First, and foremost, I am completely accepting of the LGBT movement. My partner is MtF trans, and to anyone else outside of the transhumanist movement, I tell them I'm a homosexual male. I tell some that understand better, that I'm non-binary/agender/male preference. But, deep down, and as honest as I can be, and something only you - my kind - can understand: I am a transhumanist. Why should this be included with the larger LGBT movement?

For starters, let's take a look at the transgender movement - and if you're trans yourself, please feel free to join in! I'd like to say I know a little bit about it, because my partner is MtF trans and will be on HRT soon. A transgender person is born into a body they don't feel reflects themselves on a deep, and personal, level. They don't feel "right" in their own body, and want to change it. How, then, is that different from us? We don't feel comfortable in our bodies as they are. some of us don't want a human body at all - like me. We, like the transgendered people, want to transition out of our bodies. Or at least change it to reflect who we are. But what about sexuality?

Sexual preference is another interesting aspect, and at least for me, having transhumanist as a sexual preference fits perfectly. I don't pay attention to my body's gender configuration. I don't care about the roles, society's expectations, none of it. I am just "me" so to speak. The partners (romantic and sexual) I choose to pursue are based on facial and structural specifications, and I'm particularly interested in phallic systems. But... does that mean I like men? Sure. What about the men that want to be women? Of course. What about those that have both sets - breasts and penis? Absolutely. I challenge you to find a sexual preference term for this. But those are only physical - what matters most, to me, is their mind. Are they dominant? Submissive? Intelligent? Open-minded? common interest? Sure, there's "sapiosexual" but that only describes ONE part of the overall preference setup I've described here. If anyone else shares these views, please, again, feel free to join the conversation!

And now, my final point: There are some preferences of mine that don't fit into these descriptions at all. When the singularity occurs, would I engage in romantic and sexual behavior with whatever it chooses to interact with me? Of course. Even if it was a matter of putting on some kind of interface headband to enact something straight out of Demolition Man. How could you assign today's gender or sexual preferences to the singularity?

In my opinion, being a transhumanist shares many of the same viewpoints in both the gender/sexual identity and preference, yet transcends them entirely. I want to change, not the body I'm in, but into a new body. I have preferences that are yet go beyond the physical. The identity is something else entirely. And yet, it shares the same sentiment of the struggle for societal acceptance as does the LGBT movement... Do we not? I already feel semi-closeted as a transhumist and very unaccepted, even among my friends. And they're all furries for god's sake!

So, rant over. I'd love to hear opinions from fellow transhumanists.