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[SIZE="2"]I’ve said it before, and I‘ll say it again – apparently I don’t belong here, because I have never driven myself crazy by asking such ridiculous questions. Whoever wrote this shallow blurb about crossdressers assumes that they need therapy to figure themselves out, which is another way of saying that a problem of sexual identity exists. I don’t feel that way, and I have never felt that way about this hedonistic pleasure I get from dressing. Do we have to assume that it’s all about sex, simply because gender lines have been crossed? I think tactile sensations need to be mentioned, and not in a fetishistic sense, perhaps even leading to a tacit acknowledgement that there are some pretty ordinary crossdressers out there. I am one of the latter, and it is very frustrating to be clinically dissected like some unfortunate insect (we ARE the cockroaches of society, remember?). Continual questioning? I don’t think so......what sets them (the CD) apart from the TS or TG is that the TS knows their gender and sex are at odds. They know their true gender is not their birth gender. Sometimes it takes a bit of time, often with a therapist to figure this out, but it is truly something we know deep down. There is no question. The CD however questions this to death. This continual questioning often leads them toward anxiety creating other social problems that on the surface can make them think they might be transsexual. As I said, the TS knows and there is little or no question in their soul.
This doesn't mean that the latent transsexual is a myth. It is very much a reality and for those who do discover their true identity in later life, that realization can be earth shattering. Of course these people came from the CD part of the trans community. This only adds to the questions the CD will ask. I can only address this question like this; The latent TS will "hit the wall" and go crazy in the process.
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Originally Posted by April Lyn
