Glad you could put some input here. It makes sense that you wouldn't really need to identify yourself as "trans", but this also leads me to think that the representation you see of transgenderism on blogs, for example, is actually pretty distinct from the actual lives of transgender people.

It's also interesting to me that you say you wouldn't call yourself trans, because that makes sense, but in the blogosphere "trans" and "cis" get thrown around a lot in reference to personal identity. You see it happening in the article that was linked. Perhaps it's a necessary distinction in this case, but I'm under the impression that's not always the case.

I recall an article from way back which I can't quite remember the details of in which it talked about a trans game developer. The game was some kind of plain-text game where things like "trans" and "cis-hetero" came a lot. Gender identity was a big deal. In trying to find that article I found a different person with a similar situation. Here gender identity is also a big, vocal deal.

Perhaps what is going on here is that I'm seeing flamboyant, vocal figures in transgenderism that are drowning out the already small population of more typical transgender individuals. I can already see how people that would call transgenderism an "identity" would overshadow those who think of it as a medical condition.