Quote Originally Posted by Sidney View Post

That is a much smaller umbrella than the T umbrella. For some reason under the T umbrella just being transgender isn't enough. Are you just a panty wearer, underdresser, in the closet, out and about, 24/7 dresser, living full time as a woman, transitioning with surgery, etc, etc, etc.
Wow, conflating much?

There is literally a world of difference between someone who occasionally wears panties, or dresses up, and someone living full-time, transitioning, or post-operative.

Before I continue, let me state that there is some "you're not as trans as me" sentiment in the community that I've encountered. Personally, I think it's a stupid attitude to hold, since the holders of that opinion were once 'merely' crossdressers themselves in many cases. So those elitists can go eat a bag of phalluses as far as I'm concerned.

And I firmly believe that as long as you are not harming anyone, you should do what makes you happy.

But I do disagree that any man who puts on a pair of panties, or a woman who likes to wear boxers, is transgender. It's like saying that because you eat a salad once in a while, you're a vegan. Or that, because you went to Bermuda and got a deep, deep tan, that you are now a Person-of-Colour. Or that just because you bought a motorcycle jacket, you're a biker.

Webster defines transgender thusly:
transgender
: of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity differs from the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth

especially : of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is opposite the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth


IMHO, if crossdressers, panty wearers, and fetishists want to be included in the LGBT+ community, they are more than welcome. But I don't consider them to be transgender. Not a put down, or slur, just my opinion. YMMV.