Point A: a human is born a biological male. Point B: forty years later he wants to chop his balls off and change his name to Tammy. Question: what the hell happened between point A and point B? Where should we start if we want to understand the phenomena? Answer: at the beginning. CHAPTER 1 – The Beginning   The first cross gender experience for many autogyenphiliacs  is what psychiatrists call… a ‘transvestite’ experience. So, let’s begin by asking ourselves what a transvestite is, and how it relates to problems with gender identity. There are two definitions of ‘transvestite’: the savvy one – relevant and necessary to readers of this book – and a dumbed down version for members of the public and the psychiatric profession. The dumbed down version is this: a transvestite is a person who derives sexual stimulation from wearing the clothes of the opposite gender. The savvy … Continue reading Why are female clothes so prominent in my fantasies? Chapter 1 of ‘Autogynephilia’: the origins of the ‘transvestite’ impulse