text: Just a comment that yesterday morning, CNN reported there were 2500 transgenders in active service. That night, it was 4000. This morning, CBC reported 12,000 and a guy in a dress in North Carolina claimed it was 15,000+ .  They're pulling numbers out of thin air.  Reason I post: dressing in a toga, costuming as an "Arab Male", dressing as Liza, Chér, Celine or Elvis, a girl in blue jeans and a t-shirt, or a man-suit and pants is NOT transgendered.  Choice of one's costume does NOT change one's gender, nor the bathroom/shower they're expected to use!