Labels never quite define the full range of items they try to encompass.
TG seems to be the umbrella term for all of us.

As stated by Dr. Harry Benjamin in his book "The Transsexual Phenomenon"...

[SIZE=3]Are all transvestites transsexuals? [/SIZE][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]Coming back to the differences between transvestism and transsexualism., another simpler and more unifying concept and a corresponding definition may have to be considered. That is, that transvestites with their more or less pronounced sex and gender indecision may actually all be transsexuals, but in varying degrees of intensity. [/SIZE][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]For the complete reading follow this link... http://www.transgenderzone.com/downloads/ttphenom.pdf[/SIZE][/SIZE]

[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]I for one began at the first stage many years ago and while my dressing was sexually exciting and release was almost always the end result it was not completely satisfying.[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]Having matured in many ways I see that the reason it was not fully satisfying is that there was much more to me than just wearing the clothes. There is a much deeper issue which has come out in the last 10 years. I feel more complete, more genuine now then ever before. Yes, I go out and interact with others that are unaware (sometimes) that I am not what I appear to be and that is how I would prefer it. [/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]I no longer dress for pleasure, but to express what was long kept deep inside. While I am not looking towards surgery or modification of my body to make me appear more feminine (BA or FFS) I do wish to be accepted as a woman when I venture out. [/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3][SIZE=3]I am on that sliding scale. I am just farther along it than many, yet not as far as some and I think that for me TG is a term that expresses who I am much more appropriately than TV/CD or TS.[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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