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I'm surprised everyone missed this one...

http://media.www.thenichollsworth.com/media/storage/paper262/news/2007/08/23/News/New-Law.Bans.Saggy.Pants.Crossdressing-2939242.shtml

Note, for...

I would first ask what we mean by 'pass'.

If it means to disguise one's physical sex and thereby create false assessments in others, I have no desire to 'pass'.

However, I have a different...

Are you saying that any m2f that does not pass is a circus freak?

I find that both utterly false and insulting.

Marla

I love the dichotomy, but it is not a dichotomy of emotions. It is a dichotomy of social expressions and social interactions. It brings me a complete human and social experience that is not...

I'm confused here. 90-95% of women prefer men, so why should you be surprised to find that as a woman, people don't make that presumption? It may not be true but statistically it's a good bet.
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Why is there this binary assumption of CD vs TS? Actually, I would suggest that CD's and TS's are only a small portion of all transgendereds.

So when someone suggest an individual is one or the...

To me, it's tied to being a social animal. As a social animal, my soul is fed by my social interactions the same way my body is fed by food.

Now the social interaction of a woman in society is...

Leslie, by reducing peoples identities, world views, gender, social interaction, sex and character to what clothes they wear (your definition), I think you have trivialized a very rich spectrum of...

This divide (or attempt to create divide) is nothing new. I can go back to old articles I wrote 15 years ago on the subject.

I have my own theory as to why it is there. I would suggest that it...

Generally, I use my female persona. I tend to think that way anyway in social environments. But I would extend it from chat rooms to games and virtual worlds where I am also female.
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And if they don't call themselves crossdressers, and they don't identify as crossdressers, and if the label fits them poorly, why do you impose that inaccurate label on them?

You know there are...

Hmmm, what do we mean by sane? Certainly the term disorder when it comes to mental issues implies some form of non-sanity. In a like way, if the person is sane, should the medical community have...

I understand this is what the dictionary says, but the dictionary was written for the general public which has no need to discern the difference between sex and gender. However, both within the...

[Everyone, I hope I am not monopolizing the discussion but I am finding it interesting, tell me if I need to shut up :)]



If I understand your above comments, you are saying a transsexual MUST...

I'm afraid you did. You said "They are women, but they have a appearance of a male." The term woman generally refers to a persons gender. The term male generally refers to a person's sex.
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I'm confused here. Are you speaking about sex or gender?

Can you define to me what mental sex is? I understand the concept of gender identity and gender role, but I don't have the slightest...

Danger, danger Will Robinson, the word "true" is being used as an adjective!!

Just out of curiosity, what is an 'untrue' transsexual? :devil:



I'm not sure this is correct. I've known a...

I'm not sure exactly what your question was since it seemed to be more of a statement. Let me see if I can explain myself clearly:

- I dress as a woman because I am a woman.
- I'm perfectly...

If the term transseuxal is inclusive of those who are not at odds with their physical birth sex, then I would suggest the word has been totally redefined, perhaps even scarily so.

My...

I agree with Tess, present yourself in the gender you wish to work as.

Marla

Hmmm, is expressing my masculinity and interacting with society as a man an addiction? If not, how can expressing my femininity and interacting with society as a woman be considered an addiction?
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I'd like to question this (I hope I make no personal offense).

But by what standard were you born in the wrong body? If you were born woman, then is not by definition your body a woman's body? ...

Perhaps this would be worth a separate thread, but some questions occured to me.

If I may ask, what does having a 'female brain' (whatever that is) have to do with crossdressing (or even SRS)? ...

A few comments...

- Who I am is somewhat under my control, but biology and society have probably had a much greater effect, so one might say I have little choice of who I am.

- What I do with...

You took the words right out of my mouth :-)

I too am me.

Marla