Crossdressing vs Trans Identity! What's the Main Difference?
Dr. Z discusses the difference between cross-dressing and somebody who identifies as transgender.
This tends to be a very confusing overlap for a lot of individuals. Cross-dressing is a broad term, but generally means wearing clothes and items to enhance expression of the stereotypically opposite gender. People cross-dress to feel good about themselves, feel more comfortable, or to sexually arouse themselves and achieve orgasm. Not everybody who cross-dresses seeks sexual gratification—some just do it because it makes them feel wonderful and in touch with themselves.
It becomes confusing because people who identify as transgender will also cross-dress as a way to experiment and get in touch with the gender they really feel themselves to be. So cross-dressing is a term that seeps into transgender territory, but it's not necessarily accurate.
The biggest difference? Cross-dressers do not have incongruency with their biological sex. They have no problem with their assigned gender. Transgender people do have incongruency or discomfort with their biological sex.
Watch to find out why sexual arousal during cross-dressing doesn't mean you're not trans, Dr. Z's hypothesis on why trans people experience sexual pleasure when cross-dressing, and how to know the difference between cross-dressing for pleasure versus transgender identity.
