The Androgynous Zone

From my earliest years, I was always a bit confused about not being a ‘male’ inside. Unlike my transsexual friends, however, I was not ‘female’ inside either. This seems to put me outside of either the CD or TS categories.

So if I did not think of myself as male, why all the hang-ups about crossdressing? I guess its just the fear of being seen as different by other people. With a male body, I needed to ‘pass’ as a male.

Now I find out that ‘you are not alone’ in terms of androgyny. Having no gender identity puts me in the class called androgyne (andro’ jeen), and I got a lot of company. This is not the same as intersexed (physical sex) or bisexual (sexual orientation). It is gender identity, that is, a total lack of gender identity.

Although I’m definitely a crossdresser, I feel most comfortable dressing as an androgynous male - shaved body, tee shirts, jeans, sandals, nothing that could not be worn by either gender. I avoid anything, even a watch, that nails me as one or the other gender.

My previous relationships have been with what I call ‘high testosterone’ females. As a male androgyne, I find I am most attracted to female androgynes. This explains my long-term attraction to lesbians; and maybe why I am still single!

So you may want to ask this question of yourself: do you really feel like a male, or really like a female? If not, you may have just entered - The Androgynous Zone.