Hi Ann, Let me be counted as one that agrees with your very well written post. First, we have to remember that some here are in fact either TS or at least lean very close to what a transsexual is. I'm like you, a crossdresser. I have no desire to ever live as a woman full time or even present in public like some here do. So like you, I don't have much in common with many TS's or the more "OUT" CD. I am perhaps more like Kendra in some respects. Probably not much different then you in some ways. You will not see me out there trying to change the world's perception of us by looking like a man in a dress. Fore starters I would not pass or as some say, "blend in"... as some lucky few here can. Then we have yet another camp; Those that don't even try to look like a female, but wear women's clothes in public wherever they go. Not this man! Call me chicken, call me closeted, call me whatever you like, but I have to be comfortable being me. I can not stand the ridicule, the humiliation, cruel words or worse that I might be confronted with.

So move over, there is room in the closet for more of us. Even though I do venture out to clubs that accept us and welcome us. But to go to Walmart, the mall or a restaurant is not gonna happen.

True, we are a community but we have all kinds of people here. Some are very nice, fun, understanding, warm and all those good things we hope to find in others. But be warned, just like out in public, we have those that hate, are not friendly, not nice, arrogant, self-centered, selfish, foolish, inconsiderate, hedonist's and worse! The response to your original post that you shared with us is one of those. No, I do not even want to know that person since we share so little in being just human. It really is OK to not like everyone here for whatever personal reasons we have. But for the most part we have a very good bunch of people here. That includes those I may not even agree with.
Like someone else said Anne, don't take it personal. Try to laugh it off and consider the source.