• Male of any kind (If you self identify as male, DO NOT JOIN)
• Crossdresser, TV, CD
• "Part Timer"
• Person looking for a trans woman to date (Male or Female)
• Person curious about "trannies"
• Reporter doing an article/Student doing a report

• (Transsexual) Women overcoming Gender Identity issues who seek to live 24/7 medically, legally and socially as female.
• Women who have already overcome Gender Identity issues and who are living 24/7 medically, legally and socially as female.
• Exchange of Information and Support among (trans) women.
• Trans women who can GET ALONG WITH OTHERS.

I've discovered over time that the few intersex members the forum has had over the years were forced to spend most of their time here reminding others of why they're different from most forum members, and why this or that issue doesn't apply to them, so I've come to believe that this forum is not really set up to handle intersex issues. If you were diagnosed at birth with an intersex condition or sex chromosome anamoly, you will probably not find the information here useful. As an alternative, try an intersex-specific forum like Bodies Like Ours.

Many intersex people were assigned a gender at birth (regardless of genital configuration) and remain living in that assigned gender now. They do not deal so much with the issues involved in crossing over from one societal gender (male) to the other societal gender (female). Instead, many intersex people deal with a different set of medical issues and self-identity issues relating to the choices made "for them" at birth by family and the medical community.

Occasionally, someone unambiguously assigned the male gender at birth will diagnose themselves as "intersex" because they feel it sounds better than saying they are "transsexual". These people have not had a genetic chromosome test performed, have usually grown up as male, and now face all the usual issues surrounding medical/social/legal transition. Nonetheless, these "self diagnosed" "intersex" people are encouraged to seek help in intersex forums as well, rather than the TS forums here.

• DO SOME RESEARCH and some SOUL-SEARCHING. The best thing you can do for yourself is figure this out as soon as possible. If you are transsexual, most all of us agree that we wish we had started transitioning sooner, so the more quickly you know, the more quickly you can begin. If you are gay, CD/TV or something else, the sooner you figure it out and seek out some support, the sooner you will start to heal and be a happier person.
  • Take some time to read the forum before joining. You don't have to be a member to read most of the many thousands of posts here. Look at the situations the women here are dealing with, the things they talk about, and see if any of them resonate for you personally.
  • Check out tsroadmap.com, one of the most definitive sites on the web for transsexual transition advice and information.
  • Check out other resources like these for cross dressing, transvestites and ts admirers if you think those might reflect your interests.
• If you feel that the only way you can figure things out is to ask a specific question, then do send it to an admin and it will be posted on the forum if they can't answer it for you. Do not join on a trial basis, decide you do not need to transition and then coast along for the social aspects hoping no one will remember.