Are you Transsexual?

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Not the last time I checked. Do I need to go double check???

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yes

Ask me that in 6 months

Yes. Check my profile.

I am yes

Yes

Yes

Nah, just enjoy crossdressing. Test is weird though, I don’t think that’s the sort of thing you determine with a quiz.

Your COGIATI result value is: Which means that you fall within the following category:

COGIATI classification THREE, ANDROGYNE

I am transgender just not on hormones

No, I am not transsexual, nor even gender questioning, nor really into cross-dressing. But I took the test anyway.

I later found is that the quiz is "designed specifically for the uncertain pre-transitional Male-to-Female gender dysphoric," but I still took it because the question page doesn't clarify its intended audience. I had some difficulties answering some things, because questions like "Why do you dress like a woman?" don't allow for a negative or "not applicable" response, and "How do you self identify?" doesn't allow for a fully Male response. Also, it seems that more of the questions reference stereotypical "male" vs "female" abilities and attributes (math, spatial reasoning, finding your way around; versus music, writing, empathy, reading people's emotions, remembering faces) than about how you feel about your identity, appearance and life experience with respect to gender.

Somehow my own result was a score of -75 (on a scale of what I'm not sure), corresponding to "COGIATI classification THREE, ANDROGYNE." "What this means is that the Combined Gender Identity And Transsexuality Inventory has classified your internal gender identity to be essentially androgynous, both male and female at the same time, or possibly neither. In some cultures in history, you would be considered to be a third sex, independent of the polarities of masculine or feminine. Your gender issues [sic] are intrinsic to your construction, and you will most likely find your happiness playing with expressing both genders as you feel like it."

That's pretty far off. Although I am very good at certain classic "masculine"-identified attributes like geometry, math, finding my way around, I have also striven throughout my life for balance, being very good with music and with (duh, I'm a writer on Lush) the written word, and most of my workplaces have strongly valued teamwork and collaboration. So apparently that makes me Androgyne? To me, these things are about me expressing my abilities and interests, not about me expressing one gender or the other. Although I'm not ultra-masculine in my physical appearance (definitely not big, tall, hairy, muscular, etc.), I've never thought of myself as female or feminine, nor has anyone close to me ever suggested that, nor have I ever once been aware that someone misidentified me as non-male. While do I try not to avoid toxic masculinity, that doesn't make me Androgyne. I am well aware of the "third sex" concept and I respect it, but it ain't remotely me.

So here is my question to those who are genderquestioning, genderqueer or fully transitioned: Given that it focuses more on traditional gender expectations than it does on your personal experience, feelings and expression of gender, is this test helpful to you? I understand that gender identity can't completely be separated from societal norms, and that one often becomes aware of gender dysphoria as the result of their individual traits not matching the expectations of their assigned gender ... so might this be helpful for a younger audience still exploring their abilities and figuring out who they are? I have known many, many people with multiple attributes that misalign versus the expectations: guys who are terrible at directions or are exceptionally empathetic and collaborative; and cis (and trans) women who are really good at math and spatial reasoning or are crudely insensitive. Does focusing so heavily on traditional gender stereotypes contribute to the quality of this questionnaire? Do you find it validating?