Quote Originally Posted by Frederique
Even if I say I like wearing women’s clothing, as I have done on several occasions, somebody “in the know” will point out that my predilection for tactile splendor has sexual overtones. They never say I’m suffering from some kind of gender disorder, even though my willful crossdressing is a highly cerebral exercise…
So who says that those who are "in the know" actually know shit? I don't believe most of them do - at least they don't understand what all of this is like.

The difference between your opinion, Frederique, and mine about all of this is that you believe you have free will over this, while I am certain that you do not. And that is what those "in the know" can't understand. And failing to understand this makes the rest of what they say just an exercise in an analytical proof that starts with an obviously false premise.

Quote Originally Posted by emma5410
As far as I can tell most of you are cisgendered and being TS is completely outside of your experience.
I disagree that most people on this forum are cisgendered. They may assert "I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok..." but in fact, they are not. I think many here suffer from a milder form of what TS suffer from, one that can be controlled with CDing. This makes them lucky. But they also have real problems, real issues, and real pain because of it, and many of the problems faced are common to both the CD and TS individual.

I think the mighty "Denial" river flows through this forum with great majesty, and a vast gulf between her shores.