Choosing the right words to describe your gender identity can feel tricky. For transgender and non-binary people, finding a label that fits is personal and important.
Using respectful language matters. Outdated or offensive terms can hurt, so it’s okay to set boundaries about how others address you.
At the same time, you are more than a label. What matters most is how you choose to define yourself, no matter where you are on the gender spectrum.
Do you have a label that feels right – like crossdresser, transgender woman, non-binary, or something else?
I’d love to hear your thoughts, so let’s continue the conversation in the comments below!
Love,
Lucille
I use the term Gender Fluid to describe myself right now. I do believe that there is a part of me that wants to say I am transgender but there seems to be some nagging within myself over how I got to this point. I started out exploring the sexual sissy/enforced fem area and have lots of guilt over that.
Ever since I can remember I envied my sister who is 29 months older. She and my step mother had so many more clothing options than I had. I can’t really explain it other than I felt badly since I was short and stocky.I hated being in my skin. As a teen my family spent 4 summers in a house that had a couple of young girls my age and size.I’d try on their jeans and panties and bras.I love the feelings I get wearing something feminine.Now it’s very hard I wear a large top somewhere around 40 + and weigh over 200 lbs..I can get into some very small panties that I own & a few work -out pants along with a few tap-pants.I’d love to find my bra size so I could buy some @ Wall-Mart.
Born a male and have felt that I have always wanted to be a girl.
Seems very comfortable to be dressed as a girl and enjoy doing it.
Not passable and have never really ventured out. Cross dresser I believe.
Labels are a thing I have struggled against all my life. I don’t care for them and they make me feel less than human. Sadly language has created a need for labels and so I ask what best describes who I am, how do I feel and how do others see me… I AM simply a woman, no less than any other. How I feel is a sadness at the birthright I am denied and must strive to earn in life. And lastly, I don’t feel I could ever place a single label as everyone else sees me with their own eyes and with their own hearts. I would only hope that someday they would see me as the woman I am and not the (freak) that I feel they think I am. For the sake of the question I suppose I would relate to anyone who has ever been something other that what life has deemed they would have to be. Simply a woman still wrapped in her cocoon
I should classify myself as a severe case of gender identity disorder.
Since gender is a thing of mind I would like to talk about my feelings. When I am with a man who I fancy I feel like i am a woman while I feel like a man when I am with a woman. I cant say its homosexual cause both of us are never the same gender.
So I am confused here. What should be a proper label for a person like me? Can anyone here tell that?
Lots of Love
Light
PS: I still dress in the closet since I cant fully pass yet. I really hope to go out soon.
Wow! I have been a cross dresser all of my life. But like many others, when I am dressed I think and feel like a woman. Would so love to live full time as a woman……
Not sure what I am anymore. When I can be Samantha for those brief moments the weight upon my shoulders seems to lift and feel and see the beauty around me. Yet those I love would be hurt to see this part of me
I have always liked the term “Trans-Girl” and I do not find the term “Tranny” offensive. its just not. Just a cutesie slang term for transgender person. The one I don’t like is “Transvestite” prolly cause its been used i movies a a derogatory way kinda makes it ugly. “T-Girl” is a sexy term I think I like that best. Seems to fit how I feel most of the time unless I’m on my period, then “Bitch” seems to be a better fit. lol