No . To the less informed , both transgender people and crossdressers are seen as a problem at the end of the day . It is quite possible that people can mistake transgender people as crossdressers , or vice versa , but I don ' t really see well informed people mix them up . Since you put forth your points from your perspective , here ' s my perspective . Around me are people who care not for what we were born as or what we look like . What matters is our names , and who we are now . That is how the people in my life are . Not everywhere in the world will share this view , but I can safely say that things are changing . The more the word gets out , the more people that get educated , the more the archaic way of viewing people will bite the dust .