FabGuys.com forum: Is cross-dressing a dying artform?

By *eedsbearman OP Man
2 weeks ago

Leeds

See very few young cross dressers these days.

Is it just the demographic on this site is skewed towards an older age range?

Is it a cost thing?

Is it a sexual identity thing?

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By *omethingExciting41Man
2 weeks ago

Somewhere

I think it's just the demographic on this site, I think gender lines in the youngsters are much more blurred in terms of dressing than was once the case.

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By *ucy_juicyTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Midlands

I found my bi-side much later in life and then found my dressing side even later. That could be the case for others.

Do love a younger CD though

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By *aohiaochiaokengMan
2 weeks ago

London

That's because it is more relaxing to wear normal clothings.

Whereas cross-dressing is like dressing up and can take hours.

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By *eefandfurMan
2 weeks ago

Edinburgh

Probably just as common with younger chaps. It is no-longer perceived as a cross-dressing fetish and now seen as a gender expression. Not sure if that will eventually take the erotic thrill out of it, for those that enjoyed it.

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By *eedsbearman OP Man
2 weeks ago

Leeds

"Probably just as common with younger chaps. It is no-longer perceived as a cross-dressing fetish and now seen as a gender expression. Not sure if that will eventually take the erotic thrill out of it, for those that enjoyed it. "

This is my line of thinking too. Anything seems to go these days so as you say the thrill is perhaps diminished and it's just considered normal fashion.

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By *ibeariusMan
2 weeks ago

Greenock

No, most of this site are cd and tv

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By (user no longer on site)
2 weeks ago

Er, no

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By *3versMan
2 weeks ago

glasgow

The young ones are furries now

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By *ichey6Man
2 weeks ago

aberdeen

Is someone cross-dressing for a meet practicing an 'artform' per se? 🤔

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By *dstefiTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Solihull

I don't think so. CD has always been a bit niche especially among younger people who are maybe still societally conditioned to stay in their gender lane, but there's no shortage of sexy younger dressers on here if you look.

My lower age filter for actually meeting rather than just looking is set for 35 because I have a thing about not meeting people who are my own kids' age or younger, plus I do largely find conversation with them very generation-gapped (there are exceptions)

I think the prevalence of older dressers simply reflects guys who have in time come to accept and embrace this part of their sexuality.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bristol

This site and Fabswingers has an older demographic.

Fet... life... has many more people among the 18-25 bracket.

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By *dstefiTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Solihull

"This site and Fabswingers has an older demographic.

Fet... life... has many more people among the 18-25 bracket.

It does indeed have some awesomely sexy CDs. Many from Canada for some reason?

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By *aohiaochiaokengMan
2 weeks ago

London

Best cross-dressing men are from RuPaul Drag Shows and The LadyBoys of Bangkok.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bristol

"This site and Fabswingers has an older demographic.

Fet... life... has many more people among the 18-25 bracket.

It does indeed have some awesomely sexy CDs. Many from Canada for some reason? "

I guess Canada is horny

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By *arfield53TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Atherton

"This site and Fabswingers has an older demographic.

Fet... life... has many more people among the 18-25 bracket.

It does indeed have some awesomely sexy CDs. Many from Canada for some reason? "

Club Cross Dressing caters for worldwide, and a lot of its members from Canada and the USA.

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By *ildwestheroMan
2 weeks ago

Llandrindod Wells

Was it ever an art form? Thought guys crossdressed because they had a secret female alter ego. Very few look convincing. Most drag queens look like contestants in an audition to be one of the ugly sisters. Okay I admit to being a bit biased but to each their own. It is a fetish rather than an art form. If it makes guys happy then good luck to them.

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By *haron suckerTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Broxbourne

I just put on what he likes.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bristol

"Was it ever an art form? Thought guys crossdressed because they had a secret female alter ego. Very few look convincing. Most drag queens look like contestants in an audition to be one of the ugly sisters. Okay I admit to being a bit biased but to each their own. It is a fetish rather than an art form. If it makes guys happy then good luck to them."

What I do is not an art form... it's a fetish.

What some of the Drag Queens do on RuPauls is art

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By *ildwestheroMan
2 weeks ago

Llandrindod Wells

What some of the Drag Queens do on RuPauls is art "

Matter of opinion of course. Some quite dreadful things you see in exhibitions is called art and can win prizes or command a high price. Only seen RuPauls thingy a couple of times and most of them look hideous.

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By *airFetishMan
2 weeks ago

Maldon

Very few cross dressers? Where? There seem to be loads on Fabguys such that my male photo views are usually about 40% men in women’s clothes.

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By *dstefiTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Solihull

I'm a fan of genuine CDs who do it as a fetish, and better still if they can pull off a convincingly fem look with good makeup/wig etc and a body shape that convinces, but I still want to know there's a man and an erect, fully functional cock there. Sissy behaviour/language and cock cages is a step too far for my tastes.

High camp and drag queens don't do it for me. My wife likes RuPaul and has had me watch Priscilla QOTD but they leave me cold and I don't find anything about it sexy.

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By *arfield53TV/TS
2 weeks ago

Atherton

Female impersonators and drag queens are a form of entertainment, possibly an art form. CD and TV pursue their activities for a variety of reasons, varying from fetishism to sexual gratification and everything in between.

For me, and many others, it's about having a female alter ego that I escape into as an alternative to daily life as a male. Over several years I've developed a full feminine persona and do my best to present and behave as such.

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By *ountainMan
2 weeks ago

ipswich

Its fun.

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By *ear891Man
2 weeks ago

Teddington

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By (user no longer on site)
2 weeks ago

Most women don't really dress up much. So if you have your hair a mess and wear baggy tackies you are actually dressing as a woman

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By (user no longer on site)
2 weeks ago

I dont think so, imagine young sissy gurl abd love dressing up

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By *lasgow verse 60s guyMan
2 weeks ago

Glasgow

Think it died a long time ago. Judging by some of the pics on here it was barely alive in some areas. A few do it well but only a few

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By *atietv1TV/TS
2 weeks ago

co. Durham

While I appreciate its not for everyone and that's fair enough. I do hope it doesn't die out though

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By *hyna HutchMan
2 weeks ago

valleys

"Most women don't really dress up much. So if you have your hair a mess and wear baggy tackies you are actually dressing as a woman

I had to check that you weren't from Merthyr then.

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By *ron PandaMan
2 weeks ago

Eridge

*checks calendar *

Nope. Plenty of young t-girls around.

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By *andomguy321Man
2 weeks ago

reading

Some can turn it into an art form.

But for every Pre-Raphaelite beauty, there's a score of abstractists and those firmly in the Impressionist movement.

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By *eneral distanceMan
2 weeks ago

st helens

Looking on here one would have to say no mmm

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By *eedsbearman OP Man
2 weeks ago

Leeds

"Some can turn it into an art form.

But for every Pre-Raphaelite beauty, there's a score of abstractists and those firmly in the Impressionist movement. "

It's the pointillists I worry about.

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By *dstefiTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Solihull

"Some can turn it into an art form.

But for every Pre-Raphaelite beauty, there's a score of abstractists and those firmly in the Impressionist movement.

It's the pointillists I worry about. "

Cubists with boxy bodies, and Picasso types with eyes all over the place. Not my favourite look

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By *andomguy321Man
2 weeks ago

reading

"Some can turn it into an art form.

But for every Pre-Raphaelite beauty, there's a score of abstractists and those firmly in the Impressionist movement.

It's the pointillists I worry about.

Cubists with boxy bodies, and Picasso types with eyes all over the place. Not my favourite look

Whatever the results - With X-Dressers, It all comes down to Expressionism

(What they are expressing will be as varied as their numbers)

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By *tocking-loverMan
2 weeks ago

plymouth

Interesting thread - feel free to DM all you sexy gurls xx

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By *usan 749ukTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Bangor

I’m not sure I’m expressing anything other than the desire to be attractive to people

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By *ranford cruiserTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Heathrow

A lot of dress up for sex no other reason really

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By *mandaWhenDressedMan
2 weeks ago

around

Maybe their female role models don't make the effort women use to.

All leggings and ponytails nowadays

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By *dstefiTV/TS
2 weeks ago

Solihull

"I’m not sure I’m expressing anything other than the desire to be attractive to people

TBH I do it to be attractive to myself. I feel sexy in lingerie, way more so than when dressed male, and a big part of my dressing is checking myself out in the mirror.

If other people like it that's cool but if I only did it for others' approval I'd feel a bit sad quite quickly

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By *issalignedTV/TS
2 weeks ago

London

💀🪦

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By *alm_one4Man
2 weeks ago

RM16

For what it’s worth, my thoughts are that in general the art of stockings and suspenders and the traditional sexy underwear is dying out. Most people in the 20-30 yo age range seems to dress in tighter fitting clothes than the older generations used to at their age so underwear isn’t such a required part of the look.

Also, it’s easier and more accepted (it seems) to be Trans so younger Guy who feel more comfortable in women’s attire maybe don’t have the need or desire to CD

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