Difference between transgendered and a crossdresser

[Bree-asaurus]

Believe me, I'm aware it's a long hard and bloody road, and I truly wish I had that magical answer. In the meantime, I do everything I can, and everything I can think to do to help where I can. After all, that's all anyone can do. If I had my way, I'd force acceptance down people's throats, but alas I can't.

I don't think anybody believes it can be done overnight, and if they do that would be naive, and yes we should target the fight to where it needs to be fought the most, and where it is most likely to be won. Picking your battles is very important to the big picture. I just don't think it's a great idea to completely ignore everyone else's struggle because they are different, and don't share your exact needs. Nor, should their struggle be minimized because it's different. For example I don't understand what it's like to be a fetish crossdresser, but that doesn't mean their needs are any less important than my own. They are just simply different.

I agree. I wouldn't be like "NO, Mr. crossdresser! You can't do that because it's not your turn to have rights!" I don't even know how this thread got out of hand... All I was saying in the beginning is I don't like it when people think that crossdressers have it as hard as transexuals. I'm not saying that crossdressers don't have their own struggles, but if you're a MALE crossdresser, you are insane if you think you have it as hard as many of the transexuals who's stories I've read here, and the transexuals I know in person.

And for the record, I'm not making this argument based on my own experiences because I've been very lucky so far. I don't know how long that luck will continue, though. I'm already having a hard time finding a job.

What I do see is a WHOLE lot of discrimination and hardships that other transexuals have to deal with... and it's because of who they are as a person, who they have to be every day of their lives. Not because of their choice in fabric.

(This is kind of directed at Pythos who thinks that crossdressers have it as hard as transexuals and have the same suicide rates) You can say that women's cloths are part of a crossdresser's identity too, but if they kill themselves because they can't wear a skirt, they have other issues. I don't like getting dressed up for job interviews... I prefer jeans and a t-shirt. But I'm not going to commit suicide over that.