I hate being called gay in public. It is so awkward, because if you stop to correct them, and tell them you are a tranny, there is no telling where that might lead.
It is like the case of visible minoroties who are immigrants who used to be asked, however politely, "How long have you been here? " when it is thirty years or something. Just a little off-putting.
I am so sorry that you have had to work in situations like that in the pastOriginally Posted by KateSpade83
just so you know, not all jobs in this world are like that and I have come out of the closet for girl me, as well as "gay" me back in the day with a decent amount of success as well as failure...
It is possible to get some sort of progressive social situations in some jobs... even if it seems like they never exist.
Hi KS,
I'm not gay some of my boyfriends are! lol
but I'll tell you what... Lets take all your gay labels and all your other labels and put them in a pile and torch em then we'll sit around the bonfire and we'll all hold hands and realize as adults how silly the labels were in the first place...... it's time to stop dissecting the pie 2c:: love ....lacie
mmmmmmm piiiiieHi KS,
I'm not gay some of my boyfriends are! lol
but I'll tell you what... Lets take all your gay labels and all your other labels and put them in a pile and torch em then we'll sit around the bonfire and we'll all hold hands and realize as adults how silly the labels were in the first place...... it's time to stop dissecting the pie 2c:: love ....lacie
what kinda pie? key lime I hope!
I'm with you Kate. I have had so many people ask if I'm gay when they find out I'm a crossdresser. My wife believed dressing would turn me gay so I kept it in the closet for 26 years. All my gay friends who know Jill also know that I'm straight as an arrow and they're ok with it. When I get into a conversation with someone who asks, I tell them that the great majority of crossdressers are straight.
Luv andJill
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Katespade: Im with you, I really dislike being labeled gay because I crossdress.For someone who is happily married to a wonderful women it is an insult .My wife who does not really like my crossdressing does support me.This idea that cding is all sexual really bugs me. Best of luck Kate.
I don't like the assumption being made, especially when I'm not gay. Do people think I wake up in the morning and think, hmmm how can I dress so people know I like guys. Please. It's hypocritical is what it is. Do people assume when a woman wears pants she's a lesbian?
Women who wear pants and skirts are shocked, just shocked a husband would do the same thing.
I dress for myself (as do many GGs).
If I was gay (which I am not), would I not try to dress as MANLY as possible - as that is what gay guys would be interested in?
I have never understood why a lot of the public assume cds are gay.
Even if you was gay, it doesn't mean that you would have sex with every guy you meet. You might not even like the look of them.
Whenever I have worn a skirt in male mode, there have never been any issues at all.
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Yeah, sometimes . . .
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No, I don't sleep with men. I meant you have to keep crossdressing under the rug!
The gay label is the reason why I resisted my urge to CD for so long. But I thought to myself,I'm straight, I love GG's especially my wife who accepts my CDing,so why not?. I now love CDing every chance I get.No one knows about my CDing so no one can assume that about me.
Felicity
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Have to drink to that.
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Being called gay no.
Being called gay and this is just a sexual fetish yes. THat I'm some how trying to trick deceive people .
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Maybe you ought to try it sweetie. It might help you to cope.
And that is not what you said.
These discussions about CD versus gay have come up before and they always generate a lot of heat.
We are (I hope) liberal in our attitudes but unfortunately we live among a lot of people who aren't, so labels like this can give us problems in a practical sense (as mentioned by the OP).
Other than that, I don't find the label of 'gay' as applied to me to be either an insult or a compliment. It would just be a mistake.
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It gets annoying after a while but its unfortunate that is how society is. For a while I thought because I was a CD I was gay but realized I’m not.
I try not to use labels and I also try to ignore being hung with one. Yes, I love being with a man. Yes, I dress as often as I can as a woman and feel more kindred with women. If that makes me a gay crossdresser, then that's the label some will use. I am me. Cathy. I love who I am and who I am becoming.
Hugs,
There is nothin' like a dame!
But why would it be an insult, unless you consider being gay is a bad thing? A mistake yes, but an insult???
And that is so often the underlying implication of many here and why these threads always get so heated... Many of you just do not realise how what you say sounds.
Nicki
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I wouldn't say I feel it's an insult, but I do feel it's improper and not polite to ask someone (particularly a stranger) about their sexual orientation.
Ok I hate labels i take off the labls off my water bottles as well as my soda bottles
I do not like being under any label that not me
So you can say I hate all labels
OMg i am a label hater
that is a label in it self
One more thought: Just as I was rather clueless about FTM guys, the general public is pretty clueless about me. I have to ask. If someone asked me with no animosity if I was gay, I might see it as a chance to inform them if they are receptive. There are a lot of people whose minds will never change about me, but there are also people who just don't know and might understand me better if I told them.
If they have a stupid question attitude and ask me, "are all crossdressers gay?". I would reply, "I'm not, and I don't know all crossdressers, so beyond myself, I can't answer that question."
Is this freekin' thread still alive? Sheesh!
Well...I guess it has to be...or be replaced by another one on the very same topic.
We get so many new members each week that many of the same questions have to be answered over and over again. That's okay I guess.
And for new folks here, that question is almost always at the top of the list..for themselves ...and for their SOs... and their friends...and their new acquaintances...
But gosh,y'all...!
It sure is annoying in a forum that's supposed to be predicated on acceptance for all.
I hope that the new readers of this never ending thread and (it's cousins) come away with the realization that the vast majority of intelligent and thoughtful members here have pretty universally said, "Gay? Who cares?"
And those that continue to trumpet their "absolutely 100%, never-a-doubt-in-my-mind, totally, unequivocably, goll-darned-guaranteed, straight arrow" hetero-ness may have an acceptance problem of their own..either with non-heteros or with themselves.
Like DD says "Get Over It !"
As for me? I'm hetero-curious! Always wondered what it would be like to be an overweight, beer-drinkin', anniversary-forgetting, belly-scratchin' straight guy!
My 25 cents! (inflation, ya know!)
I think the reason most people assume crossdressers are gay is that the most vocal ones tend to be. Take drag queens for example. My theory is that they have already taken the big leap by coming out as gay, so admitting to CDing as well is not much more of a step. I do think (hope may be a better word) that as more straight CDers come into the public eye like Eddie Izzard, concepts will change, but slowly enough that I don't expect to see it. I know I'm not helping the cause by staying in the closet, but I do choose my battles carefully, and I'm not quite ready for this one. I am grateful to those of you who have taken it to the streets, so to speak.
In answer to the question, which I seem to have skirted (pun intended) I'm not terribly disturbed by any labels others put on me, and since I don't see being gay as a bad thing, and many of the people I like are gay, that label bothers me not at all.
Dee
Gays are proud of who they are and crossdressers are proud of who they are, why would someone calling me gay when I'm straight affect me? It's like someone yelling at me that I'm rich, as if that were an insult.
I bet too there are CD's here that profess to be hetero, and yet I bet they fantasize about being kissed and wooed by a man. It is only natural. Will they admit it, not to themselves at least.
And like passing and everything else, there is a continuum of a definition of what it means to be hetero, so please, get over it all ready.
No one cares that you are straight or gay, because your straight and the next guys straight are two different things. Sexual orientation, gender identification and sexuality are all fluid, and no two people are exactly alike.
Next topic please
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No one cares that you are straight or gay, because your straight and the next guys straight are two different things. Sexual orientation, gender identification and sexuality are all fluid, and no two people are exactly alike.
Next topic please
exactly right.
people dont really care that deeply.
you are exhibiting effeminate behavior...why wouldnt people think that you are gay?
they arnt interested enough to know any different. get over it, really
