I was a lesbian woman and now Im a gay man.Thats what trans TikToker Rory, a musician with 62,000 followers on the video-sharing platform, said recently about his unique (though increasingly less common) transition journey. Related This avant-garde trans wrestling group is the antidote to toxic masculinity The standing room only spectacles are making the latent and self-loathing homoeroticism of WWE wrestling overt. I came out as a lesbian, and then I came out as non-binary, and then I came out as trans. I identified as a lesbian for a very long time. I was solid in that identity. There was no fluidity there, no interest in men, Rory told Pink News.Now there is, he added, Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Now that Ive transitioned, I can date men and Im still in a queer relationship, and I dont find myself attracted to girls anymore, and I dont know if thats because then I would be in a straight relationship, he added.Im almost like, Im too queer for that.I do know a lot of trans men that like men after transitioning, and they didnt before. Its like a common pipeline that happens, he said. @r0rycity The moment I started to pass #ftm #transman #storytime original sound Rory About 28% of trans people experience a change in their sexual orientation after transitioning, which happens independently of gender-affirming care like starting hormones or getting surgery, according to a 2014 study published by PLOS One, the peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS)The researchers attributed the change in sexual orientation to factors like social or self-acceptance, or to trans peoples newfound understanding of their sexuality and their evolving relationship with their bodies.However, the orientation change could also be related to their interactions with the opposite sex, Rory suggested.Maybe there was a hatred toward men because I wanted to like, be them, Rory said, but I didnt know that for so long.Now, Rory is navigating both his own version of masculinity and others as well.Some people would meet me and when they realize Im trans, or if they find out or they knew before, theyre like, Oh why do you act feminine? Im like, Oh, well, because Im like, gay. Some people in their heads, theyre like, If you wanted to be a man, why are you not being their version of a man? And that is what some trans people think, as well.Dealing with those preconceptions is a fact of life for trans people, Rory says, but manifesting his own self-image outwardly has been an important part of his transition.In his latest TikTok post, he shared the moment he knew everything had changed on his own journey from identifying as a lesbian woman to coming out as a trans man. He passed at a rail station bathroom.The moment I knew I was starting to pass as a trans man was the moment I went to go to the womens toilets. Because like up until the point I started to pass, I obviously wasnt going to the mens toilets, like I dont feel comfortable doing that, he said. Anyway, I head to the toilets, and I was at the station, and there was a security man standing outside, and he was like, Excuse me! The mens toilet is that way! My boyfriend was there, and I was likeRory gave a big thumbs up, and a smile spread across his face.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.