>>15309Probably not.
There's been a bit of a battle going on over on the tumblr side of the world as to what counts as transgender. On the one side you've got people without gender dysphoria (i.e. hatred of the gender they are), saying "hey, I wanna be a woman and that's a valid thing." On the other side you've got people with dysphoria saying "You're cheapening things for us and making people take us less seriously. This should be a serious medical thing and not just a desire", this stems from the fact that gender dysphoria is a recognised psychological condition, just wanting to be a woman is not. Of course it's a petty and stupid argument, mostly because it's focused on terminology. Who cares what types of people the word transgender applies to? Is that really what's important here? While people fighting with those who are the most like them (often over issues such as this) is incredibly common, it's never a happy sight to see. Search for truscum for more info, you can see which side's winning.
But you don't really fit either definition. You don't actually want to be a woman, you just like dressing up, hence you're probably best off going with transvestite if you need a label. Which brings me to my main point. It's just a label. It doesn't change what you are, it doesn't even help you to understand it, quite the opposite. Identity, that is the idea that such labels are an intrinsic part of who you are as if they were written on to the fabric of your soul, is poison. You are a human being and these labels, mere words, are, put simply, insufficiently powerful tools to describe even a small part of such a thing. When you tell yourself "I am this, I am that" every time it is a lie. The words that you said and the concepts you attached to them are crude pictures scribbled in crayon next to the detailed work of art that is you.
That isn't to say that the labels are useless, like all words they have value in communication. It's quick, easy and perfectly effective for someone to say "sorry, I'm a lesbian." This works great, whoever they're speaking to gets the general idea and when it comes to describing who you are, the general idea is the best you're going to be able to do.
They have other uses as well. Yes, when you say "I am whatever," it's a lie, but telling ourselves such lies can be useful. There's books could be (and have been, in many cases unknowingly) written on the subject, so I shan't go into to much detail here. Suffice to say, telling yourself "I am strong" and believing it can serve a purpose. There's an important caveat to this I should mention, names. Names, while they do so somewhat tautologically, are capable of fully describing a person. Again, this has uses beyond the scope of this little post.
To come back to the point. Don't worry to much about the labels, you know who you are and what you want regardless of what words are used and whatever you do don't get attached to them, by doing so you are tying yourself to such a small thing. You are everything and you are nothing.
