Quote Originally Posted by Megan70 View Post
Boy (or girl) do I have to agree with you on that thought there Julogden. I've always been confused as to what the hell that meant. It was really vague and seemed to paint everyone with a generalized gender brush. 20 years ago when I was just getting used to being a TV, it gets changed to politically correct CD, then someone at a TV?CD meeting comes along and mentions the TG abbreivation and I ask "what the hell is that'? I know what the CD is and TS is in a class of its own as a transexual, but now we get a TG? , now its shortened to T-Girl. WTF?
Don't shoot g-men?

pretty Boy Floyd
Actually, the TG term began as a description of those who live more-or-less full time in a gender role opposite their birth gender without getting gender reassignment surgery. Over time it has become a somewhat nebulous umbrella term that covers everyone whose gender presentation varies in almost any way.

Quote Originally Posted by MissConstrued View Post
"Transvestite" means exactly the same thing as "crossdresser." It's wearing clothing considered to be for the opposite sex. There is no further connotation to it.
The term "transvestite" is a clinical term, originally used to describe fetishistic males who become sexually excited as a result of wearing women's clothing. The term "crossdresser" is more of a self-definition that our community came up with, something we felt more comfortable with. Yes, they technically mean the same thing, but their origins are very different, and their connotations are different, at least to those of us who have been around the community for a long time.

Carol