Empirical data from studies with both heterosexual and homosexual individuals have consistently indicated different tendencies in mating behavior. However, transgenders’ data are often overlooked. This exploratory study compared levels of sociosexuality and self-esteem between transgenders and non-transgender (cisgender) individuals. The aim was to verify whether either sexual genotype or gender self-perception had more influence on the examined variables in transgenders. Correlations between self-esteem and sociosexuality levels were also investigated. The sample consisted of 120 Brazilian individuals (51 transgenders) from both sexes. Sociosexuality scores indicated mostly sex-typical patterns for transgenders of both sexes across the construct’s three dimensions (behavior, attitude, and desire), except for female-to-male transgenders’ behavioral sociosexuality. Unique associations between the dimensions of sociosexuality were found for transgender participants. No differences in self-esteem were observed and no correlations between self-esteem and sociosexuality were found. The results suggest that transgenders’ sociosexuality is largely influenced by their sexual genotype despite their incongruent gender self-perception and that the relationships between behavior, attitude, and sociosexual desire are different from those observed in cisgenders.

来自异性恋和同性恋者研究的经验数据一致表明交配行为的不同趋势。然而，跨性别者的数据经常被忽视。这项探索性研究比较了跨性别者和非跨性别者 (cisgender) 之间的社会性取向和自尊水平。目的是验证性基因型或性别自我认知是否对跨性别者的检查变量有更大的影响。还调查了自尊和社会性水平之间的相关性。样本由来自两性的 120 名巴西人（51 名跨性别者）组成。社会性恋评分主要表明跨性别跨性别者跨结构的三个维度（行为、态度和欲望）的典型性别模式，除了女性对男性跨性别者的社会性行为。跨性别参与者发现了社会性别维度之间的独特关联。没有观察到自尊的差异，也没有发现自尊和社会性别之间的相关性。结果表明，尽管跨性别者的性别自我认知不一致，但跨性别者的社会性在很大程度上受其性基因型的影响，并且行为、态度和社会性欲望之间的关系与在顺性者中观察到的不同。