Being TS is not about having the correct bits rather than the defects, removing dominent male/female features, sexuality and all the other miriad of things that you read about. Being TS is living the life that you know you should actually have been born into.
Does it make you any less a Woman/Man (yep I said Man, being TS is not just M2F) because you still have the birth defects, a prominent adams apple, baldness, shovels for hands. Hell no, just take a look at society, with the exception of twins, triplets etc, no two people are the same and some features are more dominent than others.
Some will try to say you are not TS because you have not had surgery, WRONG, there are some who for whatever reason CANNOT have surgery. Why should they be invalidated as Women/Men just because birth defects are still present. In fact, in the UK we are fortunate that even the government accept that surgery is not a definition of being TS.
Whilst there is, at present, a requirement for a Gender Specialist to confirm a diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria, the only other requirement that they ask for is that you have lived the life of your "new" gender for two years and that you are not likely to return to your life in the "old" gender. If you can satisfy these two criteria you can apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate which will allow you to get a new birth certificate with the correct gender.
... and then to answer my own question, Are you TS? Hell yes, but not because of some preconcieved opinion of "elitists" but because I am living the life I should have been born into and was doing so for many years before I had any "medical" intervention.
Of course this is only my opinion, it is as valid as yours, not anymore or any less. Take from this what you will