Thanks and sorry for confusion! We were utterly confused, this is all new, to us, it's been a secret for years and even I only found out the full truth of how Alan feels 2 weeks ago. He has struggled alone for years feeling like a freak and feeling like he has an illness he needs to get cured and thought he was the only one. Trying to find a place to talk online, he still felt different to the CD norm in feeling male rather than female. We are still trying to come to terms with it all, but most importantly Alan has finally accepted himself, no more shame. It's early days but I know we'll both become more confident in CD lifestyle in time, and forget about how we should be, and just be. Also, I know he does not take any offence at all to being referred to as 'she' by mistake, he totally understands
Thank you all again, this really is a journey!