I have always considered myself a CD; that is, a male who loves to put on women's clothes and look very feminine and attractive.
Yet, all my life I have been confused about my real gender. Slender shoulders, wider hips, pretty legs and soft unmuscular arms. When I was 11 and 12, as I failed miserably in being able to compete in boy's sports, etc., and my upper body was soft and had developed breasts, I began wondering why I wasn't a girl. I snuck into mom's stuff, usually her dresses or skirts, and saw I well suited I was for women's clothes.
Oh, that was more than 60 years ago. Today, I am 77. Back in my high school years, a boy had to be a boy, and here I was, in my own mind, a girl. I worked at being manly, succeeded pretty well, married, have a nice family with 5 kids and 5 grandkids. Whenever I could, I'd sneak into women's stuff, and that wasn't often.
Now, as I have gotten older, with more free time, I am able to dress. And, most interestingly, I find myself thinking I AM a woman. I look at everything feminine, enjoy most of it, cry at movies and read romance fiction. When I get dressed, I can look totally female, my body still retaining that girliness.
With my strong feelings of being a WOMAN, am I not more defined as transgendered? Anybody know?