[sommy]

My personal opinion is that no single person is exclusively male or female, and that the binary system of identification is simply a way of making sense of gender issues. The only clear reference for the construct was anatomy as it is the most obvious at birth. The reality is that each one is at a different place on the gender spectrum, and the different aspects of how we experience gender and sexuality aren't necessarily the same as each other (excuse my lack of terminology knowledge) - every single person alive is unique. Most trans people are so conditioned to use the binary system as there isn't really a suitable way to describe themselves I believe.

As for myself:
I was assigned male at birth but I'm not typically macho at all
My sexual preference is women (I have no interest in men)
My gender identification is a mix - I'd consider myself a feminine male, and I long for a very female body
My gender expression is male, albeit not so manly - I have feminine nuances
I present male although I'd much prefer to become more androgynous in appearance

I wish there was a way to describe ourselves without having to use the word trans (because essentially every person is trans to varying degree's), the silly binary system of male or female (because nobody is truly either), or the host of crazy made up labels which expand so rapidly that there'll soon be one for every person.

Thanks this is an interesting discussion, How you describe yourself is similar to how I am, and I have long thought of my self as somewhere on a 'spectrum,' though I see a graph picture above that explains things perhaps more clearly. Of course I am brand new to talking about any of this.