Reply To: Crossdresser Corner

[angela_g]

You are right that you can not change anyone’s mind on the web. But, the fact is that the transgender experience is a spectrum, not a this or that situation. Some of those who have longed all their lives for a permanent home in the opposite of their birth gender have issues with “part time girls.” They look upon those who cross the gender border as they feel the urge and then return to (usually) a male identity as posers. They assign motivations to part time dressing that are not necessarily true. Just as part time girls have no idea what it feels like to hate your body all the time, the transitioned transgender woman doesn’t know what fun it is to interact with the world as a female and be happy with a male role as well. What needs to happen is just a little respect. Part time crossdressers are no threat to trans women. Keep in mind that the general public views anyone they perceive as a males in women’s clothes as odd. In some areas it can be an excuse for physical assault. The assaulter doesn’t ask if you do this full time or part time. So have fun. Enjoy dressing up, and then enjoy your male role. Like RuPaul says, “Unless they are paying your bills pay them b***hes no mind.”