'I've been dating transgender women for years': Kyle Dixon from Bravo's Below Deck said he's 'cool' with being bisexual 

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 18:40 EST, 27 October 2016 | Updated: 15:03 EST, 28 October 2016

Below Deck's Kyle Dixon isn't holding back any more secrets.

The reality star, who revealed he's dated transgender women in a preview for the Bravo show, said he's 'cool' with discussing his sexuality.

'I don’t care,' the deckhand, 26, told Radar Online in regards to opening up about his sexual preferences, adding that he's 'been doing it for years.'

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Opening up: Below Deck's Kyle Dixon, 26, said he's cool with discussing his sexuality, amid his recent on-air revelation that he's dated transgender women. Here, Dixon is pictured with co-stars Kate Chastain (left) and Emily Warburton-Adams (right)

Holding nothing back: The reality star made personal admissions in a preview for the show

Renaissance man: The well-traveled Brit initially got his start at sea working on a trawler

The Manchester, England native said his castmates on the cable show, which centers around a yacht crew members and their seaside capers, 'had mixed reactions' to his revelation.

Dixon's revelations came in a preview for the show, as he told fellow yachtmates Kate Chastain and Ben Robinson that he told his father he was bisexual, amid a relationship he was in 'at the time' with 'a transgender missus.'

Chastain asked the one-time soldier, 'So you dated somebody who was transgender?'

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Unabashed: Dixon told his co-stars that while his initial foray with a transsexual was by accident, he enjoyed the experience

Dixon responded, 'Well, no; I hooked up with one by accident, and then I found out I was a bit partial to it.

'Ashley‘s transgender, the girl I kinda been seeing back in England on-and-off,' Dixon said, clarifying that Ashley is pre-op.

His castmate Emily Warburton-Adams said she 'did not see this coming whatsoever.'

Mates: Dixon's Kelley Johnson (left) and Nico Scholly expressed support for their co-star as he opened up about his preferences 

Below Deck personalities Kelley Johnson and Nico Scholly, appearing on Watch What Happens Live Tuesday, showed both shock and support for their castmate.

Johnson told host Andy Cohen that 'nobody had a clue,' while Scholly said, 'Everyone does their own thing, which doesn't matter to me.'

'I don't care ... it's almost fun.'

Cohen added, 'What an exciting surprise to find out.'

Dixon, whose maritime career began when he worked on a trawler in the North Sea, has a toddler daughter.

Below Deck airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9/8c.

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