Hi Jet! Welcome.
Being Intersexed would be nice, as my body would finally match my soul...guess that goes for most of us here in Androgyne land. I wonder how one could convince both a therapist AND a surgeon to fix us up? I'm guessing the first person to get this done would definitely raise some eyebrows (immaculately plucked, of course). OK, I'm being silly, but there is still a nugget of truth there that calls to me.
As has been stated earlier, we are the ones who don't live at the end of the gender spectrum, neither all male or all female (regardless of what body one was born with). The Transexuals "know" they are male or female and just want their body to match. Most of the folks in the Crossdresser group "know" they are male (I would add female, but society is pretty OK with girls wearing men's clothes). The rest of us, know we are not male and not female. We may be both, or we may be neither, but all we know for sure is that we don't fit in either extreme.
I will admit that I am jealous of your growing up a tomboy. Since I was born with the "other" model, being too much of a "tomgirl" tends to get you beat up more often than you want.
And, while we are handing out labels, here are mine. I tend to fall into the Both (Male and Female) category, "Intergendered" (as opposed to bigendered), and also tend to be fairly fluid (sometimes feeling more male and others feeling more female). Notice the word "tend". Very few people match a label exactly, but they can be useful as a frame of reference.
Anyway, welcome to Susan's and an extra big welcome to the androgyne group. Please ask questions, express your feelings, dig up those deep dark secrets that you've never told anyone (well, only if you really feel like it), and share them with us. We'd love to help you in any way we can.
....Laurie
