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My Transgender Date is the leading dating platform for trans women and trans oriented men, available in 12 languages with members in 190 countries.
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My Transgender Date was founded in 2013 by French entrepreneur Cyril Mazur and Filipino beauty queen Maki Gingoyon.
The platform stands out for the high standards that the 24/7 moderation team maintains. It also aims to break stereotypes and normalize transgender relationships.
As of 2024 there are 30+ team members working at My Transgender Date, and most of them are trans women.
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Terminology
Trans woman (also called transgender woman, transsexual woman, male-to-female transsexual)
A woman who was assigned male at birth. In other terms, a trans woman was born in a man's body but identifies as a woman.
Trans oriented man (also called trans attracted)
A man who is romantically attracted to trans women.
Ladyboy
A colloquial term employed mainly in Thailand, the Philippines and other South East Asian countries to refer to trans women.
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Our obsession for providing the highest quality of service has not gone unnoticed by our members. They rated us 4.6 on Trustpilot.
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My Transgender Date releases mobile app
My Transgender Date announces the global launch of its mobile app, available now for iOS and Android devices. The app offers the full dating experience found on mytransgenderdate.com, in a convenient...
Read moreMy Transgender Date becomes available in Brazilian Portuguese 🇧🇷
My Transgender Date just launched its Brazilian Portuguese version. This comes in addition to the European Portuguese version which has been existing since 2015. Considering we now have ten times mor...
Read moreNew selfie-based “Verified” badge
My Transgender Date is excited to announce the launch of its new selfie-based verification system, which replaces the old Facebook-based system. Users simply need to take a selfie using their smartph...
Read moreRemoval of the “Facebook Login” functionality
Because of Facebook’s increasing problems and unrealibility, we decided to remove the “Facebook Login” (aka ”Log in with Facebook”) functionality from our website. All members who use “Facebook Login...
Read moreMy Ladyboy Date is merged into My Transgender Date
In order to focus our efforts and always deliver the best to our members, we decided to “retire” My Ladyboy Date and merge it into My Transgender Date. Starting March 2022, the myladyboydate.com webs...
Read moreMy Transsexual Date is now called My Transgender Date
In order to server our members better, we decided to change our name to **My Transgender Date** and our URL to **mytransgenderdate.com.** In 2021, it has become clear that an increasing majority of t...
Read moreWe have a new logo (2020)
My Ladyboy Date / My Transsexual Date have a new logo in 2020! Our new logo was designed by French designer Aurélien Sesmat. He was naturally inspired by the previous logo and kept the heart (obvious...
Read moreNormal operations during the COVID-19 crisis
As many people are stranded at home, we know they will turn to the Internet to maintain the social bond, and online dating plays an important role in this. That’s why we want to reassure our members t...
Read moreOur website is now available in Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
My Ladyboy Date / My Transsexual Date was already available in Simplified Chinese (localized for Mainland China) since 2015. As of today, it is now also available in Traditional Chinese (localized for...
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