Are All Crossdressers Transgendered

[Babeba]

Some nice points Kaitlyn. Here I think you have hit on the essence of the problem as I see it. I have seen MANY threads here that center on the notion that CDs who feel that there gender identity is male, despise it when they are lumped in with CDs who project a feminine sexual personna. And of course you have brought forward other situations where persons feel they are being mistakenly labeled. I suppose my point is that by choosing the nomenclature Transgender to apply to such a broad group, those involved in the LGBT rights movement are contributing to persons becoming misidentified with activity that they do not want to be associated with.



I think you misinterpreted what was said. Here's the exact quote:

"It confuses people to thing that it's sexuality, not gender identity (between your legs vs between your ears)."

Sophie_C said that it CONFUSES people to think that it's sexuality, not that it is sexuality.

I think that between grammatical errors and preconceived notions, I now haven't the foggiest about what either of you two means, sorry!

However - I don't think it's right to change terminology because of what the layperson with no education about trans issues may think at first. If we all take one meaning, and stick to it - that's the best and most clear fashion of dealing with this issue. Transgender and Transsexual have very clear meanings, taken from their Latin roots. If you do any sort of gender bending at all as part of your self identity - well, you're transgender. If you feel like your sex - your biological sex - is wrong, that is being transsexual.

Sex=/=sexuality=/=gender.

The label on my bra reads: Goddess. ^_^

Miss Maxine, that marketer really had your number eh?! :-)