Sammie, clarity is good, and I regret to say that the changing terminology is muddying the waters. Old terms like transvestite, gender identity disorder, transgendered, sex reassignment surgery (SRS), and even transsexual have been replaced by cross dresser, gender dysphoria, transgender, gender confirmation surgery (GCS), and transwoman or transman.
Take the term "gender dysphoria" for example. It was originally used clinically to describe severe distress, anxiety, and depression in a person who feels they are not the gender they physically appear to be.
Many here claim to suffer gender dysphoria but admit to no desire to change gender presentation, and yet that is the prescribed treatment for GD according to WPATH and the SOC. So we now qualify the condition on a scale from "mild GD" to "strong GD". Is that helpful?
In some cases the desire to cross dress or grow breasts is driven by testosterone induced fetishism. Take away the T and the behavior disappears. Is that covered under the heading "gender dysphoria"? Some say yes, but for others, being tagged a fetishist is very offensive while identifying as transgender is becoming increasingly acceptable. In a PC sensitive society, clarity of meaning is often the first casualty.
It's no wonder that the transgender universe fragments into subgroups that tend to be exclusionary. It is not a monolithic community. I think it's refreshing to have a place like BN where diversity is tolerated, even welcomed.
Clara