Transgendered vs. Transvestite

[janedoe311]

Most people think crossdressers are gay and dress for sexual satisfaction.

Most crossdressers are heterosexual about 98%. The reasons are many but just a sex turn on is not a high percentage, that is considered a fetish.

The term transvestite was used first and for men only. Then it was redefined as a sexual fetish and Crossdresser was created as a person that wears the clothes of the opposite sex. A transvestite is a crossdresser just a class of crossdressers.

Most crossdressers do it because of the internal need to express the feminine or masculine side. Not much FTM because women cross dress all the time with no problem.

TG,TS, transvestite are all crossdresser.

There have been many threads on TG, TS, crossdressing etc.

Here is a reprint of my contribution to this thread, with additions.


http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/...t=transvestite

For us it is just a label that the society needs
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What I have seen is that the Sex in TS is being replaced with Gender at least in the US, just like it is in general use, ie forms, applications, drivers license and ID etc.

You can look these up in the Web and find different definitions of all. Transvestite, Cross-dresser, Transsexual, Transgendered, Gender Disphoria, gender confusion and Gender identity disorder. Now is that confusing?

If you find so called "medical" definition they differ as well.

Crossdresser is a person that wears the clothes of the opposite sex. No mention of reasons.

Transsexualism is a condition in which a transsexual person self-identifies as a member of the gender opposite to the one assigned to them at birth.

Transgender is the state of one's "gender identity" (self-identification as male, female, both or neither) not matching one's "assigned gender" (identification by others as male or female based on physical/genetic sex).
(Love the word assigned must have been on the work order!)

They seem to be the same, do they not?

Transvestite is another term that none of us like. It was originally for men who dress in woman’s clothes. It has changed to men who dress in woman’s clothes for a sexual fetish. Cross-dresser was added to replace it in the 70’s because of sexual fetish part. Also cross-dresser covers both genders, transvestite is just for men.

So a transvestite is a cross-dresser but not the other way around!

Gender dystopia and gender confusion are another couple of terms that leave much to be desired. Both gender confusion and gender dysphoria are being forwarded to the definition of Gender Identity Disorder in the Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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They seem to be in the process of being replaced by Gender Identity Disorder.

Gender identity disorder, as identified by psychologists and medical doctors, is a condition in which a person has been assigned one gender (usually at birth on the basis of their sex, but compare intersexuality), but identifies as belonging to another gender, or does not conform with the gender role their respective society prescribes to them.

Confusion: A lack of clarity or order, jumbled. Or the state of being confused; not understanding.

Dysphoria: is the opposite of euphoria. It is generally characterized as a feeling of emotional and/or mental discomfort, restlessness, malaise, and depression. A person suffering from dysphoria will feel that "Things aren't the way they are supposed to be."

Neither confusion or disphoria seem to do it do they? But people with Gender Identity Disorder one can be confused and do not know what to do. So I would see confusion and dysphoria a symptom of Gender Identity Disorder in some cases.

What about those of us in the wrong body but cannot do anything about it?
Are we transgendered? See why they call it gender confusion.

And none of these definitions even mention sexual orientation. That is a different problem not related to these or so they seem to be suggesting.

So what does this all mean: Well, who cares what the medical and general public defines these terms they are just labels and really do not mean anything.

In the end it is not really important. Only how you feel about yourself.