Susan's Place Transgender Resources

Since joining Susan's, I've been curious what the ratio of different kinds of transgenders visit our "room."  Please be HONEST about your current gender identity.  It's confidential -- no one will know other than you and some inanimate computer at Susan's.  Though many of us fit between the lines, for this poll you'll have to choose just one.  Are you M2F, F2M, CD, Not Sure, or Intersexed?  I've included M and F at the bottom, for those SO's and friends who visit Susan's.  We appreciate your visits and input.

Teri Anne

not sure i suppose covers f2m queer :P ???  ;D

Unicorn - I'm no expert but the way I've heard it is "M2F" is your sexual identity and "Queer" is your sexual preference.

Teri Anne

I am a male to female ... something!

My therapist and I agree that I am more than a crossdreser, but don't know if I am transexual.

I am in that inbetween void that the transgender umbrella covers.

Chaunte

I definitely qualify as one of the extremes of our little spectrum. M2F and discarding EVERYTHING to do with that M part as fast as possible.




P.S. The wiki has an entry on genderqueer (http://susans.org/wiki/Gender_queer).

Quote from: Teri Anne on February 05, 2006, 03:50:16 PM
Unicorn - I'm no expert but the way I've heard it is "M2F" is your sexual identity and "Queer" is your sexual preference.

Teri Anne

Hi Hon, it's really ftm, as I was born female and am going towards the male end of the spectrum.

Thanx for citing the wiki, Kimberly!

x
Alex

Ooooooooooooooooh so many labels :)

If I must, I must... I'm MtF transsexual - but everyones know that I'm a woman :)

Steph

Sorry, Alex.  Along with senility, guess I need new glasses.  Ahhh, work is never done.

Steph, I hate labels, too, and agree with you that M2F are women but, should I need medical help, I always confess my M2F status to doctors.  So, lean back.  This isn't going to hurt a bit.  "Oww!"

I notice someone at Susan's added two possibilities to the poll choices:  Genderqueer and Admirer.  I take no responsibility for those additions.  I would have thought "admirer" would be the same as "friend or SO."  I assume that there are good reasons for this - as I've said, I'm no expert.

Teri Anne

I had to selected CD, athought I'm a woman inside a male body.
I won't alter my body to female for my SO's and families sake.
:)
Jillieann

I really had to think about this one .  .   .    .     .

I changed my mind back and forth between Not Sure and M2F - about seven or eight times.

I chose M2F because that's what I am although I'm Not Sure  I can actually manage a transition.

I guess that's what the expensive PsyD is for!

helen

As my test for chromosomes shows I am not a male nor a woman I put MTF as I am not sure if intersexed would be correct, maybe I could have put not sure but I used to live life once as a male so I think I have chosen the right one.

Sara.

Quote from: Chaunte on February 05, 2006, 03:56:49 PM

I am in that inbetween void that the transgender umbrella covers.

Chaunte

androgyne?

I am in a state of flux, I dont truely know :(   CD I would have said & say now..........yet
I would be Rana all the time (it seems a hopeless dream but I keep having it :(    )

Is it time to roll out the continuum again? ;D

Shelley

Well, my birth certificate says (M)ale, but I have always known that I was female.

Too bad Ohio is one of the states that will not chance the gender marker on the birth certificate.

Sarah L.

I do believe the continuum has rolled around again Shelley. But, thats the thing about continuums they are...well... continuous.   >:D ;D :angel:

re: the "continuum."

I tried to address that when I started this post:  "Though many of us fit between the lines, for this poll you'll have to choose just one."

Even though I'm M2F, I know that, transition-wise, I still feel like a male in some respects.  I attribute my sense of logic and calm-under-fire with my male upbringing.  Women don't seem to like solutions to problems -- they just seem to want compassion rather than possible solutions.  I sometimes want just compassion but, mostly, I prefer to find solutions.  I don't think any of the above is "nature" -- I feel it's because I was "nurtured" as a male.  To me, there are positive aspects about it.

And, I've said it before in posts, many post op TS's, upon getting to the "other side," find that the difference between males and females is often more culture-created -- essentially, we're the same in a lotta ways.

So, while I agree there's a definite fuzziness to the true continuum, I wanted to see, generally, what we'd all put down if a keyboard was thrust under our fingers.

Teri Anne

M2F... no scratch that. I'm just female. ;)

Quote from: Victoria on February 11, 2006, 06:08:05 PM
M2F... no scratch that. I'm just female. ;)

ditto except the opposite.  (if that makes sense.)  ;D

Quote from: HelenW on February 05, 2006, 09:56:37 PM
I really had to think about this one .  .   .    .     .

I changed my mind back and forth between Not Sure and M2F - about seven or eight times.

helen

Same for me (only FTM), I selected not sure instead of FTM, though it was hard to decide which to pick...

Like Helen W I had to think a bit about it. I kept flip floping from not shure to M2F a whole bunch of times. I lived most of my life as a male but leaning to female. I put M2F.

Owen
love being female

I choose M2F, because I feel like a woman all my life, every single day, no doubt about that at all and can't wait to start with transition.

Michelle

My options was easy - a CD.

Everyone at my pink party thought I looked great in a dress. Whenever I wear my skirts everyone agrees I look natural - Something to do with my hips and legs. Sometimes it is nice being transgendered.

Alan

I put M2F because, although thank goodness my appearance never was completely male, I do have that pesky M on my ID card that needs to go away.  :D

I'm Marco's S.O.  ;D

On February 05, 2006 I said I was a CD, but now I believe that I'm MTF Transsexual.
As time goes by I'm starting to figure out what I'm really am.
But I do know I'm a woman inside.
:)
Jillieann

Guess I never answered this one myself.  Simple, I am a woman.

Melissa

I put down Intersex, but I am just a male on a different part of the spectrum...we are all Intersexed with millions of variables to attribute to that ( which is what builds the spectrum that is all but small!


Sara, with your chromosomes as you report them to be, yes you would technically also fit under Intersex ( I personally call what is currently considered a broad term of Intersexed "Ambiguous Biological Identities (ABI)"  I too have ABI traits, and also was assigned incorrectly at birth, so transitioned.... so I am a Intersexed Trans Male....bottom line I am a man, and you are a woman.

This of course is my opinion.

Peace,

Taylor

I also identify as an androgyne.
We are not always considered to be transgender.
Many believe androgynes transcend gender entirely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgyne

-Emerald  :icon_mrgreen:

M2F for me ofcorse :)  and Ive allmost allways had that same problem(?) of being Mistaken(?) for female sence I was a small child... atleast till I hit full on denial and turned into wolfpunk  *shrugs*  Id usualy correct them but walk away with a smile and a bounce in my step.

MTF ... where this means for my future is anyones' guess.

Steph

Okay, I have a question for the people who identify as androgyne.  I have read the article in our wiki but unfortunately I was not able to find a clear answer to my question.  Please forgive my ignorance on the subject, but I must admit that my knowledge about androgyny is very limited.


I'm pretty clear on the definition of what an androgyne person is; however there is something that I can't understand.  If being androgyne means to be mentally between male and female or entirely genderless, why is it that  androgyne people use female names as their own?  Honestly I have never heard of an androgyne person whose name is Michael, Peter, or James....why do the names they choose for themselves have to be female names?  Is it because they identify more with their female side? or perhaps I haven't  met an androgyne person with a male name yet...if you'd be so kind to explain, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks very much for answering my question. :)


tinkerbell

Quote from: Tinkerbell on August 13, 2006, 05:41:35 AM
Okay, I have a question for the people who identify as androgyne.
If being androgyne means to be mentally between male and female or entirely genderless, why is it that androgyne people use female names as their own?
Thanks very much for answering my question. :)

Thank you for asking Tinkerbell!  :icon_biggrin:

I don't think of 'Emerald' as being a female name. 'Emerald' is a precious gemstone, a beautiful product of nature, neither male nor female, and the name of a gorgeous colour... To me, it's the most beautiful colour on Earth!

With permission I now speak of Elleane...
When Elleane first came to susans.org, ze* was seeking answers to hir* gender identity. Having been previously diagnosed as TS, ze knew in hir heart that it was a viable answer - but not the whole story. Elleane has since discovered there is a vast gender spectrum, not just an either/or in regard to gender. And much like me, the 50/50 area is where Elleane nearest fits. Elleane has no gender prejudices. In Elleane's own words, "I believe the best human characteristics are non-gender specific."

In real life, Elleane contentedly uses hir birth name. Many times Elleane has considered switching to hir 'male' birth name as a usernick here, but to avoid confusion it remains the same as upon hir first appearance on Chat.

In conclusion:
Androgynes tend to be gender blind, not gender biased... And infinitely respectful of others' own gender identity! I think most androgynes choose 'opposite' alternative nicknames to express their other-genderedness or to express their twinned male/female aspects. Others choose nicknames that have no gender at all.
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."  :icon_mrhappy:

-Emerald  :icon_mrgreen:

---

* FYI -
HIR: (pronounced "here") Used in place of "him/her", a pronoun coined by trans activists to refer to individuals who identify as existing/presenting outside of a binary gender system and its rigid delineations of "male" and "female."

ZE: (pronounced "sea") Used in place of "she/he" as in the above.

I identify as genderqueer. But I'm seriously looking at what it means to be androgynous. I feel a post coming on. (As long as it's not a cold, right?)

I remember somebody who hasn't posted in a while that different names depending on the mood this person was in.  I believe the username was unicorn, who went by alex, lisette, unicorn or a combination of the 3.

Melissa

Well, I believe unicorn still lurks from time to time, so um, ok.  Anyways, I don't think they changed where they fell on the transgender scale, but just changed what genders they felt from time to time.  Thinking about it, I'm noticing a lot of androgyns choose non-gendered names, such as emerald, unicorn and underground panther.

Melissa

I chose F2M, but really I'm just a man with a female sex organ.

Nero

Well, this thing apparently doesn't want me to answer in the actual poll... FtM. And I agree with Nero.

Rafe

I choose MtF although I am "not sure" entirely since I have not seen a gender therapist yet.  I do feel like I'm a female trapped inside a man's body at times.  I do dress and sleep as a woman in my free time.  I do get mistaken as a female often when I go out. 

Shannon

CD and happy as a lark...

I'm suprised there is not more of us out there....

You M2Fs have my utmost admiration though for your courage and determination... :)

-Nessa

i agree with vanessa.im cd and having the best time of my life. at this time i dont want to change that. but i also dont want to say never in case what im doing progresses even further.  joining susans i have found out more about myself and what i am.  still learning and wanting to learn more. i see myself now as a person who wants to dess up more and more.  next step going out dressed up.
hugs to all

Yeah, I agree that there is a certain amount of stress involved with just presenting as your true self in a world that doesn't like it on a daily basis, but I wouldn't live life any other way.

Melissa

Labels, labels, labels. I'm just a girl.  I know that and you know that! :P


tinkerbell :icon_chick:

I feel that I have been/and I am a girl that is trapped in a boy's body.  I feel that I was made to wear the wrong clothes. 

I recently realized that it wasn't that I "felt like a woman living in a man's body", as we can't know for sure what other women feel like, but rather I felt I should have been born in a woman's body and that I should be living as a woman.

Melissa

That comes as a relief for me actually. :) After all the soul searching asking myself do I really feel like a woman - that I shouldn't try to force myself to feel that. Should I have been born a girl? Yes! It seems unfair that I couldn't have that, when half the people on this planet do without even needing to do anything to get it. :(

But do I sometimes feel like a woman, just automatically without thinking anything beforehand? You betcha. :D

----

I was thinking, we have the gender field in our profiles but even that is only a binary. Where does it leave CDs, not to mention androgynes, what about those who are still questioning, etc. I wonder what would be the social effect on the board if it were more inclusive than that.

Quote from: umop ap!sdn on October 03, 2006, 01:54:21 PM
I was thinking, we have the gender field in our profiles but even that is only a binary. Where does it leave CDs, not to mention androgynes, what about those who are still questioning, etc. I wonder what would be the social effect on the board if it were more inclusive than that.

It's actually trinary.  If you click the drop down, there are 3 options: male, female, blank.

Melissa

Heh, that's true.  :P

(And yet there's no blank mood? Strange. :D )

im a woman, but some [wacky] people call me, male to female transexual  ;),

Most people don't believe I'm a male to female transsexual.  I guess my physical beauty tantalizes them.  ;) I wasn't born female in case you care to know... :D

Quote from: AnomieAssassin on March 25, 2007, 03:33:56 AM
I'm a pirate.

*squawk* I'm a parrot! *squawk* :3

-- Bridget

nothin female 2 male.

M2F Lesbian,

but that really dosen't matter dose it ?   

Floritine

Quote from: Teri Anne on February 05, 2006, 03:50:16 PM
Unicorn - I'm no expert but the way I've heard it is "M2F" is your sexual identity and "Queer" is your sexual preference.

No, I believe Unicorn is talking about being "gender queer."  It's a category for people who do not want to be limited by the male/female binary system.

Quote from: Emerald on July 01, 2006, 07:53:07 AM
I also identify as an androgyne.
We are not always considered to be transgender.
Many believe androgynes transcend gender entirely.

Emerald is an example.

Quote from: Melissa on October 03, 2006, 02:01:38 PM

Quote from: umop ap!sdn on October 03, 2006, 01:54:21 PM
I was thinking, we have the gender field in our profiles but even that is only a binary. Where does it leave CDs, not to mention androgynes, what about those who are still questioning, etc. I wonder what would be the social effect on the board if it were more inclusive than that.

It's actually trinary.  If you click the drop down, there are 3 options: male, female, blank.

In one of the tribal languages of New Guinea, there are 11 genders.

Quote from: Lisbeth on April 18, 2007, 12:38:37 PM
I believe Unicorn is talking about being "gender queer."  It's a category for people who do not want to be limited by the male/female binary system.

Quote from: Emerald on July 01, 2006, 07:53:07 AM
I also identify as an androgyne.
We are not always considered to be transgender.
Many believe androgynes transcend gender entirely.

Emerald is an example.

Oh? I'm genderqueer?!? News to me!
True, I've been told I'm somewhat eccentric, but not in reference to my gender/sex! Few would assume from my appearance or behavior that I'm something other than cisgender.

'Genderqueer' describes people who defy gender norms in the very same way homosexuality is referred to as sexually 'queer'. It's more of an umbrella term for those who are not gender 'normal'. The word is not frequently used as a self-reference in my experience.  According to Wikipedia, 'genderqueer' is used more by Transsexuals to describe themselves than any other gender variant group.

I'm apt to believe transcendent Androgynes don't possess a gender... much less a 'queer' gender.
I think gender itself is queer!

-Emerald  :icon_mrgreen:

Quote from: Emerald on April 18, 2007, 07:22:35 PM
Oh? I'm genderqueer?!? News to me!

LOL.  And nobody agrees on the terms to be used.  Sorry if I used one that you don't identify with.

not quite sure what type I am yet. andro/intersex/ftm

I'm a Male to Female Transexual. I don't really have the money to correct my body at the moment though, and I'm thinking of completing college before I actually begin going forth with hormone therapy (If it gets unbearable, I'll begin hormone therapy before completing it though.)

A young woman asked me: "Do you identify as transgender?"
I answered: "I identify as a woman. Transgender is how I got here... I took the long way around."
She said, "Well, I'm glad you finally made it here!"

Right after that, I heard the Dixie Chicks singing "The Long Way Around" from their new album, and it expressed my feelings exactly.

M2F to F ;)

As if there weren't enough labels in society, I have to one more to add to weird ;)

MTF

Quote from: Tink on August 13, 2006, 05:41:35 AM
Okay, I have a question for the people who identify as androgyne.  I have read the article in our wiki but unfortunately I was not able to find a clear answer to my question.  Please forgive my ignorance on the subject, but I must admit that my knowledge about androgyny is very limited.


I'm pretty clear on the definition of what an androgyne person is; however there is something that I can't understand.  If being androgyne means to be mentally between male and female or entirely genderless, why is it that  androgyne people use female names as their own?  Honestly I have never heard of an androgyne person whose name is Michael, Peter, or James....why do the names they choose for themselves have to be female names?  Is it because they identify more with their female side? or perhaps I haven't  met an androgyne person with a male name yet...if you'd be so kind to explain, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks very much for answering my question. :)


tinkerbell

I loved this question! It sent my thoughts in so many directions, including:

* Oh, use a nickname. That hadn't occurred to me. I yam who I yam.

* Am I avoiding some level of conflict or not standing up to some challenge by continuing to use a name labeled as female?

I had to gnaw on that one for a while. And it all came down to: It's the label applied to me at birth that I've carried for 50 years. My fingers would type
-- Sue
before I knew what was happening. I don't know that I'm genderless. It's just that all the patches of genders that get applied to me don't really matter. My name happens to fall on the female side, as does my physicality, one having led to the other. My conversational style tends more toward the male side, as do other bits. And I'm just a mutt in the middle, not caring either way.

Thanks for the great question, Tink.

-- Sue

FTM
Made a mistake and voted MTF  :)
Not enough coffee or too much
Myles

F2M

After all this time I have a more definite answer for my own identity: dyke with a physical deformity. :) I often go to lesbian hangouts with friends of mine and am right at home there; I identify much more strongly with them than with straight gals.

Quote from: Butterfly on May 22, 2007, 12:28:43 PM
M2F to F ;)

You go girl! :D

You know, I really dislike labels. But I don't want to get hung up on that right now. I don't know if I am in the right forum for this, but I need to vent. What bothers me is the "invisible" heirarchy of transsexuals. I am fed up with post op Ts who think that they are better than the rest of us. some of them have the gaul to flaunt it. It's all about the money. Believe me, if I have the money, it would be done. And I really get pissed off when one has the gaul to say "I'm not trans any more, I am a woman now". They act as if they want to forget where they came from. And the idea that "I've had SRS now, my transition is done", boy are they in for a surprise! One TS had the nerve to tell me I'm not a TS because I wasn't sure I wanted the surgery! Am I not trans because I haven't set the date yet? Show me the money, and I'll be at the surgeon's door tomorrow! Just because some of us dot have the money, does NOT make us any less trans or any less woman! 'Nuff said!

Well said Nickie.  ;)

M2F. Hate labeling myself though. ..

Edit: Actually technically.. I'm .. I don't know what I fit among labels, I'm mentally a woman.. yet physically a guy.. haven't been on hormones or anything, living full time as a man still [though I stick to being anti-social] .. Have no idea if that still makes me M2F.

Michelle

At the moment I'm really not sure, but I'm certainly not female. I suppose I'd either be a f2m or androgynous.

Sue, I loved your comment, "I'm just a mutt in the middle."  Though I'm post-op, I think "mutt" probably is good for me, too.  When you live 5/6th of your life one way and 1/6th of your life the other, how could there not be SOME mixture left in my "breed?"

Nickie, I agree with you the "trans" vs. "woman" label can seem like flaunting but I would doubt that people mean it that way.  Rather than intending to cause hurt, I think what they mean is that they are very relieved.  Thanks for raising that point, though.  I never liked the "trans" or, even worse, "->-bleeped-<-" label.  It contradicts the fact that the most important thing is what we are INSIDE.  All you are "trans"ing is exterior skin and bone. 

I think some may say they are "women" rather than "trans" or TS because transitioning is a long (years), expensive (tens of thousands of dollars), painful (electrolysis and bigotry) war and we're happy as heck that the worst, hopefully, is over.  The lack of funds many TS's face is a huge problem and I know everyone here is pulling for everyone else.

Teri Anne

Quote from: Hypatia on May 19, 2007, 10:49:45 PM
A young woman asked me: "Do you identify as transgender?"
I answered: "I identify as a woman. Transgender is how I got here... I took the long way around."

None of us has just a single dimension to our identity.  Some of the dimensions of my identity are (in alphabetical order): Activist, bisexual, computer programmer, future therapist, Lutheran, parent, student, transgendered, transsexual, woman, worker, writer...  Unlike some others, I have no trouble identifying myself as both a woman and a transsexual or transgendered.  They are part of who I am and how I got here.

I answered androgyne, at least for now. I've also identified as m2f in the past and that still fits sometimes.

Z

Quote from: Lisbeth on October 16, 2007, 09:01:19 AM

Quote from: Hypatia on May 19, 2007, 10:49:45 PM
A young woman asked me: "Do you identify as transgender?"
I answered: "I identify as a woman. Transgender is how I got here... I took the long way around."

None of us has just a single dimension to our identity.  Some of the dimensions of my identity are (in alphabetical order): Activist, bisexual, computer programmer, future therapist, Lutheran, parent, student, transgendered, transsexual, woman, worker, writer...  Unlike some others, I have no trouble identifying myself as both a woman and a transsexual or transgendered.  They are part of who I am and how I got here.

Certainly, but they're not all of equivalent status.

"Woman" is the noun I answer to.

"Transsexual" is one of several adjectives that describe the sort of woman I am, along with Italian, Pagan, bisexual, tall, stylish, soft-spoken, sensuous... The noun "woman" is the essential thing for me, while the adjectives are more incidental.

Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself
I opened my mouth and I heard myself
It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself
Guess I could have made it easier on myself

But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow

Well, I never seem to do it like anybody else
Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down
If you ever want to find me I can still be found

Taking the long way
Taking the long way around
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around
--Dixie Chicks - "The Long Way Around"

Androgyne vote, though I like the term genderqueer more. And yet I don't know if I could explain myself for this answer. Although, if it was not for other people in my life putting me (purposely or otherwise) into this one specific gender box and no other I would have never had a problem with my own identity, i.e. questioning what who I felt was.

In a similar way it was how I had to slowly realize I was bisexual. When I was young I simply thought of who I liked, not what their gender was. But when I tried to share that, right now, I like John, Johnny, and Jane...that was just how I felt...it couldn't be left well enough alone. People would tell me I can like him but I can't like her, or if you like her you are bad. Everything was boxes, defined, absolute. And that directly related to people viewing my gender as this one thing and ever fixed. Bah!

Just as I have no internal understanding to how someone can not be bisexual, because people are people are people to me, I can't see how people have an absolutist thinking for their own gender. It seems quite queer thinking that because a body curves this or that way and has hair over here but not there you are now one gender but not the other. Why the combinations, and it is the combinations not any one attribute in my opinion which make a gender, matter so much. Why the combinations matter so much. At least, that is an attempt to put my thoughts into words.

Personally I don't care much for how I present myself as one of the two well known genders. I wear all types of clothing, but I do have a blast whenever I borrow one of dad's suit tops and a tie to wear. I don't even care whether the male or female pronouns are used with me, so long as I know you are talking to me I'll respond.

What I want to say is it is not important to be a gal or guy to me. But it is important people don't put into a labeled box for their convenience or comfort. Pronouns are one thing, it's a function of grammar. But how to treat me, to tell me how to live my life, to question the me I feel and know...that is invasive and inappropriate! Yet that is what people repeatedly do ever so often. Purposely or otherwise they do it.

MTF

Pre to post op woman :laugh:

Good question;
Just like some others here; I don't want to label myself, but if others want; I think I have the most in common with the " large " label androgyne
Let's do a try to clear myself why it's for me difficult to label me;
This is not all but a few examples;

1 I have fantasies about having a penis and do what's is possible with it ;), but on the other side I don't wanna miss my femine thing, as you know what I mean

2 I feel male / female at the same time

3 I feel a lot of times mor male than female

4 sometimes I don't feel either

5 I feel even when I'm more masculine inside to express myself outside with high heels and stuff like that, sounds freaky maybe

6 I have problems in what a others expects from me in behaviour, just on judging the outside

7 I can feel so mad, when men threating me like a lady

8 some men give me the feeling I'm more masculine than them

9 I can feel really uncomfortable by girls too

10 How more girlie I feel , how more I'm attracted by them

11 Always feeling in between or someting............like I miss the boat/ship......cause I feel disconnected with others , by what I'm feeling

12 sometimes when I wear clothes I like feel like a drag queen

13 a lot of side effects of what I wrote above this..........

About the name question and androgyne; just my name is okay, don't have feelings to change that at all

I am currently M2F-transsexual but my gender identity is female. After SRS I will be just a woman with a special type of personal history.

Transwoman, here.  For your poll however, MtF TS.

It will be interesting to see the results.

Androgyne... /non-transitioning FTM.

Quote from: Blueflare on January 24, 2009, 09:02:36 PM
Androgyne... /non-transitioning FTM.

good to know. i was about to ask...  :)

FTM

I am a male to female

  Male to female.  This was a good bump, comment elsewhere. 

  Joelene

Female to male here
What stands out most is that there are WAY more MTF's, wow! I knew we were outnumbered, but I had no idea you girls were SO vast in number! ;)

FTM, plain and simple.

Quote from: Erik Ezrin on September 08, 2013, 07:04:59 AM
What stands out most is that there are WAY more MTF's, wow! I knew we were outnumbered, but I had no idea you girls were SO vast in number! ;)

Word. o_o

Wow, the statistics on this poll is a lot more different than I speculated before I answered. more than half MTF! Thats crazy. I did not know there was that much of a difference on this website.

Quote from: gabethepokemon on September 13, 2013, 02:00:27 AM
Wow, the statistics on this poll is a lot more different than I speculated before I answered. more than half MTF! Thats crazy. I did not know there was that much of a difference on this website.

The ratio is 64:1 for female to male on the site as a whole so the poll results say more about how active the average FTM is on the site compared to the MTFs

I selected MTF. Although, I've not yet spoken to anyone else besides the people on this forum. At one point in time I thought I might be CD, as I don't present as female, but I often get the feeling something isn't 100% right within myself. I came to the conclusion that I wasn't CD when I started to realise that I generally don't like CD's. To me, there's wanting to look like the opposite gender from time to time then there's wanting to look and feel like the opposite gender most, if not all, of the time. I'd say that I'm the latter. That's not to say that I dislike the idea of men dressing up as women, since I do that myself. It's just that it "seems" wrong to me somehow. I guess it's because I don't do it for the pleasure or fantasy side of things. It just feels right.

As for things such as male genitals, I'd say that I'm undecided or not bothered by them. If I was to transition one day (I often feel the need to do so), I would most definitely want to be rid of them, so that my body conformed to the female image. I don't think I could live as a woman full time and still keep my male genitals. It would be too strange.

Chris