Some dangers of AGP, fantasies, and confusing the two.
I've some experience with parts of the above discussions. Since I didn't have the desire to start dressing until late in life, I've always known SEX was a/the main reason behind it!
I've read a number of post by CDs of having fantasies of being with a man when dressed. Even tho they r NOT attracted to men.
I can speak to this, as I had these same fantasies when I first began to dress. The thot of BECOMING a female was very exciting for me, back then. Most of my fantasies revolved around those thots. I thot I must be GAY to have those thots!
I'm not.
At that time, I was VERY unhappy with my dressed image. The man-in-a-dress was a big turn off! I WISHED to be a pretty female that I, and other men would find attractive! In my fantasies, I WAS! Maybe other CDs go thru this same sequence of experiences?
Then, suddenly Sherry appeared in my mirror! She looked so pretty and so hot! I took pics to see if I was imagining HER! I wasn't!
The results for me have been AGP in spades! All thots of becoming a female and being with men have disappeared from my fantasies! Why?
Apparently, I DON'T need fantasies when I have the REAL THING in Sherry!
And, to paraphrase Reine, " It's only an issue, if it comes between a CD and her partner(s)". Which it HAS for me. When I've been with real GGs, lately!
I believe any CD who denies that this AGP issue affects them in SOME WAY, could be inviting problems down the road!:doh:
Transgender Demons Don't Exist
Cisgender people love to demonize transgender people. I will call this disorder transdemonizationphilia. Unfortunately, some transgender people also like to demonize themselves.
Transgender fantasies aren’t any more harmful than cisgender ones. They might even be beneficial if they protect transgender people from the oppressive hostility that is directed at them from the cisgender population.
Relationship conflicts between transgender people and cisgender people are primarily caused by cisgender people inside and outside of any given relationship.
Cisgender people should spend more time pondering their own guilt, denial, and sickness before projecting them onto transgender people.
P.S. There is no such thing as a cisgender crossdresser, since this appears to be a common misconception. All crossdressers are transgender, to some degree, by definition.