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 Outdated or offensive terms can hurt, so it’s okay to set boundaries about how others address you.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
An interesting question with no generally right answer. I found feminine clothes a delight to feel against my body and also they gave me pleasure when I wore them.Not only in the view from the mirror ! I quite soon developed into a full cross dresser and found girl friends who were happy to go out and about anywhere with me en femme. My wife and other friends still do. I am , I believe , realistic and thus my label is fetishistic transvestite as it is the clothes and make up, etc. that give pleasure. Particularly ones that are showy. I see a girl displaying her charms and often try to copy her as exactly as possible. The image shows an example. For everyday usage I just call myself a T girl. Thank you for this helpful site.
How do I label myself? I don’t own a label-maker, and usually use Avery self-adhesive labels whenever I need a label. Of course, it’s always possible to just write something on a piece of masking tape to “label” something. But all seriousness aside, I consider myself to be a human being.
I don’t mind being called a crossdresser. It seems that people want to put everything into little boxes with very little tolerance about moving out of the box.
Sherry
hell I am a male that prefers to took female so i guess that makes me a crossdresser
i love to go to clubs and sing at karaoke bar.
I like the lable t-girl. It applies to TV, TS and TG. It is the mind that drives the actions of being femme, or it is with me, anyway. It’s not about synthetic hormones, It’s not about implants, it’s how you feel about being a woman inside. The lable “t-girls” pulls us all together. I love being one.
I do not like putting labels on people. We are who we are
Definitely I see myself as a cross dresser, I’m out to about 30 of my friends, and I say that I am a crossdresser with pride and joy!
Hi Lucille,
This question needs a bit of background:
Let me begin by giving you the really, really, really good news. I have just been discharged from hospital where I have undergone complete Gender Reassignment Surgery. So I am now a WOMAN – Finally. The photo which I have attached was taken a couple of weeks ago, just before going to hospital in Thailand.
I have to say that by and large I do not go much by labels. I have always felt myself to be a girl/woman, but the exterior me did not match in interior me, so I tried to match up the two by avoiding the confusion of labels like ‘Crossdresser,’ ‘Transvestite’ or ‘Transsexual’ and labelled myself as a Woman. I would also like to label myself as Female as I do not and never have considered myself as Male.
Hugs & Kisses
Helen – One very happy Woman
Congratulations, Honey.
You look amazing!
SOME OF US ASPIRE TO LOOK AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU DO
Yep, your a WOMAN all right and a beautiful one at that
Kathleen
Oh you are so beautiful, I wish i even looked 1/4th that fantastic.
Congratulations and big hugs
Helen, all I can say is “wow!” Congratulations!