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GatoChihuahua said:Circa 1996 I was made up in "drag" to attend a midnight screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" by some lovely ladies at Smith College. I shaved my legs for the fishnets and velour minidress, but kept my goatee. I insisted! My makeup artist was not happy, but I was supposed to be attending as a guy in drag, not another woman with five other women.
The ladies wore slips, negligees, night gowns, etc. We rode the bus to the theater, mingled for an hour, watched the show, after-partied, and rode the bus home right before the cracking dawn.
I had no idea what gender fluid meant back then, and had been a long time "partial" crossdresser (since maybe 7 or 8 ) where I might wear heels/shoes, or lipstick, or a blouse, etc. but not all together to "pass".
That was my first public obviously cross-dressed experience. There was some heckling, and I was called the F-word by some teenagers . There's always disapproving glares, where the person prolongs their scowl to make sure you have noticed them glaring, and that you are aware of their "very important" opinion.
This sort of thing will never go away completely (even though it's so much better now), but what has changed are the increased numbers of smiles I see every day. I notice them more and more over the malcontents, and maybe it's because I am more content and comfortable than ever.
I used to be considered a kook, queer, or pervert, but now my ID says non-binary like it's always been an accepted thing.
This is great, loved reading this. I actually just came out to a friend tonight which was liberating and i am so close to going for a walk out of my apartment complex, if i wear a covid mask nobody would even notice however if they spoke to me i dunno what i would do LOL.
I think even if people noticed after 10 minutes they would forget anyway, and im sure they would not recognise me in guy mode. So i really dont know what stops me from going out dressed like this. I suffer from anxiety and i think if i can go out dressed like this then do i really have anxiety...