Quote Originally Posted by JessM. View Post
I think plenty of gender-fluid people call themselves cross-dressers instead, because much of the time they identify as male, even if some of the time they actually enjoy thinking of themselves as female or feminine. Let's say 80% of the time they feel 100% male, and 20% of the time they feel 100% female, then they never feel gender-fluid at all.
No Jess, by Gender Non-Conformist I was referring to the people who do feel a mixture of genders all the time, no matter how they are dressed. They don't feel 100% male or 100% female, they genuinely see themselves as outside the male/female gender binary. If someone feels 100% male 80% of the time, and feels 100% female 20% of the time when they dress, then of course they are CDers. That's what CDers do.

Have a look at the Sticky of trans-related definitions from a world-wide organization that defines these things, the WPATH. There's a link to the actual PDF booklet ... (although they don't discuss percentages).

Anyway, sorry folks I didn't want to continue another definition battle ... I was just trying to answer Dee's question about women and CDers who by definition do have a male identity, vs. Gender Non-Conformists who don't have strictly a male gender identity, even though they both engage in cross-gender expression.



Thanks for putting in your :2c: Dalva! ... and everyone else too!!