I don't think you need to identify as a woman to transition, if the GD and need to be authentic is strong enough it can happen.
By definition that person may relate to being a woman, but it doesn't necessarily follow that they fully identity with being a woman.
If you asked me what I thought a TS was, I would say it's someone born with a male body with a female identity or visa versa for FTM.
If you asked me what a Transitioner was, I would say it's someone that is going full-time as a different gender role. I guess I'm guilty of assuming that's always a binary change, I'm learning that's not always the case.
In society life is easier if you follow the binary route, Isha makes me rethink stuff these days, do we put too much emphasis on identity in regard to transition?
It's so hard not to try relate other people's stories to my own, it's easy to dismiss another person's experience because it doesn't match mine and that's wrong.
