Quote Originally Posted by stefan37 View Post
The difference Reine of those of us that crossdressed for years posting in the CD section. We have experience of what that is like. Ok some of us eventually transitioned. But certainly my experience has validity.
If you consider a male-identified crossdresser vs the "crossdressing" (MTF) transsexual, the experience only goes so far. Even though you might have THOUGHT yourself male at the time. Why? Because you have no real understanding of being male. Understanding of the male world - sure. Understanding of how you (woman) coped in a man's world - sure. But can you claim anything more than a bare intellectual understanding of a male crossdresser's inner experience? Isn't the extensibility of your crossdressing experience limited just as a crossdresser can only glean a limited understanding of ours?