Is it possible for a pre-op M2F Transsexual to like their penis?

[Susan]

The answer is no it is not possible.

Gender identity disorder (GID) is the formal diagnosis used by psychologists and physicians to describe persons who experience significant gender dysphoria (discontent with the biological sex they were born with).

So, If you like it, you are not A MTF TS! Sorry to anyone whose bubbles I have burst, but it had to be said.

The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has five criteria that must be met before a diagnosis of gender identity disorder (302.85) can be given:

• There must be evidence of a strong and persistent cross-gender identification.
• This cross-gender identification must not merely be a desire for any perceived cultural advantages of being the other sex.
• There must also be evidence of persistent discomfort about one's assigned sex or a sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex.
• The individual must not have a concurrent physical intersex condition (e.g., androgen insensitivity syndrome or congenital adrenal hyperplasia).
• There must be evidence of clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

[Luc]

Just because a book says it's true in no way means it is true.

[Susan]

If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you.

Wishing that it wasn't so, won't make it untrue. Maybe this will help you out some...

Transsexual: a person who is mentally one gender, but has the body of the other. They desire to live and be accepted as a member of the mental gender, this is generally accompanied by the strong desire to make their body as congruent as possible with the preferred sex through surgery and hormone treatments.

Post-Ops: Transsexuals who have had surgical procedures to make their body as congruent as possible with their preferred sex. For MTF transsexuals this is generally considered to be after Genital surgery (GRS, orchiectomy, and/or penectomy), for FTM transsexuals it is generally considered to be after top surgery.

Pre-ops: Transsexuals who desire to to make their body as congruent as possible with their preferred sex, but have not yet had the surgical procedures for whatever reason.

Crossdresser: a person wears the clothing of the opposite gender, and has no desire to permanently change their sex. There is generally no sexual motivation for the cross-dressing.

Transvestite: a person who wears the clothing of the opposite gender, and has no desire to permanently change their sex. There is generally a strong sexual motivation for the cross-dressing.