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Does crossdressing run in the family?
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Hi,
Kelly WroteQuote:hi just wondering if anyone out there has had another member of there family in the same situtation as you . a cd its it a thing that can be passed down the family tree. is it in the jeans.? i think ive got onather cd in my family tree. but not sure. like to know if anyone else has a relative liveing the double life?Several years back my wife and i unexpectantly came home during the aftrenoon when my son was supposed to be at a sports carnival. We came in and their on the lounge was our son. Fully dressed,sound asleep, in one of my wifes old dresses and snoring. ( He gets that from me also). We quietly went back outside and discussed what to do. He has no knowledge of my CD activities. even now, so we rolled the car quietly back down the driveway and drove off. Around the block and back intio the driveway, acidently bumping the horn as we pulled up slamming doors and generally making a fair amount of noise. We wasted as much time as we could There was a tremendous ruckus inside and when we came in were met with a “Your Home Early” from a ruffeled looking son in shorts and t shirt. We never mentioned this to him but now years later with him living in his own unit i sometimes wonder if its something i also passed on to him. Who really knows?
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hi girls , My father was a cross dresser was published in truth news paper in melborne .. my grandfather was he confessed too me on his death bed … myy great great grand dad was arthur byrne he rode with Ned Kelley .. and was a documented cross dresser he also rode side saddle lol .. soo i doo think its genetic !!!
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it very odd I did not see this subject earlier, but still time and having freedom seem worlds apart, I have to admit after reading what has been posted some what I best tell a short long story.
My father knew too well of my lets say, troubles with female wear and in my early years, he made it most clear it was not normal. He did confess that he too had dressed up so as he put it about the same age.
Now this was all in the late 1970s where men wore gold chains and showing hair and my father lacked the gold chains but had the hair was more than happy to have sex with teens, while he was in his lets say mid 50S.
As that song goes whats a man now whats a man then.
I over the years have began to see love and life are as complex as families. The truths are hidden and the lies are many, dig to deep and it will eat you up.
At least I am open and not living in fear of what I am now, or who I am.
You see unlike most people they tend to get caught up in their own universe and soon forget why and where for they began the journey, For myself like many here the journey never ends, it just has more twists and turns than pretzel factory.
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Quote:It’s better for their funding to just tell the world that they found a “significant link” between this gene and transsexuality.
Since there is unlikely to be a single Trans-Gene, but rather a whole set of genes working together, saying that there is a strong link between one single gene and transexuality is probably as good as you’re going to get.
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I don’t think that while people with a gender dysphoria of one type or another are hiding in the closet, some a lot deeper than others depending on their own individual upbringing, that anyone will ever be able to conduct a test sample of the Transgender population with any accuracy. I have been convinced for a long time that the human race cannot be divided into Male and Female, but rather we are a huge spectrum of different genders between the totally Male and totally Female.
I also believe that cross-dressers are really transsexuals with a very repressed upbringing, I have often, no, very often wished that I could be transformed into a woman. During my teenage years I hoped for some magical transformation and now I often ponder on the possibility of transition, but then reality kicks in and I realise that for the moment that would be an impossible scenario.
Because many of us repress our desires and conform to the so-called norm of society for many decades before letting the woman within out, so to speak, I think we miss the transgender train and have to make do with crossdressing to satisfy our needs. Perhaps for some there is a chance to break this cycle and blossom into woman, but for many it is sufficient to just go out occasionally and enjoy the good life in small doses.
Perhaps we are slowly returning to the days when men wore all the frills and lace and hose in public, I can only hope so. I hope I didn’t drift away from the subject too much.
Hugs Pamela! -
I drifted a little, I meant to add that because of the spectrum of gender types that it could theoretically be possible to pass transgender types down to your children. But I’m no scientist and my theory is purely based on my observations of human behavior over the years. How many males have you met with feminine traits (my wife says that they are too sweet to a male) that are married happily with children. On the other hand some males are definitely neanderthal types with back hair while they are still going to school, I traveled to school on a bus with a guy 2 years below me that needed to shave twice a day.
And I forgot the disclaimer too, these are merely my own theories and can be laughed at or taken seriously at the readers own discretion.
Hugs Pamela! -
Does crossdressing run in families? I don’t know the answer to that question and, whilst not qualified to profess an answer I suspect it may.
For an excellant explanation to the trans conundrum expressed without citations but highly plausable, visit http://www.transgendercare.com/guidance/what_is_gender.htm
I’m sure the website is familiar to many, but it was new to me some time ago. It explained an awful lot of questions I have been asking for a long time. Good reading.I consider the website a worthwhile read for open minded SO’s and other family members who are seeking an explanation of why their loved ones are the way they are.
Hugs
Liz
