I Am Just Being Me.

[Pat]

"I am just being me" to me means talking about identity. Crossdressing is an activity. It's not who I AM it's something I DO. I do lots of things -- cook, drive, program computers, make music, record and edit video and I crossdress. I went through a series of changes over my life with regard to crossdressing from it being something sexual to being something where I thought I was two personalities in one body to discovering "Her" inside me to realizing that I was, after all, one personality. Now I don't really think of myself as crossdressing any more because I'm really dressed correctly for who I am. "I am just being me." And finding myself and finding joy in being myself I'm moving toward a more feminine daily presentation and for that reason am seeing a gender therapist, enduring facial electrolysis and taking hormones. That's part of being me; that's part of my identity. It doesn't have to be you.

[Krisi]

Again, I want to thank those who replied on topic. It seems that for those with gender dysphoria, "I am just being me" may be a proper answer and that pretty well answers my question. You are expressing who you believe you are.

I suppose my difficulty with this term is not knowing the status of the poster in regards to this. I don't keep a list of who identifies as a crossdresser, transsexual or somewhere in between and without knowing this, posts can sometimes be confusing.

Thanks and best wishes.

[dolovewell]

I like my male side too much. I just view CD as a hobby, a fun activity to do from time to time and explore another side of me, but I never consider it anything bigger than that. No interest in it becoming a full time thing or the #1 priority in my life. I feel like this is important, unless you want to be full time, don't sacrifice parts of your regular male life for your CD life. For me I lift in the gym 4x a week. Obviously I would look better in female mode with less muscle mass, but I am not going to sacrifice something I enjoy about my male part of my life for my CD part of my life, something I only do occassionally.

[Mayo]

"I am just being me" to me means talking about identity. Crossdressing is an activity. It's not who I AM it's something I DO.

Sometimes the things people do are identities, sometimes not. There's a difference between "I'm a gamer" and "I play games", or "I'm an engineer" and "I work in engineering". The same activity can be an identity for one person and a hobby for another. I guess it depends on how much we're invested in it.

[Karine]

After a lot of introspection trying to understand why I crossdres I am finally comfortable with it. For me "I am just being me" just means I am comfortable with who I am, just a dude that sometimes like to crossdress. I love being a guy and I like to crossdress sometimes too. Honestly, I will have to crossdress everyday I will not find it fun at all anymore.
For me, it is an hobby even if sometimes the pink fog can be very overwhelming. But I am pretty sure that if I could do it anytime I want (gf do not know), there would be no urge anymore and it would be an hobby like others.

[nikkiwindsor]

I'd be interested in sharing should the forum create a new gender fluid/non-binary site suitable for posting Nikki

[Brenn]

"Who I am" is a guy ... who inexplicably, occasionally enjoys wearing women's clothing.

I represent that statement.

[BettyMorgan]

fake hair
fake boobs
fake face
fake name
fake clothes
fake mannerisms
fake walk
fake voice
fake eyelashes
fake shape
fake identity
fake nails

I'm just being me:D

Yet, I know many GGs who also take part in some or most of your list.

Here's this issue. When I am stripped naked, I am physically male to the rest of the world. But in my head this is not who I am so I have to wear fake hair, and fake boobs, and fake eyelashes ... for now. I am somewhere between 100% male and 100% female, stuck in an unknown location (or percentage and that is something I may or may not ever figure out). I feel part masculine and part feminine all the time. I call myself gender fluid, but not sure how fluid it really is. For the time being, I chose to present as female as possible (see above for a fake list) and it helps me see the person I feel like inside at that moment.

In the meantime, let's be compassionate to everyone.