I think people are a lot more accepting than you would think. At least tolerant, which is a start. Don't expect anyone to roll out a red carpet for you, but I think most people plain don't care what...
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I think people are a lot more accepting than you would think. At least tolerant, which is a start. Don't expect anyone to roll out a red carpet for you, but I think most people plain don't care what...
As I recall, autogynephilia is not a popular concept with the TG community.
And Ray Blanchard has been heavily criticized and rebuffed by his peers.
Blanchard's research techniques are...
In Vermont there is TG North
I don't have any experience with them but they have been around fro a while.
Yvonne
To be honest, I sympathize with these women.
What I found when I spent alot of time in the CDing community meeting other CDers was how many of them didn't like women. I knew one person who was...
I have to agree with all of this. I feel it's a "think globally, act locally" effort. It's, as Phoebe describes, all the little things that start adding up in the awareness of people.
I think you...
To be honest, I think you have pretty much been there, done that. You've tried the things that are made for doing what you want. With a few rare exceptions our gender is not blessed with that kind of...
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I so know how you feel. I remember that roller-coaster very well, torn between wanting/needing to do something and regretting it after.
I don't know if there is a series of steps you can...
I was once shopping in Macy's with a friend and were both en femme. My friend purchased some (what else) clothes and wanted to pay with her Macy's charge card, which had her femme name. But she...
My two styles couldn't be more different. Because of my work, I dress ultra-casual: jeans, turtlenecks, sweatshirts and sweaters. Except for my shoes, it is a mostly gender neutral look.
I would...
Rather than say you are not as balanced as you thought, think of it as - at this particular period in your life you are not as balanced as you would like to be.
My feeling is that the pink fog is...
Christine -
I agree with you in part - namely that if you are going to be out in public in any way, whether it is trying on womens clothing in guy mode or en femme, or going out en femme, or...
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I think it's a reasonable question. I am like you - I go out 2 or 3 times a week, often with my partner Lori. I sometimes want to ask people what they think of me and get a conversation...
And you do look well! :clap:
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There are days like that, when everyone seems to want to make you feel bad about what you are doing. They don't, of course, it just feels that way.
People are naturally curious and are...
I said that confidence was most important, but if it were an option, I would have said self-acceptance is most important. People will accept you for what you are when you do the same for yourself.
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Aside from the obvious safety issues, which are important, it is a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't situation. If you never do, you will always wonder.
If you can do it in a way that feels...
The mental health profession in the US doesn't regard crossdressing itself as a mental illness.
Section 302.3 of the DSM 4 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) defines...
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I just want to respond to one aspect of your comment.
A psychologist or psychiatrist does not have to have first-hand experience in all matters. They don't...
Yeah, I agree. Don't beat yourself up over something like this. You were caught off guard. Next time (and there will be a next time) you'll know what to say.
Yvonne
I hope I say this right.
I think this is an excellent forum. The ladies here are overwhelmingly upbeat and supportive.
I think the extent to which a group like this is helpful depends on what a...
If all you're getting is a double-take at the register, you are doing as well as can be. Keep up the great work. You're doing fine. Your profile says it all!
Yvonne
Hear, hear!!!!
I've always said we have it backwards. If two people want to get married, they should each have to hire lawyers and argue in front of a judge why they should be allowed to do so.
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Thanks. This is very informative.
Lori and I have a very enjoyable sex life but crossdressing is not a part of it. We tried once or twice early on but it didn't do anything for us. I guess we...
OK. Soapbox time....
Marriage was never about being "sacred." Historically it was about economics and politics.
For example, do you know why, traditionally, the groom stands to the bride's...
Some years back, when I was involved in this, I found that my web site, which was a personal web site, received a lot of traffic and CDers from my area "found" me that way. I was able to pass on...