Crossdressing Support  
 

 

Detail from Botticelli's La Primavera

Psychology of Crossdressing and Transvestism

"Moderation in all things"

 
There are lots of fun websites for crossdressers. But from time to time, every crossdresser asks serious questions, too.

Questions like:

    • Should I crossdress?
    • How far should I go?
    • I'd love to take female hormones--but should I?
    • In the long run, is this helping or hurting me?

This site is to help crossdressers with those questions.

Many sites take the attitude that there is no "cure" for crossdressing. That is a needlessly helpless and resigned view. It doesn't recognize the immense potential of each person to shape their own destiny.

A "cure" does not necessarily mean to stop crossdressing. It means changing the nature of crossdressing from something that controls us to something we control--and to crossdress as much, or as little, as supports our overall development as a human being.

Prefacing remarks:

  • A guiding philosophy here is that insight and self-understanding are the keys. The more we understand *why* we crossdress, the better we can evaluate crossdressing in our own lives.

  • No single theory explains all of crossdressing; at best, a theory is a way to highlight a single concept. To understand crossdressing in a given person, many concepts must be considered.

This site emphasizes resources that take an honest and optimistic view.

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Psychology


Spirituality


Philosophy


Family and Spouse


General Issues


Article Sites

The following sites have good articles:

  • About Gender - a resource for students in psychology, social science and feminist studies.

  • The Derby TV/TS Group web site has many scholarly online articles on crossdressing and transvestism.

  • Why be a TV? is an intelligent web page by someone who has really thought about the issues. See especially the pages "What I Believe" and "TV Science."

  • The Dark Side of Crossdressing by Karen Murphy is not dark at all! It just takes a frank look at things, with pages on Guilt, Isolation, Self-Esteem, and Maintaining Balance. And it keeps a nice sense of humor! Alternative link

  • A German-language crossdress support site has some nice information. You can use Lycos or another online translator to translate at least some of the information there to English.

Links

  • Tri-Ess (Society for the Second Self)

    Tri-Ess is the original support group for crossdressers. Most major American cities have a chapter. Tri-Ess provides a safe environment in which to crossdress, and sponsors helpful lectures and speakers. There is an associated support group for spouses of crossdressers

  • Here are some Tri-Ess sites I'm familiar with and recommend.


    Main Site

    Sigma Rho Delta, Tri-Ess
    North Carolina Chapter


    Los Angeles Chapter

     


Except where otherwise indicated, all articles here were written by your webmistress,

Cathy Anderson

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Updated: 27 April 2005 (new article)


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