How to Live as a Man and as Myself?

How to Live as a Man and as Myself?

Autogynephilia is all about love of oneself as a woman. But what if you have chosen not to indulge your autogynephilia? You don’t want to transition. You don’t want to crossdress. You want to learn to be content as a man. You want to learn to love and...
Book Recommendation – Understanding Gender Dysphoria

Book Recommendation – Understanding Gender Dysphoria

I want to strongly recommend Mark Yarhouse’s book called “Understanding Gender Dysphoria.” You can read about Dr. Yarhouse – here. He is an expert on matters of sexual identity, and is well respected by both Christians and non-Christians. To be honest, I did not agree...
Christmas Meditation on the Incarnation and Gender

Christmas Meditation on the Incarnation and Gender

From Matthew 1: 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a...

Gender Sameness and Difference

In our posts on this website, at times we’ve focused on what men and women have in common and vigorously attacked unhelpful gender stereotypes of our cultures, and even pointed out how such stereotypes contribute to desiring crossdressing and experiencing gender...
Book Recommendation – Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

Book Recommendation – Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

One of the most helpful books I’ve read on the topic of what it means to be a man or woman is the book – “Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood.” I want to recommend it to all of you. If you click on the link you can read it for free. It’s by Wayne Grudem as...

Summary of Reasons Crossdressing is Sinful and Harmful

We are often asked why we believe it is harmful to indulge our desires related to autogynephilia or crossdressing. This post gives a summary of many of the reasons we have written about in greater depth elsewhere on this website. It can be a bit overwhelming looking...

Paper on Sex Reassignment Surgery

I read this article – The Psychopathology of “Sex Reassignment” Surgery: Assessing Its Medical, Psychological, and Ethical Appropriateness. You have to download it as a pdf. It is written by Richard P. Fitzgibbons, M.D., Philip M. Sutton, and Dale O’Leary. This...

Expose Ministries Articles about Transgenderism

** Unfortunately since writing this article, the Expose MInistries website seems to be down. But I’ll leave up this article as some people might find the quotations useful. ** I’ve been reading some articles from the Expose ministries website. Expose...

Does Crossdressing Stem from Patriarchy?

One day the thought struck me that in some ways crossdressing seems to stem from patriarchy. Feel free to disagree or push me on this. These are just my musings, and I have doubts myself about what I’m saying. I realize that the whole thesis here is incredibly...
12 Steps to Stop Crossdressing

12 Steps to Stop Crossdressing

I thought it would be helpful to compile a list of good beginning steps for those who want to give up crossdressing (or other autogynephilic related behaviors) for good. This is just a starting point for those who wish to stop crossdressing completely. Stopping...
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Prohibits Crossdressing

1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Prohibits Crossdressing

Short Synopsis of entire post I believe that 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 indirectly, but clearly, prohibits crossdressing for Christians. (From the New International Version) 2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed...
Crossdressing is like Pornography

Crossdressing is like Pornography

Over the years, God has used me to counsel many men who were addicted to pornography, both guys addicted to trans porn or guys struggling with regular heterosexual porn. I have found that there are actually a lot of similarities between struggling with autogynephilia,...

Crossdressing is about Envy

Proverbs 14:30 – A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones. When we reflect on the nature of crossdressing desires, whether its transvestic fetishism or autogynephilia, we can see that a significant component is envy or coveting....
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Prohibits Crossdressing

Deuteronomy 22:5

Introduction If you have not read my post on How to Interpret the Bible, it is important that you read that post first as this builds on everything I have written there. As a pastor writing about my past with crossdressing, I feel like this is probably the most...