So how are transsexuals part of an "umbrella" with guys that like to dress on occasional weekends for pleasure?(sexual or not)..
HOw are women under the umbrella with men? nobody can answer this apparently..
This is the majority of crossdressers....

They are no more part of a gender rainbow umbrella with people that live as women than any member of the human race ...i'm all for kumbaya and world peace too but it just makes no sense...
and those folks i'm referencing are the ones horrified that their wives would ever think they'd transition like many ts do...they don't want to be included with me..

and as a ts woman, i realize in some ways it doesn't matter, and i realize there is not much i can do about what the media does with labels, but i simply reject that label because its simply off base from reality, i reject the label as a matter of principle..

the terminology is very helpful for gender queer and bi gendered people, and in force you are all here and accepting of the term...it makes perfect sense for you...i like the term for you folks

but imposing the idea of tg umbrella on men and women that are happily in the gender binary is nothing but the opposite of what you decry when a gender queer person is labeled as "man"
your feelings about the term include inability to really understand what being a guy in a dress or being a transsexual is all about..

that's not to say we can't all be friends...and like i said, there isnt much i can or need to do about it...its not talked about very much in my life (altho my gay daughter joined an LGBT group that ended up being disbanded over militant discussion over this very subject!!!!)

but If i was walking down the street and being harassed for my height and appearance as a ts woman how many would step up and identify themselves as being under my "umbrella", am i to be lumped in with the group of guys that dress enjoy she male porn or that would want to date me because i'm trans?