Dogslife: yes agree there is a spectrum. Real 'crossdressers', (many of whom are heterosexual males) temporarily dress for a host of reasons that lead into it (costuming, escapism, risk taking, fetish, textures/sensual, sexual etc) but make little to no changes to their body. Think of a guy who dabbles on a Saturday night but has to wo…
Dogslife: yes agree there is a spectrum. Real 'crossdressers', (many of whom are heterosexual males) temporarily dress for a host of reasons that lead into it (costuming, escapism, risk taking, fetish, textures/sensual, sexual etc) but make little to no changes to their body. Think of a guy who dabbles on a Saturday night but has to work with the boys on Monday morning. A missed spec of nail polish or some missing arm hairs and he is outed. As for public appearances that depends on how 'passable' and where. This used to be a concern for police, but in gay friendly areas and bars a reasonable pass works.
Trans I would define as people who wish to explore taking on a new gender role more permanently and to try to live it 24/7 with all the mundane that goes with it (Levine and co. here). These folks entertain more permanent type changes (hormones, implants, surgeries etc). Both crossdressers and trans generally they try to emulate the real thing but some can be more daring or different.
Drag queens are entirely distinct from all of this and imho represent a very very small portion of the overall lgbtq community. These tend to be the super flamboyant gay male types who when they dress are completely over the top. Not so long ago queens would only be seen in adult entertainment clubs and most of those acts are for adults and sexually charged.
It boggles the mind how even a serious effort at helping young kids navigate feelings that may be troubling or different, would hold up queens as some sort of icon or role model. Seeing someone like that during your daily routine is rare (and used to be unheard of). Those images must be frightening or at least confusing to young kids and perhaps that is the real underlying goal. It's amazing how people jump on to band wagon campaigns with so little understanding (queens, covid, BLM.....and on).
Dogslife: yes agree there is a spectrum. Real 'crossdressers', (many of whom are heterosexual males) temporarily dress for a host of reasons that lead into it (costuming, escapism, risk taking, fetish, textures/sensual, sexual etc) but make little to no changes to their body. Think of a guy who dabbles on a Saturday night but has to work with the boys on Monday morning. A missed spec of nail polish or some missing arm hairs and he is outed. As for public appearances that depends on how 'passable' and where. This used to be a concern for police, but in gay friendly areas and bars a reasonable pass works.
Trans I would define as people who wish to explore taking on a new gender role more permanently and to try to live it 24/7 with all the mundane that goes with it (Levine and co. here). These folks entertain more permanent type changes (hormones, implants, surgeries etc). Both crossdressers and trans generally they try to emulate the real thing but some can be more daring or different.
Drag queens are entirely distinct from all of this and imho represent a very very small portion of the overall lgbtq community. These tend to be the super flamboyant gay male types who when they dress are completely over the top. Not so long ago queens would only be seen in adult entertainment clubs and most of those acts are for adults and sexually charged.
It boggles the mind how even a serious effort at helping young kids navigate feelings that may be troubling or different, would hold up queens as some sort of icon or role model. Seeing someone like that during your daily routine is rare (and used to be unheard of). Those images must be frightening or at least confusing to young kids and perhaps that is the real underlying goal. It's amazing how people jump on to band wagon campaigns with so little understanding (queens, covid, BLM.....and on).