General crossdressing, transgenderism and other genderbending
 

As a transgendered woman, I found this forum a bit lacking in genderfuckery, so here you go.

Despite being in the system since November-ish, I haven't spoken to an actual gender therapist. Making some headway now though as I'm being referred to a psychosexual centre. Hopefully I can get the ball rolling in transition now.

What're your experiences with breaking gender barriers and related stuff?

When you say your're a transgendered woman, are we talking a man that wants to live as woman or a woman that wants to live as a man? I'm not really upto scratch on these issues but just thought I'd ask the question.

Back when my hair was really short last year, I used to bind my chest and pretend to be an 11 year old boy. people fell for it haha, i got this weird feeling of accomplishment.

otherwise, psychologically I've been told that I'm nearly genderless. A lot of girls ask me why I'm not involved in a lot of high school drama, and I personally think that it's because I don't actually feel like I'm competing with every girl around me,like the other girls admit to doing. I never really was a tomboy or a girly girl when I was little, either. I was into kind of gender neutral things like science and space exploration when I was very young. I never cared for really girly things or really boyish things. when I tell people this it kinda weirds them out but they nevertheless agree that my observation about myself is correct.

She's a woman born into a male body.

I'm not going to lie, I've always wanted to cross dress, but never really got the chance. Also sometimes I wish I were more androgynous looking, and less defined as male.

How busy are you exactly?

I get those little "Heh, I bet it's cool to be a girls...." thought, I reckon everybody gets them right? I am male however, but I have respect for the transgendered.

Pretty much this. As for my status right now? I'm in transition.

I played Frank N. Furter for around two years in a Rocky Horror Picture Show shadowcast; now that's gender-****ery. I was a woman dressed as a man who was dressed as a woman. I really did enjoy various aspects of this cross-dressing process, including binding my chest and "stuffing".

As do I. One of my favorite musicians is!

I wore a girl's bathing suit when I was around 3. That's about as close as I've come. I'd be up for wearing something like a skirt/dress in the right context, but I guess that's just a piece of clothing (and this is more about actual identity). Even then I would have nothing on the glam rockers from the 80s.

I did once wear a dress in a school play. Didn't do anything for me.

I wear my gf's skinny jeans sometimes. (Yay, I'm a size Zero). But that's about it. I think of gender as a useless way to define people so I would have no problems doing some gender bending if I wanted to.

As I get older I'm coming around more and more to the idea that there really aren't any boundaries of gender or sexuality. I think these things are like a colour spectrum, without a beginning, middle, or end, and it's natural to be any hue on this spectrum.

Gender and sexuality are very fluid things. Needlessly confusing. Shouldn't be this hard to figure myself out but here I am. Some days I feel as though I have no gender.

I think it takes guts to do something like that. Many people have a hard time being themselves without it requiring them to make such a drastic change in their life.


You've already shed the gender constraints you were born with, why hold yourself to any at all?

i'm not transgendered

but as i've stated before, during the height of "New Romanticism" i went out in heavy make-up as a teen - lip gloss, eyeliner, foundation

i have crossdressed in my mum's clothese on occasion as a teen

and in Shakespearean plays in college, i mostly opted to play female parts - Lady Macbeth and Miranda in "The Tempest" cos they were more challenging and interesting

Because being female is the sense I was born with. But I do consider myself a tomboy (like most girls raised as boys).

that makes sense. It's not something i can relate too, so i can't truly understand.

This is causing some controversy up here:

Transgender group slams pageant for turfing contestant | Canada | News | Toronto Sun

I have no issue with people doing crossdressing or changing gender. That is a person's choice. I love everyone regardless what you do. My parents hate crossdressing. Just months ago, when I saw people crossdressing, I said wow some people look nice crossdressing and my dad got so piss and said what the **** is wrong with me because he gets in rage when he hears about people crossdressing and I told him that is part of USA life, get over it. My dad got so mad. My mom would just go and whine and say these people are mentally dumb. My mom was so sadden to see one man change to a woman saying that man is so souless for changing gender. I mean seriously I don't mind it but my parents get in rage if they hear about crossdressing or transgenders especially crossdressing.

that sounds like my dad. he has this joke that says, some gay men are born that way but the majority of them get sucked into it. i think it's hilarious, but i don't really care if guys are gay and want to dress up like chicks, as long as they aren't hitting on me.

These people are going away soon, and we're going to take control. Guess who won't be paying for a nice retirement home for her parents.

:laughing:

No thoughts on this?

I guess it depends on whether there was a clause in there that made her specify if she was transgender (although that in itself is obviously a moral argument). If they just kicked her out just because she was transgender, that's clearly wrong.

Now that made me smile.