The one thing we all at some time had or have in common is that we are or were cross dressers; before we figured out that we are trans fluid; before we figured out that we are trans gender; or before we figured out that we are trans anything, we were cross dressers, and for some of us, we have figured out that we are just cross dressers.
Many of the members of this community have moved far beyond the days of just coming out of the closet and being afraid that someone was going to discover us, or just being scared to death to even consider that there might be a girl, in some capacity lurking inside each of us. Each of us has made his own journey, and remembers how hard it was to accept that those feelings were real, were not going away, and were part of who we are. Then the hard part was to convince ourselves that we were still a good person and it was ok to be who we are, and if that were not enough, we had to become comfortable being who we are. This quest can be a long and hard one; where some of us face loved ones that don’t understand or support us; where we daily question if we have made the right decisions; where for some of us it is giving up everything we have known for a life time and starting all over; and for some of us the fear of the unknown can leave us so depressed that it is hard to go on.
A short time ago I almost lost a friend to the fear of the unknown. EACH TIME WE POST A REPLY TO A THREAD WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS MADE UP OF LOTS OF MEMBERS; SOME JUST STARTING THE JOURNEY; SOME MEMBERS WHO HAVE COME A LONG WAY, AND SOME OLD TIME LADIES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT. TELL THE TRUTH BUT TRY TO BE GENTLE IN THE TELLING
