Transvestism and Transvestic Disorder

[Vini]

I was wondering where the CPAC Republicans got the term Transgenderism that they want to Eradicate.  Why won't They accept us a she so often.  Do they think we are all Crossdressers ?  Is there some type of disorder involving Crossdressers ?  I found Transvestism which is the clinical diagnosis for Crossdressers, men who dress as women for sexual excitement.  And I found Transvestic Disorder which as far as I can tell is still in the DSM-5.  Where as Transgenders have been removed from the DSM-5 a couple years ago.  And Transvestic Disorder is a Paraphilia where a Crossdresser's Transvestism is a compulsion to dress as women 24/7 that complicates their social and or business lives. And the treatment is therapy and or support groups.  Now I know why I was asked if I got erections when I wore women's clothes during my Dysphoria evaluation.  Now I don't blame the straight people who don't want men who get off on dressing as women to be going into womens bathrooms.  Now I feel like I will never be accepted as a female no matter how many hormones and surgeries I have.  Because the DSM-5 puts a bullseye on my back wherever I go with people wondering if I am a man who gets off on dressing as a women.  To me this explains a lot.  

[Vini]

This probably explains why we misgendered so often, sometimes with gusto.  Why people still call me he after I have told them I am a girl,  and stare at me like they're trying to decide if I look like a woman, or not.  Why my kids have deserted me and don't want me around their children.  I could be a crossdresser who is going to -pull away- around them.  Why so many people are still stuck on Transvestites. 

[VickySGV]

The term "Transgenderism" has a long history, and at one time Transgender people did use it to describe our lives.  The word has been hijacked which is our current problem with it.  Clothing which is the object of erotic desire and masturbation outcome for persons living in a solitary, fantasy, introverted life is a real problem for us to be aware of.  Another term for these people is Fetishistic Cross Dresser.  We do not admit people on this site whose only  interest in the cross gender clothing is self gratification.  We do get applicants with those goals and reject them.  CD's whose goal is the "vacation time" from their male (or female) daily self and who socialize that way are welcome here.  It is the social aspect that removes them from the others.

Greater than the DSM as a public source of the disinformation however are internet search engines which find the pornography of FCD's as the first page of response to an internet search.  The greatest number of searches do come from the areas giving us the worst grief on this.  Along with the searches of course is the actual sales revenue from those sights which are all Adult Entertainment Sites aka Pornography Sites.  More health care funding and educational effort to the purchasers of those media products are not going to be forthcoming in any near future, and undoubtedly some of the purchasers are the politicians themselves, sometimes under the pretext of their official investigations for the benefit of their electorate. (I actually caught a local official on that one.  Long story for another time.) 

[Vini]

Thanks VickySGV so much for all the info and incite.  All this misinformation about Transgenders reminds me of Laverne Cox's quote : We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be.  And Amazon Eve's  point that you have to be ready everyday you go out the door for someone to be mean to you.  But a lot of times I forget not to look people in the eye and focus on the scenery or my window shopping.  I'm never going to change Dave Chapelle's mind.   And since you mentioned porno,  I think I read an article that said Alex Jones had "trans porno" on his cell phone. And someone can tell that the red states have the most trans porno searches on the internet.  So I guess someone is always watching...  I really appreciate your quick response to my post VickySGV.  This has been bouncing around in my head and its so nice to find support in a Trans Sister.  I need to keep reading the To My Trans Sisters book : )