What Caused You to Become a Crossdresser?

[Alice Torn]

Maybe several things. As a boy, obsessed with tall girls, legs in hose, fear of girls, shyness, later on, no chances for romance and marriage, though i did date some in my 30's. Felt no hope to ever have a quality woman, so became one. But, i am sure there are some genetic aspects. I have legs like my mom, too. Rest her spirit.

[Aligirl]

I've always loved the look and feel of women's clothes. Men don't really have a lot of options and tends to be very bland. I'm a little more exciting than just plain colors and neutrals. I'm also not very macho and very reserved as a man. But when I throw on a dress, I change completely!

[ophelia]

When I was young I waited after junior choir practice at the home/studio of my godmother an artist/hairdresser. All of these beautiful women would come in to get colours,sets, and ...perms. The very scent of perm solution.....just a minute...back in a bit.....

[Cate]

As young as I can remember I secretly loved all things fem.The dresses,panties,hose,to this day the smell of nail polish still excites my fem side.

[Mistybtm]

I all started in my pre teens when I started wearing my moms bras panties and hose and just blossomed from there. It may have something to do with being raised by my mother until I was 12 when we moved in with my farther and his wife.

[Jenny Gurl]

What feminine traits did you feel? I know you had to hide them, so they weren't physical traits. Was it that you cried easily as a boy and you had to learn to toughen up? My younger brother was that way. Or were they desires, like wanting to play with girl toys, wanting to wear what girls wore, in short wanting to be a girl?


What feminine traits did you feel? I know you had to hide them, so they weren't physical traits. Was it that you cried easily as a boy and you had to learn to toughen up? My younger brother was that way. Or were they desires, like wanting to play with girl toys, wanting to wear what girls wore, in short wanting to be a girl?

It has been quite a while but I can remember as far back as Kindergarten wanting to play with the girls and be more part of their group. I remember wishing I had longer hair and threw a fit when my mother wanted me to get it cut, after all, the girls all had long hair. I was a pretty emotional person but did not wear my heart on my sleeve. Throughout grade school I was a bit jealous that the girls got to wear the cool cloths, makeup, hair styles, and jewelry. If I had been born the female sex with my current brain I'm sure I would have leaned towards being a girly girl. I would have loved to experiment with different looks weather it be cloths, makeup, hair, nails, etc.

Our grade school had a choir that put on shows on occasion and I remember in 5th grade we were going to do our first performance and we were told we needed makeup so the bright lights did not make our faces look pasty to the crowd. The guys got a little makeup, but the girls got in a different line and got the eye shadow and lipstick etc. as well. I recall getting in the girls line because I wanted the lipstick and eye shadow etc. too. The lady looked at me, shrugged her shoulders and gave me my lipstick and eye shadow. Again, I actually felt normal that night. I grew up in the 70's and 80's so fashion was a bit different then. Long hair was common for guys, and I had long blond hair at the time part way down my back. Although my hair is short now, I still remember the feeling of it sweeping across my back when going shirtless in the summer as a kid. Any sitcom that had the male star crossdress made me wish it were acceptable and I could wear those cloths without retribution. I got into my mothers older cloths that were in storage and some older makeup she no longer used and I had an opportunity to experiment with how it looked and felt and loved it. These were the short dresses from the 60's that zipped up the back and as a teenager I fit in it kind of tight, but did fit. A once piece swim suite that she outgrew with panty hose underneath, that was a fashion statement. I don't know if it was the feeling that I was in feminine cloths or the feeling of different fabric against my body that was exhilarating but I knew it was not accepted and although I enjoyed it, I knew better than to share it with anyone. A few times in my teen years I would shave part of my leg to see what it felt like and liked it. It just felt so clean, smooth, and ultra sensitive. I managed to keep it to myself until I graduated high school. Joined the military for over a decade where I knew it was also unacceptable. The first week I was out of the military and starting a new job I knew I was no longer in danger of military discipline. I shaved my legs for the first time and it just felt comfortable, normal to me, and relieved to have been waiting to do this my whole life. I still never knew anyone else did this or had ever heard of crossdressing other than a skit on television. The internet came along in the 1990's and I learned online that I was not alone, crazy, or a bad person for being born this way. It made me feel a whole lot better about myself.

Even to this day, I find myself at social gatherings many times split between the guys and the ladies. I will hang with one group for a while, then hang with the other group for a while. I feel comfortable in either setting, but prefer to hang with the girls, and many times the ladies will be comfortable with me in the group as if I were one of the girls as well. I have always been able to talk to people and put them at ease. I think somehow they sense I am an honest sensitive person who actually listens and tries to understand them.

[marny]

Spontaneous estrogen! Really? You must tell us your secret. Will save us a whole lot of money on pills!

[NicoleballetTV]

Was fascinated by mums tights which I loved...but it was more than an interest started dance at 17...as much for the look but it was the first time I shaved my legs and put on sheers. .then I knew!

[Amanda22]

I've always thought of myself as female, so cross dressing is a method to hide the fact my body is male structured.

[Jenniferathome]

A genetic malfunction.

[Tiffany Jane]

Most reasons I am sure were psychological. Ways to find my way through things I grew up dealing with. Today, the desire is to feel comfortable, because I really do enjoy the way I feel when dressed. A dress or skirt allow the legs to be free with the occasional subtle kiss of fabric as I move about my day. Pantyhose and bra invite a sense of security as they are tight against the body. Heels make me taller, stand up straighter, and just give me a sense of confidence other shoes don't give.

[Tina_gm]

womens clothing....

[Erica Marie]

Nothing caused me to be a tg, It was how I was born.

[wanda66]

Neve needed a reason, its just how it is...

[Jennifer Devine]

NO

I'm on the Autism spectrum. My Dad was (but he didn't have a clue)... All three of my kids are, and one of my two grandkids are.

It is biology, not environment. Our brains function differently.

In 'gamer' terms, we have some stats we can topload, but by doing so other stats are weak.

- MM


I have a ASD diagnosis as well, Asperger's specifically, pleased to meet you :D This is my point exactly, notwithstanding the fact that 'environment' can have an effect on what we consider biology. No-one ever asked me what caused my ASD, just how I deal with it in my day-to-day life (for as far as it has any effect on it at all). That's what I consider more important about cross-dressing as well: how to deal with it instead of trying to find a non-existent or non-reducible root cause.

I have Aspergers also.
I think what started it off with me is that when i was in Primary School, we had a dressing up box in our class that we all played with and everytime i would pick this light blue dress and i wore it everytime without thinking anything of it.
I remember telling my dad one day when he came to get me from school that i had worn a dress and the look on his face was priceless! 😂

I had always wondered how i would look if i fully made myself up to be a woman with the long hair and make-up so in 2006 i sought the help of a counsellor who on the advice of her bosses, helped me by getting me a brunette wig and some clothes and jewellery and let me dress as a woman in our meetings and she did my hair and make up.

When i first saw myself in the mirror, i had a mixture of feelings.
Shock, Amazement and full of happiness followed by a bit of emotion!
She really was a big help and made me see that there was nothing wrong with what i was doing and there were loads of people like me out there and thats when i joined this amazing place! ☺

[lexivanderpump]

Gosh.
Let me see. I remember at a very young age people telling my mom, "What a cute little girl your daughter is" when they saw me. I was shy and liked my hair long. What can I say, I was a cute kid. LOL.
I have 5 older sisters and I found it natural to put on their clothes and make up as a very young boy. Nothing "made me become a cross-dresser", it just came natural to me. I love that I am a straight married male who just happens to feel more comfortable in girly clothes.

Love,
Lexi V.

[CherylFlint]

I always thought it was the distribution of X and Y chromosomes; not being of one sex or the other, kind of a little bit of “girl” in each of us.
I always thought I should’ve been a girl ever since I can remember, but we play the hand that we’re dealt and be satisfied that we are able to do what we do.
I think it is purely genetics, how our genes were ordered at the time of conception.
I never thought of having to be a CD was a "malfunction" in any way, although it certainly ins't the norm, although it's the "norm" for me. It's just who, and what, I am.
That said, nevertheless we are a very small segment of society, which is why people just don't get it, don't understand who, or what, we are.
It's just who, and what, I've always been, and there's nothing anybody can do about it, although my SO still thinks I'll "grow out of it someday".

[ArleneRaquel]

The urge has been in my DNA from a very young age.

[charlenesomeone]

Is there really a cause? As above the urge is there! Sometimes it's less some more, but never goes away.
hugs

[abby054]

I don't know. Theologians have a concept that something that always existed has no cause. To identify a cause, there must evidence or a pattern leading to the event or behavior at hand. I cannot identify any such evidence or pattern, so I cannot identify causality.

In my case, my three earliest memories show things that have shaped my personal life: animals, growing plants, a scientific curiosity with an engineering bent, and Crossdressing. I remember herding cows with my dog on a foggy day ate age four, using natural behaviors of the animals to my benefit and wondering what fog is and how to use it. I remember growing a small crop crop of grain, also at age four. I remember meeting a sister of a friend at church, being impressed with how pretty she looked (back in the days when mothers went to great efforts dressing up their little girls), and asking my grandmother, who was raising me at the time, why I could not look that way. I don't recall the answer, but by age nine, I had my own femme things, and was dressed head to toe for a Halloween parade.

Today, I am an engineer, I grow one of the city's finest gardens, I have two cats that now behave like dogs, I am an elected church elder, and I have a wardrobe that many GGs would envy. What caused all this? I don't know. It has always existed. Maybe it has no cause.

[immike]

I was born a boy,but I was just curious as to how it would feel to slide into a dress&heels.I snuck into my mothers closet
one day,after she left for work&I tried on one of her dresses&stepped into a pair of her heels&I was hooked? For years,I
secretly went into her closet&tried on all of her dresses&outfits&got bold&lifted a fresh pkg of pantyhose out of her drawer
one day&put the pantyhose on&dressed fully in one of her good skirtsuits&stepped into a pair of her expensive heels&sat
at her makeup table&did my hair&makeup

[Susan.]

Confucius, we sound similar. I believe that it was because of my sister being born so soon after me. I was the 3rd male and my sister was the first female. She was spoiled and I too craved my mother's attention. Additionally, my mother would say that men are not responsible, yada, yada, yada.

Not to mention she had some very feminine clothing. lol

[Janice An]

I was born with it in me, period.

[Stephskk]

I have contemplated this for my whole life. Why do I have such a urge to dress in women's clothes. I think after decades I assume it's something I was born with and I don't see it changing ever. I am ok with that but it wasn't always that way.

[LesliePinky]

Greed ,wants to try everything, il do soon doing this,=[

[Pïnk Lipton]

It's just something that I've always enjoyed doing.
Especially as a child I remember thinking how much easier of a life women had(nowadays my views are different).
But that was one of the factors, I think. Not wanting to take on the expectations that the society sets on men.
Currently, I enjoy the thrill & shocking my peers. I also feel extremely comfortable and free in women's clothing.

So, what first lit the spark was the fact that I felt discouraged by the gender-norms that I would have to fulfill in the future.

[laura.lapinski]

I don't know if it caused it, but when I first slipped on that one-piece bathing suit and got a sexual charge out of it I think I was hooked on looking feminine from time to time. The feelings got stronger as time went on.

[Teresa Monsivais]

I think it was something I drank one night :tongueout

[Tonya Rose]

Duno. I have just been this way my whole life. I like sexy.. and the only place to find that around these parts is in the mirror.... I don't want to be me till Monday. Lol.

[Elizabeth Marie]

Why ask why? I don't have a clue what caused me to become a cross dresser, nor do I really care. All I know is that I am a crossdresser, I enjoy it, it makes me happy when I can dress up. I'm OK with that. :)

[Robyn2006]

There is no doubt for me about why I so long to be a woman, to be as feminine as possible. I was raised by my mother and two older sisters who were all quite beautiful, especially my eldest sister who to this day is still the most beautiful, glamorous woman I've ever known. From day one I wanted to be just like her. As a kid I would watch her get all dolled up for a date, always so amazed at what makeup and the right outfit could do. Beautiful as she was, after her routine she was a goddess, supermodel, playmate of the year, completely to die for. When I hit my teens, it clicked-in that I could do the same. Back then, I could almost become as hot as my sister but, of course, she had me beat from the get-go. However, I'm still chasing that complete transformation into womanhood, doing what I can… and loving every minute! :kiss:

[Kevin_unknown]

I've got a pretty clear understanding of how it started for me. I remember when I was younger seeing a couple films and comics around the idea of "mind swapping" or "brain switching." I thought that was really cool, and a very interesting thing to think about especially getting a body that is visually different than yours. There is something about being disguised as something and having people believe you are something you are not.

I watched a lot of "mind swapping" and "brain switching" films, websites and some books. Eventually I moved over to other forms of realistically disguising yourself, such as crossdressing, eventually I decided to attempt it for myself.

I guess it is a bit of a fetish, however it is mostly just something that I enjoy doing (I would love to reach the point to where I can go out in public and pass). I have never, up to this point, been interested in having relationships with someone who is male, or permanently modifying myself/transitioning to being female, it is just about the act of disguising myself. Crossdressing for me is no fun if people know what you are. I guess if we had technology that allowed me to pass as a car, or some other inanimate object, I would be interested in that as well. However crossdressing seems to be the best chance that I have of achieving anything like this.

[LookingGlass]

Mine started when I was about 6, I think, on a trip up the eastern seaboard when I realized as I was trying to take a nap to kill some hours in the car that I was daydreaming about the girls in a catalog that happened to be in the car. The daydreams never really left and after one breakup I took hard, I started getting into CDing. I was shocked at how comfortable it felt dressing up and parading about in heels.

[Stephanie Julianna]

I can't find a cause because it probably predates any memory. I actually believe it is a previous life obverlapinf into this. My wife, on the other hand, thinks it's because my parents always fawned over my sisters and how pretty they were. They were also this way with any little girl, related or not, that they met when they were all dressed up. Otherwise, your guess is as good as mine.

[Christina89]

I started wearing some of my mother's old clothing and loved the feel of them on my body. And I just started from there.

[Lexi Moralas]

Not sure , but I have thought about it over the years and have a few theorys.
First I grew up in a house full of woman. I am sure that didn't help. But all growing up I was always petite for a guy and naturally had feminine manerisems. ( which as I got older I tried to change as much as possible. But in jr high I didn't really fit it with any group and certainly want the guy who got the girl. If I wanted to be in the presence of a sexy girl. It was a much shorter journy to portray that girl than to become the guy who could get such a girls attention. I was home alone a lot as a kid. With a house full of girl cloths ect. And shortly after I discovered pot. I dressed up once. Then rationalized it " I only did it cuz I was high" ( yeah right )
I soon lost interest in smoking pot. But obviously not in dressing. I truly don't know what " causes me to be a crossdresser" but I am sure the above mentioned contributed to my a tally taking that first step and puting on my moms panty hose. And over the years I came up wih various different " reasons why" until one day I realized I have no idea WHY.
And I really don't care why anymore.
I like it , I know what it is for me , what if means to me , and for the most part where it fits in my life. And to me that's enough

[robyn_cd]

Dressed as the female role in play which brought my dressing to the fore. I had been experimenting in small ways, but I felt so comfortable and natural I realised Robyn was who I am.

[swimming_sophie]

I have been on a swimming team since I was a child. All the girls with their cute one piece swimsuits always drew my eyes to them. I guess i became so good in backstroke, because I always swam that to observe what happens around the pool.
About 10 years ago, one of the girls in my age group had a navy blue Speedo swimsuit that didn't have a strappy back, but a full coverage back closed with a zipper. She once asked me to open the zipper for her. I got a good feel of the silky smooth fabric her swimsuit was made of. From that moment on I had the wish to wear the same or a similar swimsuit. My parents flipped out when I asked them about it so I never mentioned it again.
Now, 10 years later i finally got the courage and bought a swimsuit similar to my first love. Going to a remote lake for a first swim followed. Some weeks later I went to a public pool with weak knees, but noone there gave me more than a second glance.
TL;DR balls need 10 years to grow

[Savannah_Skye]

Just always felt this way since I can remember, so I was just born this way I guess.

[Leni]

I am clueless as to why as it just occurred out of the blue when I was 16. I found myself walking to my mother's bedroom and opening her pantyhose drawer, and took a brown pair out, then took my jeans off and pulled the pantyhose on. I did this for a few months and then bought my own black pantyhose which I would hide so no one would discover my secret. It gave me a buzz and still does 30 plus yrs later!

[lpjamey]

not sure what I posted before but my obsession with the female form keeps me going every day

[VAWyman]

I started when I was just about 8 or 9, elementary school. I saw how the girls played and I wanted to play with them rather than the rough and tumble the other guys played. I wasn't good at baseball and that was all they played. I was always last chosen and grew up disliking the game. Still do to this day. I don't care if the KC Royals win or lose. I still feel more comfortable and accepted around women than a group of men.

I think I also wanted my dad's affection and saw how he was with mom. I don't ever remember him telling me he loved me, tho I'm sure he did at some point.

I guess my crossdressing was a way to escape who I was, a reflection of what I felt was all I deserved out of life. Would I change if I could? In a heartbeat! I don't like me when I am by myself.

[jennifer_w]

I don't know. As far as I can recall I was always fascinated by lingeries, how beautiful women look in lingeries. I always have a urge to dressed in lingeries, and be as beautiful.

[IamAmy]

I started to have an urge to dress when I was about 7. I tryed a friends school skirt on when no one was around, It felt so much more comfortable than trousers. After that I tryed my mums clothes on when ever I got the chance. I makes me feel really pretty and at ease with my self.

[Madilyn A.]

Sage advise passed down through the ages is my story. We begin hearing many different sayings in our youth. "Don't play with that stick, you'll poke your eye out", " if you don't put a coat on, you'll catch a cold", etc, etc,. We've heard them all and their wisdom is indisputable. When I was young I was told, "you never hit a girl", so I didn't. Shortly thereafter, I heard, "if you can't beat em, join em ". So I did ! That's my story and I'm sticking to it .

[DebbieL]

I just played with girls until I was about six. I'd go to the other girl's houses and sometimes we would trade clothes. I enjoyed it and just thought it was fun and silly. Then one of the mothers saw me in her daughter's dress and freaked. She called the PTA, the School board, the Principal, and the teacher, demanding that I be forbidden from playing with the girls - or my teacher would be fired immediately.

Playing with boys didn't work out well at all. The first day I got stoned (pelted with rocks the size of golf balls), after school I met the club (about 10 boys with sticks the size of baseball bats). In class I would be threatened by the boys and the girls would giggle at me.

Dressing was one of the few ways I could experience that feeling of belonging, of being calm, at peace, and being loved. I would sneak into the bathroom, put on my mom's sunday "go to church clothes" from the dirty clothes hamper. I liked the smell, the feel, and the calm.

When my mom eventually caught me, she tried to be supportive, and even bought me a pair of pretty blue tights and a skirt. My dad gave me a red pillow case and blue shirt and said I could be superman instead. At my best friends' house, the girl thing didn't play well, but superman did.

I wore the tights until they were so laddered that I couldn't get them on anymore, but dad refused to buy me anything else.

Mom taught me how to cook, sew, crochet, and knit as well as beading and other crafts. I also did the laundry and ironing.

Later, when I could make my own clothes, I'd by men's shirts and make them fit my 38, 24, 38 figure. I also purchased pants and "unisex" stores where I could get pants that fit my wide hips and small waist.

Mom did confront me for stealing some of her clothes when she found them in the bottom of my closet, but because I was stealing them. When we were the same size, she covertly implied that I could help myself to what she put into the 'goodwill bag" and any pantyhose that she knotted (loosely).

[ArleneRaquel]

The urge was likely in my DNA, but my mothers classy attire, matter of fact attitude and her fashion savvy did move me down the CD path.. Not that she intentionally encouraged me to CD or anything of the sort, but her frankness about life done one while she was appyling her makeup and at other times, auch as while ahe preparing dinner, or while she doing her exercises while I was sitting near by and hanging on her every word. Btw ahe was a terrific cook, an excellent bowler, a fine poker player and as I found out later a fantastic pool hustler. Circa 1961 I received a pook table as a Chistmass gift from my parents, my mother would play for a penny a point, she would skunk me almost every time. That is what I meant when I said she was " a fantastic pool hustler." She beat my father with regularity also.

By frankness I do not mean vulgarity. My mother was always a lady, in the truest sense of the word.

[Cara Lacey]

I was born a cross-dresser. My very first memory was putting bobby pins in my hair lipstick on my lips and a Kotex between my legs. I was about three years old. I must have seen my mother do it. I remember my sister catching me at my mothers dressing table.

We All start out as women in the womb. Then eventually the X-chromosome comes down. Perhaps there's a little bit of chemical imbalance there?

[Ivie]

In hindsight I realise it has always been there, though it was only comparatively recently that I realised who I was, that I wasn't alone and that it is ok.
I remember thinking about wearing girls clothes early in primary school, I've always gravitated to female company (again from before sexuality had started), and though (I don't think) someone would presume me gay I have never been masculine.
It took such a long time to understand how I could be attracted to women but also wanted to be feminine, I don't feel like I'm in the wrong body as some describe, I do feel disphoric about not being able to be feminine, but not about my body (accept for the amount of hair that must be removed!) Perhaps part of it is aesthetic, that I long to be beautiful rather than handsome (not that I'd claim to be that either, just proposing polarities). The answer I am leaning towards is, that despite ending up in a male body and being attracted to females, my behavioural and aesthetic sense of self happen to have ended up in the part of the rainbow society has arbitarily decided is solely prescribed for women.
So in a round about way... I don't think I ever started, I'm just made this way and it is society that has made me a crossdresser. Come to think of it that's a great sentiment! I just (hopefully, finally, sometime before the next century, and not in a galaxy far far away) have to find a way to express that side of me in the life I already had started up before my enlightenment...
Decadently (and verbosely)
Ivie

[Alana Lucerne]

Definitely the fluoride in the water, ....no, that one's taken... it prevents cavities and makes you crazy or something

or maybe it was that measles vaccine....no, that's taken, it's supposed to cause autism

I was bit by a radioactive spider, ... come to think of it, I don't look good in blue tights

Oh, I know, my parents come from Krypton... well that explains why I like wearing a cape

hmmm....I guess I just don't know. What would it matter anyway? I can't change it now, even if I wanted to.

It reminds me of the old joke: "My mother made me a homosexual" Reply: "If I buy the wool, will she make me one too"

Alana

[Della]

I don't know. Me? Genetics and the whole X, Y, or somewhat confused X, Y thing. What "caused" me? I guess, I suppose and I reason that is just, me. No external cause, no mother-issues, no father-issues, no issues at all. Maybe, it's just me.

[AshleyP]

I can't say anything caused me to crossdress. It is something that was always in me, i think. One day as a teen, I was in the bathroom and got up the courage to take a pair of my Mom's panties out of the laundry hamper and try them on.

Once I was living on my own it was much easier. I don't worry about buying women's clothes (even undies) while dressed as a man. I have never had a problem or had anyone question what I was doing.

I even have had some times where it seemed to me that the sales clerk was sympathetic and accepting. I think things are getting better for transgendered people these days.

[kkaye]

I blame it on the original Cat Woman. As a kid, I had this thing about her in that tight leather outfit. And the old Flip Wilson Show. He did a so called character called Geraldean. I really think it was his CD girl inside. But, I always wanted to dress up like them. Some day , I will get a Cat Woman outfit.

[sometimes_miss]

I've always loved the look and feel of women's clothes. Men don't really have a lot of options and tends to be very bland

If you mean that are we free to wear a dress or skirt as an option, well then you're right. However, there are plenty of options as far as men's wear is concerned; the argument that women's clothes either are so much better than men's is quite debatable. Just because most men don't exercise all those options regularly doesn't mean that they're not there. And as far as comfort, if you ask women, they'll tell you that men's clothes are often far more comfortable than their own. I own some really fine men's clothes; and they look great, and are as comfortable as anything you can find in normal street womens' wear. Lingerie, well that's something else entirely.

[Karen kc]

What caused me to become a crossdresser? I wore moms vintage style pantys when I was 5y o. Was it the look? was it the feel? dont know! Was I born with a crossdressing gene I think so!

[satinnsilk]

I definitely cannot say if there was anyone catalyst but being raised the youngest in a home with three women may have been part of it. Constantly exposed to all the feminine accoutrements of woman hood I discovered the joy of nylons, girdles and high heels at a young age, somewhere between 5 or 6 and knew instantly that this was going to be something I would do whenever the opportunity arose. I absolutely love dressing to this day and do so pretty much daily to one degree or another.

Elizabeth

[LilSissyStevie]

I blame it on the original Cat Woman. As a kid, I had this thing about her in that tight leather outfit. And the old Flip Wilson Show. He did a so called character called Geraldean. I really think it was his CD girl inside. But, I always wanted to dress up like them. Some day , I will get a Cat Woman outfit.

You can truly say "Thanks for everything Julie Newmar"!(the original catwoman):D

[Carola]

Maybe curiosity or too much spare time when I was child. Having no brothers, you must entertain yourself and when you are 7yo, your imagination can wonder to all kind of places. But anyway, the feeling was there because I remember that I looked at the clothes the girls in the neighborhood wore and I wanted to wore them too.

[kayla316]

For me there's no definitive answer. Tried it once and it just felt right so never really stopped. I haven't always had the opportunity but its always in the back of my head ready Togo when I get the chance.

[CherylFlint]

One 'X' chromosome went left and a 'Y' went right.
Biological and I had no say in the matter.
When I was around 4 years old I knew I should've been born a girl.

[Sarina Curtis]

I can remember trying on my mother's or sister's pantyhose and loving the feel on my legs, how lipstick felt but was pretty athletically oriented (not so much anymore unfortunately) and was a bit ashamed. I hit a low point in my mid-20's and I made a decision to change something about myself when I couldn't change the situation I found myself in, anything from getting tattoos to shaving my head (nothing regretted so far!). About a year ago I hit another low point and for some reason remembered the feel of nylons on my legs, went to the convenience store bought a pair and then began thinking about panties, then a skirt, then some eye shadow, likely got lost a little in the pink fog but discovered that once I slipped in to my alter ego I could let so many more things wash off, I could settle, slow down the hamster on the wheel in my head and smile. That was when I realized this wasn't going to be a phase and when I decided to dive in.