i'm trans i've lived as girl since i was a child i'm now in my mid 20s i've grown up being viewed as female you'ed never know i wasn't born this way unless i told you no i never had a period but neither has my female cousin due to health issues. we are the same age and i don't think we've had a different experience growing up ....i'm saddened at some of the things some of you are saying here sounds like stuff the alt right says i think its sad some of you's are choosing to believe stereotypes
i think the thing that's disturbed me most is here is you all seem to think trans people are big men in frocks wearing tons of make up and heels because they just like the the glamour's part of being a woman, you all never seem to think of people like me who have lived this way since childhood or teens and don't look like men due to starting hormones early. i don't go around shouting from the roof tops that i'm a person of trans experience it'ed be quite odd if i didn't refer to myself as a woman in conversation as i don't feel anyone needs to know nor do i want them to know as it makes my life easier from people like you all. the only time i feel it's appropriate for me to mention it is when it comes to dating.
"it just underlines for me that it is the superficial trappings of femininity that they enjoy. " you are confusing cross dressers and transvestites with transsexual's you sound very uneducated on the topic and i'ed suggest you take more time to study a topic before saying something so ignorant i don't wear make up most days and i just dress like most women my age do casual.
but carry on thinking that we are all perverted men getting a sexual thrill from it if that'a what makes you feel better about your bigotry towards transsexuals. all so find it interesting how its only ever MTF yous pick on and not FTM.