How do you identify? And can you explain why?

[Beverley Sims]

Identify as male but getting passport and dual drivers licence and I live about 20/7 as female.

So I don't know really.

[Tracii G]

I fall into the two spirit club somewhat.
Genetically male but it ends there because inside and how I think and feel is female.
When I interact with people I get called ma'am a lot and I guess thats how they see me so I am good with that.

[Mary Lawrence]

I am fully and completely a guy, except for the fact that I love women's clothes, putting on makeup, and generally passing as a woman. I am somewhere on the continuum of gender identity, but don't really know where. I would not want to be female full time, as there is too much baggage there. My preference would be to just drift in and out of male and female modes with no social barriers to doing so. Right now, I am typing on my laptop wearing black slacks, block socks, a sleeveless black-background flowered top and a 3/4 sleeve coverup (I removed makeup and jewelry an hour ago). I'll soon be back in jeans and t-shirt to mow the lawn. I have no clue why I am what I am.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Kimberly Jean , I am just a regular sometimes a Macho guy that has liked wearing ladies clothes,


I started 72 years ago when I was 4years old I don't go out dressed but wear triple earrings 24/7 a combination
of studs and small hoops,

I have a very extensive collection of Clothes, Heels, Wigs & Jewelry.

I dress for four hours every Morning and a couple hours a couple Evenings a Week.

I am just a regular guy that enjoys dressing up, I really love just having the best of both worlds.

>>>>>>>>Orchid ..OO..

[Bea_]

I identify as totally male and see my taste in clothes from the other side of the aisle as an expansion of my masculine prerogative rather than as a turn to femininity. I see much of what's considered to be masculine/feminine as just arbitrary distinctions.

[GeorgeA]

I identify as totally male and see my taste in clothes from the other side of the aisle as an expansion of my masculine prerogative rather than as a turn to femininity. I see much of what's considered to be masculine/feminine as just arbitrary distinctions.

As a MIAD I have to agree with that pronouncement. I am a man but spend most of my time in skirts and lingerie which I no longer consider as strictly women's clothing. I never considered myself to be a female; always a man. Look at the spectrum of clothes that people wear. Is there are a clearly defined demarcation line? On this side female on that male. What I wear all the day long is what I like, what is comfortable to wear. I no longer think of myself as crossdressing, just wearing my clothes.

[GracieRose]

I have that pesky Y chromosome so physically I'm a male. At a very young age, when the boys went off to do what they wanted to do and the girls went off to do what they wanted to do, my natural inclination was to go with the girls. However, I was told that was inappropriate by teachers, parents etc. I learned to behave like a boy and recall many cases where I was told that boys don't sit like that, giggle like that, etc. so I learned the appropriate (unnatural to me, but expected by society) behavior. I never had much interest in doing most "boy" activities, so I generally stood off to the side or played by myself. It seems to me that I have a female spirit in a male body. However, since I am attracted to women and not men, the male body comes in handy.

[Pat]

Among people who "speak trans" I say I'm a non-binary transfeminine person, among muggles I say I'm a transgender woman but internally I identify as a third gender, not male, not female, but a gender that has been stable all my life although I had to discover it. Physically, there's little difference between me and a transsexual - I legally transitioned from male to female on almost all my documents, I socially transitioned and live day-to-day as female, medically I've had a number of surgeries that are common among MtF transsexuals -- the only real difference is that I'm not a woman. I've transitioned from a false gender (male) to my real gender even if that gender has no name in our society. Someone coined the term "transgenderal" -- I kinda like that. It used to cause me some angst that I couldn't find a precise label, but it doesn't any more.

[ellbee]

This TV commercial from the late '80s sums it up rather well for me...


(Have to turn up the volume.)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeibzLZn2hU

[Hogrom]

I'm just myself. Which means, I like sometimes to dress as a woman, but I feel like I'm still a man (or genderless).

I use my male voice, no fake breast...I don't feel the need to force on aspect I do not like.

However, I don't dislike when someone use Miss towards men, since I take this as a form of respect.

[Michelle]

Personally, I know I am both male and female currently in a male body. I love clothes and in particular female clothes as it helps me express.
I know I don't want to be a woman fully and I am not a man fully. But having both parts is a awesome gift! so cool to go either way - no boundaries

[Majella St Gerard]

Straight Male, because I am.