Are you a MIAD?
For most of my life I struggled with defining what I am.
In early days it was referred to as “transvestism”; then a “cross-dresser” became a more common definition.
So it became that I joined a “Crossdressers Forum. While I am happy here, somehow, subconsciously, I feel that I am not really one of the majority here.
While I dress in what is commonly perceived as “women clothes” I do not really fit here.
Majority of people here seem to want to look like a woman and be perceived as such by outsiders.
I do not. I have no desire to be feminine or imitate a woman.
I am a man and behave and act as a man. No, I am not burly, macho guy but a “gentle” man.
I just like to wear lingerie, nylons, dresses and skirts. I have not the slightest interest in wearing a bra (nothing to put there), no wigs, make-up, jewellery, women’s shoes.
I hate trousers and like to exchange them for a skirt as soon as I can. I have facial hair.
One definition that is commonly used for people like me is “Man-In-A-Dress” (MIAD), (I pronounce it "mee-ad") and therefore I propose to use it to distinguish us from “true” crossdressers.
I would like to hear from other Miads as well as from others.
