Quote Originally Posted by Crysten View Post
(snip) Transgenderism is not even close. Transgenderism is the feeling you were born in the wrong body, a feeling strong enough to cause people to undergo years of therapy, hormones, and multiple surgeries to physically change themselves into what they truely believe they are. (snip)
Transgender http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender is generally used as an umbrella term covering the spectrum (as far as MTF people go) kind of like this

Fetishistic Transvestite -> Crossdresser -> TS

I identify as somewhere between CD and TS. It isn't really about the clothes for me (though I love clothes) it is about being able to express my female core identity.