Quote Originally Posted by Leslie Langford View Post
That's great as far as it goes, and I'm loving every minute of it, but at the same time I feel as if this also forces me to be in disguise (as it were) to both express my feminine side and be accepted in this manner. In other words, I can't help but think that these GG's are so focused on the visual image of a woman that I present when I interact with them that they subconsciously treat me as some sort of honourary "girl".

This is quite different from them actually making the mental connection that, hey, there's really a guy underneath those femmy duds, which somehow I don't think they do.
Nope, we're well aware that there's a GM body under those clothes. It's just generally accepted as the polite thing to do, to treat a person the way they appear to want to be treated: if you present as a woman we will treat you as a woman. If you present as a man we will treat you as a man. You lost me here, is that not what you want?