Another choice is to choose special lgbt dating apps like Transdr and other apps similar to find your tranny date. By doing this, you can make sure the person you are talking to is specially looking for transgender females. But there are also disadvantages. Many people looking for transgender females have fetish over this community. Sometimes, they would treat transgender females as their sexual tools. They like dating transgender women does not mean they respect them. You need to be extra careful with it.
If you are dating and your relationship can be led to the next level, that is intimate connect, you should be responsible for your health and safety. This is the thing I would like to address. The risk of transgender female catching HIV is the same as that of homosexual men, even higher. There is sexual healthy education for heterosexual people, while there is little for LGBT community, homosexual men and transgender people. We are forgotten. Transgender females should use condom or make sure your male partners use condom every time. Make sure you are tested regularly.
What is pathetic is that the violence for transgender females usually comes from their romantic partner. If you plan to see someone for the first time, try to meet in public or tell your friend where you are going at least. I know the idea of assuming you will be violated before you going out is pretty a buzzkill, but you have to be really serious with your safety. As you may have known, the murder rate for transgender people is much higher than that of cisgender people. Never take chances.
At last, be yourself. When I decide to start dating, I was worried about my hair and voice for being too masculine. I feared for being rejected because I am not feminine enough. As a matter of fact, this is a loser’s game. If you want to date someone and he/she wants to date you, he/she should accept the way you are. Transgender hookup and being a transgender person are already hard enough. You don’t want to make it harder by trying to be someone else.