From straight community?

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I was just in a conversation with some folks and as a possible explanation for behavior common among trans women someone mentioned that "most trans women come from straight communities, just like most trans men come from lesbian communities."

Now I've known a lot of folks who that's been true for, but I've also known folks who don't fit that. And I know how easily it is to turn "me and several of my friends who are trans all..." into "most trans folk..." It got me thinking. What are people's experience with that?

As a trans woman myself, I would say that I came from lesbian community. I mean, I identified as a dyke a good year or two before I identified as a woman. And I was an active participant in queer women's community before I identified as a dyke. Hell, I was even raised in a lesbian feminist community before I was an active participant in that community.

How about all of you here? Did the trans guys all come out in lesbian communities and the trans women all come out in straight communities? Or did anyone come out in gay male communities? Bi communities? Pansexual/queer communities? Geek communities? Etc?