I hope that we can keep the site open.

Yes, there is the risk that someone's anonymity would be broken, but I remember how desperately I searched for any kind of information about boys who wanted to be girls, or cross-dressers. I couldn't find anything in the library and what little I could find in the adult bookstore was so limited and in many cases fictional, that it was very depressing. The lack of information left me feeling so alone, so helpless, so hopeless. Between the ages of 15 and 26 I probably tried to kill myself at least 30 times, and even though I survived, I struggled. I was lucky enough to get access to usenet newsgroups when I was about 28, and eventually met some other transgenders, including the founders of the Tri-ESS group in Atlanta. Getting information from other transgenders, cross-dressers, and transsexuals helped me to realize that there was the hope, that even though I was a girl trapped in boy's body, that there were others like me who had found an equilibrium.

I know that there are tens of thousands, possibly millions, who are like I once was, alone, afraid, unable to comprehend the nature of their desires to dress, to be a woman. This domain provides a unique ability to create a resource available to all those who seek more information. To not only transvestites, cross-dressers, transgenders, and transsexuals, but also to their families, friends, spouses, and even their children. For some, this may be the first site they encounter, and this may be one of the best resources available to be able to collect a good understanding of the whole range of transgender behavior.

More importantly, we see in this group success stories, as well as questions and even members who have failed and rebounded.

If we need more "closed groups", that may make sense, but I hope that we could keep the core forums open as a resource for information to any who are so desperately wanting to understand cross-dressing and all it's variants.