There is a reason MtF’s are predominantly gynephilic, and FtM’s are predominantly androphilic. There is a much bigger chance to meet a gay trans person, than a straight trans person. And even in 4tran-adjacent spaces I have seen a lot of “straight” women who repress their attraction to women. You can post studies if you want, but I truly believe they lack a nuance, as a lot of bi trans people seem to lean more gay than an average cissoid.
t. exclusively gynephilic trans woman.
i think a reason for discrepancy between the number of straight trans women and gay trans women reported in studies vs ones own perception day to day in different loci (irl vs online, here vs board, etc) that nobody tends to discuss is literally just homophobia. when you take into account only out trans women or only passing trans women, as a formal study might, straight trans women will appear much more often because it has always been more acceptable for a trans woman to be straight, just as it has always bern more acceptable for anyone to be straight, so straight trans women have a better chance of “floating to the top”, as it were