Lets wind up on this debate.The purpose of this post was different.
This post was doomed to fail because you bundled CDs and trans people together. What kind of response did you get other than mine? "Yes ofcourse" and no further elaboration. I actually shared an amusing/endearing experience I had, but made it abundantly clear I do not appreciate you bundling CDs and trans people together.
**Questioning and gender non-conforming people are exceptions to CDs and not the majority of the CDs.**
I will its call CDs are gals because every transsexual starts as a Crossdresser only.
You are spouting personal opinions as fact. I am trying to educate whoever is reading as this line of misunderstanding is genuinely hurting transsexuals (trans-binary) within the trans community. It's only the CDs that benefit from our struggle and suffering (gender incongruence/dysphoria) by claiming CDs are trans too when they are not. They use it as a get-out-of-jail-free card for their misbehavior.
I pass 100% and yet even I have been kicked out of women's spaces if they learn I'm a trans-woman because people don't know the difference between trans (especially transsexuals) and CDs. I would gladly bear the burden of questioning and gender non-conforming people, even the backward hijra community, but it is utterly cruel I have to suffer for perv cis-men too. This forum is infested with these people, any idea how many of them harass us? Posts like yours that are heavily colored in personal opinion that CDs and trans same only encourage them and gives them an out for misbehaviour.
Anyway, I'm done too. I won't comment further on this. If at least one person understands the difference, that's less struggles we have to face.
@mayatrans You seem like a genuinely decent person, I get the vibe that you don't have malicious intent. This post is not here to berate you or educate you, but just venting frustration at how messed up this world is because of misinformation as I am someone who is abused because of CDs and backward communities like Hijra. If at least one person understands the difference, less abuse we have to face. Unlike CDs, it's not a choice for us. It's not dependent on clothes or makeup. Who we are is much deeper than that. From your post history, I see you are a CD, whether you're questioning or trans-femme or cis-man dressing up for euphoria (with or without sexual intent), you may have a hard time understanding our struggles as we experience it differently. You won't be able to see how harmful this is from your side. So, no hard feelings. I said my piece. Bye.