difficult it is to date to a straight therapist. And even straight people struggle on the dating scene so imagine gay people!

My therapist doesn't advertised being LGBT friendly on her website so I assume she's not well versed in those matters. That doesn't mean she's homophobic. Not at all. In my country most people are fine with gay people, they're just clueless. I guess I shouldn't have my hopese up when it comes to gay stuff with mt T. Thanks anyway.