When I tell people about my work with the TG/CD community, I occasionally get responses like:
“Oh, you mean drag queens?”
Or…
“You work with transvestites?”
There’s a lot of ignorance out there and I get annoyed when people mislabel “my girls”.
The fact that there are so many identities under the transgender umbrella only adds to the confusion.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this and would love to hear YOUR thoughts on the topic:
Which “label” do you identify with?
- Transgender woman
- Crossdresser
- Transwoman
- T-girl
- Something else?
Or do you not identify with ANY of these labels?
How do you feel about labels, anyway? Do you hate being labeled or do you wear your chosen label with pride?
I’d love to know, so let’s continue the conversation below!
Love,
Lucille
I call myself a bisexual crossdresser, because I haven’t taken any steps to permanently transition. As I am married to the most amazing woman who supports me dressing as a woman, and my being the woman I am inside, and she has asked that I only do it permanently if I absolutely feel it is necessary. But, I think of, feel like, and consider myself a trans woman.
I like using the Tgirl label. I want to be full time, but reality prevents this from happening. I still fantasize about being a girl whether I am out in public or home quarantining. The term leaves more range of options for me to explore in femme mode.
Tell the truth… I’m a woman
I feel most comfortable acknowledging I am neither what society considers a man or a woman, therefore technically I am a genetic man with a very strong female identity and explain myself that way as it rings true for me. And I say I fall under the transgender umbrella if pushed for an answer. I started HRT 3 years ago and live my as authenticically as my soul leads me. I don’t enjoy being called sir, I get excited on the o casinos I am called honey or sweetie or you girls when with another. So maybe we enjoy the compliments and don’t get hung up on labels. Just find ground you feel steady upon♀️
I’m not feminine at all, I fact, I’m kind of a burly man.
But I’ve always fantasied about being a girl.
Since my divorce I’ve built a pretty
Big collection of girlie things for “Rachel”
My alter ego!!
I definitely identify as a crossdresser.
I think because I haven’t seen a gender therapist , or started transitioning yet, I would not call myself a trans woman, transgender possibly, I feel I should be a woman , so hopefully that will happen in time . It’s a difficult question for me to answer .