I wanted to put a little bit of information together to explain the difference between those individuals that like to cross dress and those who are actuallytransitioning from one gender to another.
Men who enjoy cross dressing, do so intermittently and I explain it as an urge or desire that comes and goes. Some may want to cross dress once a week, once a month or a few times a year.
Individuals that are transitioning from one gender to another are choosing to live their lives full time as that newly assigned gender.
Neither of these has anything to do with their sexuality as this is a separate preference from that. I won’t go into that because I am not a psychologist and it can get complicated but I do feel the need to advocate for the individuals that come to me for Image Consulting and assist them with makeup, wigs and clothes as well as makeup lessons or applications.
There’s so many misconceptions and lack of education surrounding these two categories but they are branches of a tree and yes it falls under the LGBTQ+ community but there’s so much more to it.
Side note: Drag Queens are typically gay men who love to dress in over the top makeup, wigs and clothing to put on an entertaining show, this does not make them “trans” or “cross dressers”. Drag Queens are strictly for theatrical entertainment, similar to women who do Burlesque dancing.