Stating the (not-so) Obvious

Apparently, to the eyes of the 'normals' there isn't much difference between the people in the above photos. At the risk of stating the obvious, please allow me to state the obvious.

Transsexuals: These are the transgendered ladies in the left column... you would not think of them as men. They look and act like normal women, and think of themselves as women.

Transvestites and Cross-Dressers: The are the straight men in the middle column. You would think of them as dudes in a dress. They don't look or act like women, and they don't think of themselves as women. For various reasons, they just like wearing women's clothes - often with a wig. (The top one is a famous comedian, Eddie Izzard, bonus cool points if you knew that - the man's a genius!)

Drag Queens: These are the gay men in the the right column, usually provocatively dressed, and in a wig. You might think of them as women, you might not. They might look like women, but even if they don't, they act as an exaggeration of an (their) ideal woman. They don't think of themselves as women, but as gay men.

What to make of all this?

Well, since only transsexuals think of themselves as women, they are the only ones who might elect to undergo SRS (Sexual Reassignment Surgery) and they all take hormones. Since they consider themselves woman, if they are into men, they don't think of themselves as gay (because they're a woman...women are into men.) Most people think I'm 'straight' because I've never been with a guy, but I would consider myself more like a gay woman than a straight man.

In reality... I no longer see 'gender' as a 'requirement' (or barrier) for a soul mate. In fact, the labels 'gay' and 'straight' are meaningless to me... I'm into minds and personalities.

If all the labels confuse you, why not check out my earlier post on the Four Dimensions of Gender?