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Plus, in today's culture, identifying as trans can get someone a lot of positive attention. A man identifying as a woman may get a much higher level of external validation than he ever could identifying as a man. And I imagine there is the cosplay element for many, the fun of getting to try on a new persona and trying to escape one's self.