Comments on: A Transgender Rose, by any other name http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/a-transgender-rose-by-any-other-name/ Fashion, makeup and body movement tips for crossdressers who want to look and feel more feminine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:04:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What’s the Difference Between a Crossdresser and a Transsexual? | Crossdresser Heaven http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/a-transgender-rose-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-6782 What’s the Difference Between a Crossdresser and a Transsexual? | Crossdresser Heaven Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:47:47 +0000 http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/?p=624#comment-6782 [...] It’s also easy to describe the difference between a crossdresser and a transsexual by sharing the definition of each word and describing transgender terminology. [...] [...] It’s also easy to describe the difference between a crossdresser and a transsexual by sharing the definition of each word and describing transgender terminology. [...]

]]> By: Vanessa Law http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/a-transgender-rose-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-4086 Vanessa Law Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:40:31 +0000 http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/?p=624#comment-4086 Nicola, thanks for sharing your perspective. It's true that sometimes even in the transgender community we're too willing to classify. We don't often get the chance to check 'both' in life, but perhaps gender is something that is truly enhanced by allowing one to check both, or neither, or something in between should they so choose. Nicola, thanks for sharing your perspective. It’s true that sometimes even in the transgender community we’re too willing to classify. We don’t often get the chance to check ‘both’ in life, but perhaps gender is something that is truly enhanced by allowing one to check both, or neither, or something in between should they so choose.

]]> By: Nicola http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/a-transgender-rose-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-4085 Nicola Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:39:30 +0000 http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/?p=624#comment-4085 I'd like to put in a word for androgynes. That's the identity I'm most at home with. Whenever I take one of those bem or cogiati tests, I get the same result. I'm plumb in the middle of the gender spectrum, not markedly male or female, but a mixture of both types of characteristic. I have no urge to transition to anywhere else because I feel I'm already there, and it wouldn't make any difference what sex I was born. Outward expression can be pretty deceptive, but to express myself I do wear feminine clothes (a cultural judgement). And I have got long hair. And I'm no good with a screwdriver or a football. There's a danger here in falling into more horrible stereotypes than I started out trying to avoid! I enjoy some elements of both maleness and femaleness, but there are also neutrois people who don't want anything to do with either. So someone born male may not want facial hair or any bulges in the crotch, and someone born female may not want to show any evidence of breasts. I'm nusing a lot of shortcuts to say what I mean, and of course it's much deeper than I can say here. I'm not saying any of this to be divisive, and I agree with the others that transgender is a good umbrella term for all of us. If push comes to shove, I show solidarity with transgender people of all shades. I’d like to put in a word for androgynes. That’s the identity I’m most at home with. Whenever I take one of those bem or cogiati tests, I get the same result. I’m plumb in the middle of the gender spectrum, not markedly male or female, but a mixture of both types of characteristic. I have no urge to transition to anywhere else because I feel I’m already there, and it wouldn’t make any difference what sex I was born. Outward expression can be pretty deceptive, but to express myself I do wear feminine clothes (a cultural judgement). And I have got long hair. And I’m no good with a screwdriver or a football. There’s a danger here in falling into more horrible stereotypes than I started out trying to avoid!

I enjoy some elements of both maleness and femaleness, but there are also neutrois people who don’t want anything to do with either. So someone born male may not want facial hair or any bulges in the crotch, and someone born female may not want to show any evidence of breasts. I’m nusing a lot of shortcuts to say what I mean, and of course it’s much deeper than I can say here.

I’m not saying any of this to be divisive, and I agree with the others that transgender is a good umbrella term for all of us. If push comes to shove, I show solidarity with transgender people of all shades.

]]> By: Vanessa Law http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/a-transgender-rose-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-4084 Vanessa Law Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:17:54 +0000 http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/?p=624#comment-4084 If anyone uses the terms differently I'd be eager to hear from you, and how you use the terms. I've read in books that people do, but haven't actually met someone who has a different take on the terms. I'd be interested in broadening my horizon. If anyone uses the terms differently I’d be eager to hear from you, and how you use the terms. I’ve read in books that people do, but haven’t actually met someone who has a different take on the terms. I’d be interested in broadening my horizon.

]]> By: Vanessa Law http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/a-transgender-rose-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-4083 Vanessa Law Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:17:02 +0000 http://www.crossdresserheaven.com/?p=624#comment-4083 Yes, I like the term transgender myself. It's a more uniting term. When referring to myself it's the closest I can currently get to describing my gender dysphoria. I'm not sure that I want to transition. Yet not sure I don't. I guess confused is another word I could use :) Yes, I like the term transgender myself. It’s a more uniting term. When referring to myself it’s the closest I can currently get to describing my gender dysphoria. I’m not sure that I want to transition. Yet not sure I don’t. I guess confused is another word I could use :)

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