The COGIATI (gender idenity test)

First off, no test will EVER be able to tell you your sexual identity.

Who you are as a person is your choice and yours alone. If you like girly things then screw what everyone else says and do what you enjoy. The people that point it out and make snide comments are too childish and ignorant for their opinion to matter.

Get to know yourself more, experiment. Try wearing dresses and things to see if you like the way you look. There is nothing wrong with being trans but remember that hormones are irreversible so don't make any decisions lightly.

 

Wow that sounds familiar; when I was about 13 or 14 I had this really intense desire to be a girl so that I could do “girl things”. Now like you I don’t act feminine (I would really like to tho) nor do I feel uncomfortable as a male.
After taking that test I got

im kinda confused.

 

The test itself kind of answer your question:

So, I think that if the result suggest that you should seek help, from a counselor, then that is what you should probably do. Note that when it says "seek help", it means help to figure out yourself, not help to "fix" something that's wrong, because that's not wrong with being transsexual, as Furgs said. Just in case it wasn't clear.

 

I just checked out the test and the poor grammar and writing make it seem pretty sketchy to me.

 

I took it as part of my stay in a hospital, pointed to what I already knew xD

 

With me the desire became less frequent as I got older. Not sure if this is because i started to Acknowledge that it could never happen (too tall, i'm 6'5")

However

I eventually concluded that I wasn’t a transsexual. Basically I asked myself:

Could I live full time as a woman for the rest of my life?

The answer to that was no. However the terms bi-gender and androgynous have me wondering.

Hypothetical: If there was no social stigma would you transition? (sorry if thats too personal)

As I understand it yes there is sexual pleasure (but not always)
Sex reassignment surgery (male-to-female) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anyways Jon, Good luck I hope you find the answers your looking for (*hug*)

 

I took the test out of curiosity. This is my result:

Your COGIATI result value is: -135 Which means that you fall within the following category:COGIATI classification TWO, FEMININE MALE

What this means is that the Combined Gender Identity And Transsexuality Inventory has classified your internal gender identity to be mostly masculine, and that your gender issues are primarily matters of personal expression rather than a medical problem. Any struggles you have are most likely caused by internal shame over your needs and desires, or because of curiosity over what those needs represent. There is, however, some indication of a strong feminine side to your being, and this is intrinsic to your constitution.

 

First of all, just because you're a little masculine or you're "tomboyish" doesn't mean that you're not transsexual. Transsexuals shouldn't desire to be the Barbie definition of femininity. I'm fairly tomboyish, but I'm still transsexual. Gender identity and gender roles are separate.

You can still be a transsexual and be non-HRT. Just like there are non-ops. It's up to you to transition or not. No one should ever force you. Personally, transitioning has vastly improved my life, but I recognize that it isn't for everyone.

As for the COGIATI itself, I forget what my score was. I personally found it sexist and backward.

 

It's a strange test. I've taken it a few times just for fun and I usually score somewhere around 200.

I'm not sure I'd classify it as sexist, but it does focus on male-female stereotypes. They are just generalizations, and as long as the test doesn't put any trait as more "valuable" than others it's kinda hard to call them sexist. Most of these kind of tests do focus on specific traits acknowledging that everyone has a mix of these regardless of gender identity. I'm not sure in what other way you would place people on such a scale on such a test.

 

Are you kidding me? 21 is not too late. I've only been on HRT for a little over a month and I'm 26. The majority of transsexuals don't get the nerve to transition until they're 40+.

 

Wow, this test is ridiculously sexist.

 

That's definitely true, but it still isn't too late. I thought the same thing about my age, but I was assured that even I was still plenty young enough.

 

Gender identity is what you identify your gender to be - A test can't tell you what that is. Err, and the first question is about math. I . . . Yeah. I don't see this as being accurate at all. What relevancy does math have to gender?