Quote Originally Posted by devida
That's not true for transgender, and if any of you think that your protestations that you are not transgender but simply a cross dresser are persuasive just go out there in women's clothes (not passing) and see if society at large makes that distinction. It doesn't.
This is right on the money, and why I find it so amazing when people on this forum speak about "Oh, I don't like labels..." You don't get a choice about what society thinks about you - your opinion about whether or not their label applies to you matters not one iota.

As far as they are concerned, you are a dude in a dress, probably gay and wanting a sex change. Oh, and out to molest "real" women in the restroom. (The inherent contradictions implicit in these ideas is sort of mind blowing - but we are talking about stupidity here.)