He's screwed. Admitting to being hetero means he must be a "homophobe".
Imagine if it’s all BS, the incredible psychological crap he’ll have to deal with just as the playoffs get underway. I wouldn’t be too surprised if it was a rumor started by someone preparing to make a huge bet on the game.
According to DUmmies, YES!
DUmmie FUnnies 12-30-13 ("The Decrying Game": Remember, remember, to date a transgender) (December 30, 2013 | DUmmies and Charles Henrickson)
Is it ignorant/ transphobic for a straight man to not want to date transgender women?a narrative of desire around trans bodies does not exist & in that absence one of degradation and shame is offered in its place. So automatically you have sexualities and accompanying desires shaped in a context of transphobia, which both excludes and pathologizes trans bodies as abhorrent.
A lot of male sexuality is also constructed around employing hierarchies of womanhood as trophies, to prove their own worth and engage in a process of gendering themselves through access to womens’ bodies. Within that framework, some hold more currency and others (transwomen) can actually subvert heteronormative male sexualities. The opinions and shared norms of sexuality among peers, performed on womens’ bodies, plays a huge part in constructing their sexuality as well. You can imagine where transwomen fall on this scale.
There’s also the fact that most men dont even have enough literacy of our bodies and our lives to even know who we are and if they are attracted to us. And dont attempt to do so because of cisnormativity.
With that being said, we live in the world we live in. If a man chooses not to date a transwoman, whatever the reason, that is his choice (though one probably informed by cisnormativity.) I am however concerned with if, in not dating transwomen, he also reinforces cissexism and transphobia in his words and actions.