How would you feel if your friend was a transsexual, trans gender, transvestite, gay, or a cross dresser?

I would think they were a Liberal Obummer supporter..

I don't see how that bears any relevance to the topic at hand ^_^'

Would I befriend them if I knew on meeting them? Sure why not. I don't make friends right away, except in a few rare cases. If they are a person I can be friends with, then I will be friends with them. If they are an existing friend and wait to tell me, I might be a bit pissed they could claim to be my friend but not trust me with that. It's something we would discuss
but as long as they had been a good friend prior to their disclosure, I'm pretty sure little would change. Listen, I really DON'T want to know what folks do in the bedroom. I don't care who they are, I don't want to hear about it.

I wouldn't care if they were gay, but I think a man shouldn't act or dress like a woman and vice versa, so I wouldn't like it particularly...

It's not quite so blatant, though I understand your concerns. When I first started transitioning, I acted as I always did; like a dude. The only things I change at that stage, were my usage of the term, "gay" and my clothes (and my change in clothes consisted of a giant hoodie that I wore everywhere, everyday).
Later on, I still had the hoodie, but I dressed more like an, "emo" ("scene") dude; black eyeliner on occasion, coloring in my nails with black sharpie, which quickly transitioned into black nail polish whenever I felt like it, and skinny jeans.
After that, I'm going to just skip ahead a bit to make this short; I started wearing more feminine clothes, and had, by then, come out to everyone. It was completely gradual. Now, I'm on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and I wear anything I want, if it suits me.
And true, not everyone does it gradually, but those people usually exert some signs before coming out and switching gender roles.

Sorry if I wasted your time ^_^;;
And thank you for you post :3

Lol, as long as you look good as a woman, it's not quite as bad :P. But outwardly feminine men annoy me, I am androgynous, I hate sports, all my best friends are girls, I like clothes shopping, etc. But I would not wear women's clothes, I would not in any way act like a woman, I would not act camp or wear noticeable make up; I wear foundation occasionally if my skin's looking horrible, and I straighten my hair, but not in ways to make me look feminine. I find a balance, because I see it as better for me and society. So no one I'm not friends with would ever guess I'm gay, when I told people I was bi most of them wouldn't believe me, but when I'm with my friends I'm much more feminine - so I wouldn't have a problem with being friends with a cross dresser or whatever as long as they didn't do it openly. You didn't waste my time at all :)

But how is it better for you or anyone else to actively suppress who you are? <=. You said you find a balance, and that when you told those other people, they didn't believe it. So, that means that you aren't being who you truly are when you're around people other than your friends.
And I understand that being loud and obnoxious (whether obviously gay or not) is annoying for others to deal with, but not all openly gay people are all fem and loud, talking with a slight lisp and saying things are fabulous all the time, those are stereotypes, which I'm sure you understand full-well. Point is; don't be afraid of them. Guys are usually ok with stuff like this, they just don't know how to act a lot of the time, so it could be slightly awkward for a while................I sound like a pretentious bitch, don't I? =.

I'm not suppressing who I am, I'm a Gemini so I have a split personality, I'm quite feminine around my best friends, and I'm always making jokes and being hyper, I'm the same with my male friends but more masculine, but around people I don't know or aren't friends with, I'm quiet and studious and emotionless, and then I change again when I'm around my parents... Weird, but oh well :P. I'm not outwardly feminine to other people because it's not in my nature, and I'm still mostly masculine, so it's not all that noticeable even when I'm with my friends anyway. I have different levels of masculinity depending who I'm with, basically, depending on the masculinity of the people I'm with.

Alright <=.

well, I have friends in these categories, and I am Gay myself, and also I am not a real man, so it is fine!

As long as they know I am straight and don't hit on me, to each their own.My supervisor and our dispatcher were a female couple, I have been to parties at their home with co workers. The dispatcher had been married at one time and had a daughter who both women raised. She turned out to be a very responsible well adjusted young lady. I went to her graduation and she went on to college.

Awesome :D
Thank you for the post ^w^

ive got a lot of gay friends and family i think theyre awesome never met any of the others though but im pretty sure id be fine with it :D

The Q assumes they are a friend so I would support my friend but it would be creepy.

I've had gay friends with no problems. Not my thing. I like women. But I never had a problem with gays.

Inhave at least two dozen online friends and two real life friends who are transgendered ALL are delightful company

I like knowing intresting people

So long as we treat each other with respect...wtf cares?

I have friends who fall under all those categories. Doesn't bother me.

When I was 18 or 19, I dated a guy who was lots of fun, dressed well, liked the finer things life had to offer but he never made a move on me other than kissing me good night. I tried everything. Turned out he was gay. We broke up but stayed friends for many years and to my knowledge he was dating other men. Oddly enough, i later found out that he married another woman. Surprise! So, maybe he was bi-sexual. I don't know. The point is that I have no hard feelings. He couldn't help it. I still think of him fondly.

I also have gay friends and relatives and they are wonderful people and I'm glad I have them in my life. I've never know a transgender or transvestite but I can't imagine that I would feel any different toward them as friends. I probably should have checked the "totally fine" answer.

In fact I have such friends and they are the best in the world!

It would be pretty weird for me. I don't think I'd have a friend like that. Of course, you never know what might happen down the road. lol

Meaning?

Yup.

So then, you hate LGBT people of all kinds?

But you dislike the LGBT community, am I correct?

..................You said you don't associate with the LGBT community, that makes me think you hate/ dislike us, or at least disagree with us. I'm asking if at least this much is true or not.

I guess that does make sense, but I'm just trying to clarify.

"Finally"?
Ugh, you first sounded like you didn't like the LGBT community, that's all, and I just wanted to make sure of your intentions and your views on the matter.

You're avoiding me entirely, which means I was right |:T