When it comes to expressing your gender identity, navigating labels can be tricky. For those identifying as transgender or non-binary, finding the right words is essential.
Obviously, it’s important for people to use language that respects and reflects your identity. Outdated or offensive terms can be hurtful.
However, it’s important to remember that you’re more than just a label!
Ultimately, what matters most is how you personally want to be addressed, regardless of where you fall on the gender spectrum.
So, let’s talk about it!
Do you have a particular term or label that resonates with you – such as crossdresser, transgender woman, non-binary person, or something else?
I’m eager to hear your thoughts, so let’s continue the conversation in the comments below!
Love,
Lucille
hi Lucille, first i want to thank you for all you do. i seem to go in cycles sometimes i crave all that is femme dressing and wanting to be total female but at times i want my male persona. so i guess i’m a bisexual crossdresser stuck in limbo lol
Huston, we have a problem!!!! I’m glade that my thoughts are spread all over the map. I don’t like answering a question with another question (like a psychologist) but how has the authority of creating the definitions of the labels??? So realistically speaking, they are so many labels as people they are… so, to answer the question, I label my self as Angela… simple no?
Hi.My name is Kayci. I identify myself as being transgender. My mind is female but my body says other wise. I enjoy living my life as a woman. A lot of people ID me as a crossdresser. It saddens me when I think of how the world views people like us. And its hurtful. But above all, I am a woman, I am Kayci…
I like labels but I don’t think there are enough of them to go around for all of us. Personally in reference to myself none of the regularly accepted labels seem to apply. One may refer to me as trans-something!
Yes I think of myself as a CD cross dresser….I enjoy it very much I find it exciting aand for me…
Barbara
I prefer to be thought of as a woman but since I was’nt born in the right body I guess I would be considered transgender
I am a girl, post op for about a year & a half. After the op all the labels, looks, feelings & worries all disappeared I am treated as and referred to as a female I never even think about these issues any more they are almost forgotten memories now. Sometimes when I am asked if I am a trans-(whatever) I find it rude, as if they think they are clever, like they are on to me. As if referring to me as a girl is not somehow acceptable that I need another label. I try not to get angry as I have come to realise almost always the person that asks this has or has had someone in their life that is trans-(whatever) and want to share that experience but have no idea of the right way to communicate this to me, so it will generally come off as offensive. Other than these people I would rarely ever get picked. If I need to explain my background every situation sees the need to be handled differently as I am still learning the best way to do this? I have had encounters where they wont even believe me and instead think I am just a whacky chick..
I have a tendancy to label myself not at all actually. I’ve never been a big fan of them. But for the purposes of them I usually just identify as female to those I’m comfortable with, transgendered to those who aren’t that comfortable with the other label, or simply as myself, because its near impossible to summarize someone with only a few words. I do feel offended when people use terms like “Drag queens” or “Trannies” in a derogitory tone, but otherwise I can live with having those come up in conversation. Overall its not the rudeness that offends me, but the ignorance. But, it is easiest to just refer to myself as what I am.