A place on the tree
Feeling conflicted about cross-dressing and wanting to be a woman
Cross-dressing can bring both a strong wish to express femininity and uncertainty about what that wish means. Guilt, shame, or confusion may make it difficult to understand whether the experience is about clothing, sexuality, gender, or some combination of these.
1 person has stood here
Does this feel close to something you’ve lived? Tell your own part. What you tell becomes your Ember, and it stays yours.
Nearby on the tree
- Keeping a lifelong wish to live as a woman secret1
- Questioning sexual identity after unexpected arousal to trans women1
- Regretting letting social shame prevent a relationship with a trans woman1
- Questioning a straight identity after same-sex attraction2
- Wanting sexual intimacy with women without having experienced it1
- Being uncertain how to feel about never having had sex1
Only the place shows here. What people told stays theirs.