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 Outdated or offensive terms can hurt, so it’s okay to set boundaries about how others address you.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
Good question! Always relevant. My answer:
Usually I’m just a “Me.” Other times I’m a woman. Sometimes I’m a transsexual woman. Very rarely I’m someone with a bit of guy there. It seems to work somehow. Labels are inevitable. They are also convenientr, as long as they are not taken too seriously. Luv, Joan
My inner child has always been a girl. For to many decades I tried to deny that she is who I am. Now tired of hiding I am stepping out to be the girl who I always wanted to be. I am at the beginning of my journey, smooth and feeling fem 24/7. In my situation I would have to label myself as FREEMALE on the way to female. Thanks Lucille
I don’t feel I’m a girl nor do I want to be a girl. I just like to wear girls clothes due to fashion and I like the way it makes me feel inside and out. I feel pretty.
Hi Lucille; lables you are you in what ever way you present yourself no lable can change that.people who need lables for us girls simply don’t understand or don’t want to understand, be proud of who you are you are unique. huggs to everyone
hi.lucille im a transexual male and i hate the fact that i was born in the rwong body.my outside thas not match my innerself.love xennia
hi lucille .i consider my self a transexual male i really hate the fact that i was born with the rwong gender a freak in a sense .my bigest wish is that one day i will be able to change to match my innerself with my outside love ..xenia
hi lucille .my coment is a consider my self a transexual im a woman trapt in a mans body a freak because i hate the fact that right now im still to masculine love xenia
This is hard. I think I always was trangender. Several things conspired that caused me to live 99.9% of my life in male drag. One was the era I was born. Two was the culture I was raised. Three was the acceptance of trangendered woman. And fourth was my lack of courage. The era I was born was mid fifties and I think the first transsexual was in the mid sixties.(Cristine Jorgunson sp?) I felt a secret thrill when I heard about it (I was 8-10) But the feed back I saw around me caused me to keep my head down. I was brought up on military bases aroundd the country and the culture was definitly Macho Military. I remember as a <8yo on summer evenings I was sent out in the base housing streets to fight while the fathers sat on the front steps to watch and comment. and qlosing was bad but quiting was a belting.(good ol blackjack). As for acceptance ask Christine ( I think she is still around) Oh Christine if you see this Thank You for Your courage. Now for the label I consider myself as a Cd trying to transition and get as far along as i can in that transition. I would like to get as far as living as a woman.