Thanks, folks, perhaps there's still hope for someone like me, "stuck in the middle, again."
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Thanks, folks, perhaps there's still hope for someone like me, "stuck in the middle, again."
Nikki, I tried the "all" and it just doesn't work for me. Sigh.
It was maybe seven years ago, at least, when I realized I enjoyed wearing feminine clothing and makeup. I joined, sort of, a local crossdressers group, but found that was not me. I wasn't looking to...
Hmm, it would seem I've stirred up a final kettle of ... earthworms? <grin>
Folks, I do not plan on leaving this site. I find the camaraderie well appreciated. And, for now, I will pull back my...
BTW, in the USA it is illegal to force someone to enter M or F on a form.
I'm not criticizing. I'm trying to truly discuss the terms we use to describe ourselves. I would never, never tell someone what label to use for themselves. There ARE true crossdressers, and you are...
A thought: If it is true that sex and gender each form a continuum, and not bipolar categories, then the term crossdresser does not seem logical. To "cross" means that there is a boundary, a...
For me, there is no woman inside. There's just me, and all I want to do is let THAT person out. I only adopted the Byllie to fit in on this site. My real name is Bill, and perhaps it's time I changed...
CD.com has sections for crossdressers, transsexuals, MTF, and FTM, so this site already does recognize that different subgroups have specific issues and needs.
It means that on crossdressers.com there is no specific section for those who are intergender, that's all.
Yes, we were each born with a gender AND a sex, both of which are fluid and located on a continuum.
Thank you for the deft reply!
In the best of all worlds, we could express ourselves, via clothing, makeup, behavior, any way we wished, as long as it did not hurt anyone. But that's not the world we live in. As a society, we tend...
Thanks, Stacy, I needed that. Sometimes I feel so out of it all. I used to attend a crossdressers group, but felt out of place because dressing fully as a woman did not work for me. I have a beard,...
Given I'm a biological male, who enjoys wearing feminine clothing (note, I did NOT say women's clothing), I figured this area would be the best place to post my thoughts.
I do enjoy wearing...
All I can say is ... WOW! This thread has more intense discussion into the matter of what gender is than I've seen in a long, long time. Thanks!
Sex is based on your physical genitalia, and indirectly your genes. Gender is based on your self image and your behavior. The two are not the same.
And this demonstrates the issue I was raising in...
Slightly androgynous; trimmed and thinned eyebrows, nails a tad longer then for most males, mix of male and casual female clothing.
Thank you!
I could not have said it better.
But the term "crossdressing" implies one is dressing to appear a gender he or she is not. Yet, for many that is simply not true. For many genetic males, the wearing of feminine clothing is because it...
Such great replies. Here are a few comments to what I read.
Stephanie - At birth we have two genetic sexes, male and female, but gender is a construct of which genetic sex is only one part.
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This is a theme I've occasionally written about, and right now I feel like taking a stroll through these ideas.
One of the things I've learned from this forum is that there are many, many reasons...
For me there never has been a pink fog, just a purple one, that over the years I've learned to accept more and more. Funny thing, though; neither I or my daughter likes the color pink. Go figure!
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What do you get when you mix red and blue paint together? Purple! And right now I'm in the purple fog. As you may or may not remember from earlier posts of mine, I've always seen myself, gender-wise,...
Here's a folktale from Africa that might help.
http://africa.mrdonn.org/lion.html
Byllie/Bill
Which is pretty good if I say so myself.
A few questions. Just because you're born male, does that mean you're straight? Dumb question; of course not. Same goes for being born female. Next...
Nor do I, but I do find that writing about "third gender" often automatically assumes that to be 3G means you're also gay. As you stated, this is most often not the case. But, you do touch on an...