Quote Originally Posted by ReineD View Post
Although there will be variations, these are the major groupings that help me to loosely classify where people are at with all of this, keeping in mind that all except the last (and also possibly the first) fall under the "Transgender" [TG] umbrella:

Transvectic fetishist, or fetish CD, or fetish transvestite [TF or FCD or FTV]: Someone who dresses for sex only, does not otherwise wish to wear female clothes, and does not otherwise have a feminine gender ID.

Pure crossdresser or transvestite [CD or TV]: someone who likes to dress as a woman, not necessarily for sex, but who identifies solidly as a man. He may go out looking like a guy who wears women's clothing, or he may want to fully emulate the "look" of a woman when he is dressed.
Reine, I'm going to disagree with your bumping transvestic fetishists out from under the transgender umbrella. And about the only difference between them and pure cd's, as you call them, is the word "necessarily".
Many of us like to dress and make up completely to emulate the look of a woman and are driven to do so because it is sexually arousing, and our dressup sessions usually end in "pleasure". One who transforms fully is a crossdresser. By the way, not all crossdressers transform fully, as many don't wear makeup or wigs. Is it necessary to climb inside the mind of one who dresses in order to assign a classification?
There are men who have a fetish for women's clothing or shoes who do not crossdress. They might fondle the article while arousal builds, or even look at pictures of those items that arouse. Even though it's women's clothes that arouse, if they don't wear it, it's not crossdressing.
There are men who like to wear pantyhose, for example, to build sexual arousal and no other reason. Such limited wear is, at a bare minimum, transvestic fetishism, but could be seen simply as fetish, and not rising (no pun intended) to the level of crossdressing.
Some time ago, there was a thread "what's your fetish?". Some responses were "I like pantyhose". That's not a fetish. If an object BY ITSELF can bring sexual arousal, that's a fetish. Some fetishists have multiple fetishes and enjoy combining them all into a complete transformation session, thereby increasing the excitement beyond what one object alone can do. Though sexually driven, complete transformation must be considered crossdressing and fall under the transgender umbrella, because it is a behavior that crosses traditional gender lines (motive irrevelant).
Otherwise:
"Honey, I do wear makeup and women's clothes, but you'll be glad to know that I'm not really a crossdresser."

Just for fun, classify this: a man has fetishes for, let's say, thigh high stockings and high heels. He tells his wife, and she's accepting, and discovers that she likes the effect it has on him when he wears them while they have sex. The thigh highs and high heels bring him to maximum excitement, and everybody's happy with the result. Unless they are having sex, he doesn't wear them. How is he to be classified?

Yes, I understood your classifications to be "loosely".