Where do cross dressers fit in?

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Or do they? I know someone with AS who enjoys expressing his female side. He has all girl friends, is very sensitive and his interests tend to be more on the liberal arts side of things. He likes "likes" girls and I believe he is comfortable with his gender. He simply enjoys expressing his feminine side. Once again the term spectrum comes to mind and like the autism one, I think sexuality is also a spectrum of sorts. Am I on the right track?

You most assuredly are.

I believe that there are at least five ways that we define our sex:

1) A person's genes make that person female, male or intersex

2) A person's physiology makes that person female, male or ambiguous. (Physiological sex is not always the same is genetic sex. Gonadal agenesis, hypogonadism and surgery are all means by which our physiology might be different from our karyotype)

3) A person's gender identity may be different from the person's physiological sex.

4) A person's sexual orientation may be towards members of the opposite sex, the same sex, both sexes or neither sex.

5) A person may fulfil gender roles in society that are consistent with or different from the person's physiological sex or gender identity.

So where a cross dresser fits in depends very much on the individual. A cross dresser might be expressing an aspect of gender identity or an aspect of social gender role. A cross dresser might have a sexual paraphilia for cross dressing or might simply enjoy breaking convention.

Some people do it for fun too, I'm a cosplayer and I've cross dressed because I felt inspired like I could still relate to the character I dressed as psychologically, mainly because it was fun too. I'm psychologically a little more male but in general very ambiguous, I'm physiology female so I don't feel tied down to any particular gender persona. I like to cross dress sometimes to express myself in different ways not because I'm trying to understand my identity but because I like be exploratory in general. I guess I just find it fun and interesting.

I like cosplaying. I always want to cosplay males. I feel I identify with dudes more, and have always had mostly male friends, so maybe part of liking wearing male clothing is about that sense of identity. I also find male clothing less sexual and more comfortable, which suits me fine.
(And I look cute in pretty much everything.)

My sister recently got me a top hat actually, so I'm looking forward to creating a more steam~punk gender~bending wardrobe to go with it. Heh

i know i do crossdressing quite regularly, but with a little twist....i wear what's called a "zentai" suit or "kigurumi" mask.....essentially i have myself (guy) and an alternate persona (female)

Cross dressing does not really have anything to do with sexual preference

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why would anyone want to dress a cross?

Yeah but most drag queens are gay, or at least like to perform in gay clubs where I'm from, so most people link them together in a way.

To make sure it was in the right place in a parade?