I don't identify as transsexual

[Everyone]

I feel like I've been male my entire life, even though I haven't. I don't really feel any different from a bio-male. And telling someone that I'm trans just feels like a lie. Is there anyone else here who doesn't really identify as trans?

[Adio]

I don't really identify as trans either.  I use the term when I have to, but it feels strange to me.  Occasionally I kind of forget and have actually used words like "they"/"them" to describe the trans "community".  Not in a negative way, just in conversation with people that know my history.

[supremecatoverlord]

I've always felt a similar wy, so I assure you, you're not alone.

[Sharky]

I don't identify as trans either. I don't view it as an identity. It just describes the state I'm in. I identify as a man and have my entire life.

[poptart]

I also identify as male and do not consider transsexualism an identity, but rather a medical condition.  You're not entirely alone on this site although you're in the minority.

[wheat thins are delicious]

I identify as male and consider transsexualism nothing more than an accident of birth.

This.

[Lord of the Dance]

I also identify as male and do not consider transsexualism an identity, but rather a medical condition.

This, exactly.

[Rock]

I feel like I've been male my entire life, even though I haven't. I don't really feel any different from a bio-male. And telling someone that I'm trans just feels like a lie. Is there anyone else here who doesn't really identify as trans?

Yep.  Exactly that.

[schism]

i'm also gonna echo poptart.  i actually find identifying as trans a bit weird, seems to me that surely transgender should be the definition for someone who identifies as a non-birth gender rather than the identity itself. 

[Nathan.]

I don't identify as trans either. I don't view it as an identity. It just describes the state I'm in. I identify as a man and have my entire life.

This is exactly how I feel about it.

[ChesireBat]

I guess I don't really "feel" trans.  Then again, I don't really "feel" male either.  And androgynous is too middle of the road for me in terms of physical expression.  The best way to describe how I feel I guess is neither male or female with a very strong preference to a masculine body.  I just "feel" like me. Does that make sense?  XD

[Joeyboo~ :3]

I guess I don't really "feel" trans.  Then again, I don't really "feel" male either.  And androgynous is too middle of the road for me in terms of physical expression.  The best way to describe how I feel I guess is neither male or female with a very strong preference to a masculine body.  I just "feel" like me. Does that make sense?  XD

We're in the same boat :3
but just the opposite for me.

[elliott]

I totally agree. I'm male, nothing else.

[peky]

More to the "agree" here. I always being a female, nothing else, the wrong genitalia is just a birth defect to be corrected.

I hate the word transsexual, becausese my sexuality has nothing to do with my birth defect, it is a hindrance at best

I hate the word transgender, because it encompass so many other things that have nothing to do with my issue.

So,  I have been using the "misgender at birth" to refer to my birth defect, as "birth defect" brings up vision of deformities and monsters in the mind of most people. What do you think ?

Peky

[Henri]

I also feel the same way as Poptart described, I just feel male. The issue with my body not matching that is just a medical issue to me. When I describe my "condition" to people I usually don't use the term transsexual/transgender, because it feels odd to me.

[Zerro]

I tend to use ftm(though I despise the term)/trans* as a way of introducing the concept to people who are unfamiliar with gender identity, but I am -not- FtM or a trans man. I'm a guy, nothing more, nothing less.

[insideontheoutside]

I guess I don't really "feel" trans.  Then again, I don't really "feel" male either.  And androgynous is too middle of the road for me in terms of physical expression.  The best way to describe how I feel I guess is neither male or female with a very strong preference to a masculine body.  I just "feel" like me. Does that make sense?  XD

I'd say this is kinda close to how I feel. I don't choose "trans" as my identity.

[Æsher]

Yup, what everyone else has said. The way I see it, I identify as male, which because of my current anatomy makes me trans, but I don't directly identify as such, if that makes any sense.

[Arch]

I use certain common labels, but mostly for convenience. I don't like the term FTM, but I do use it because people know what I mean. I use the broad term trans and the more specific term transsexual. I consider myself a transsexual because I know that I was assigned female at birth and because I once lived (at least in the real world) as a girl and a woman. Ugh. I hate to even say it because it was so wrong for me. So I'm a transsexual because of my birth labeling, my history, my life experiences. I'm a transsexual because I wasn't given the opportunity to self-define from my earliest childhood on. I'm a transsexual because that's the most convenient term to describe people like me who have had similar experiences.

But I do not have an FTM identity or a trans identity or a transsexual identity. I'm a human being and a gay man and an American with certain religious, political, and social beliefs. That's my identity.

Being gay is a strong part of my identity. It has been ever since I can remember, even before I understood what it meant to be gay and even before I fully understood that I was gay. I just knew that I was M4M identified ever since I was a little kid.

I fully realize that I'm also using some binary-appearing labeling here, but I recognize a spectrum of gender. I'm just way down at one end of it. And as for sex, well, don't get me started.

[anibioman]

i agree i identify as a man and im stealth to a bunch of people because i dont think its important to tell people im trans and it does seem like a lie it seems like im telling them im not a real man when i am.