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    What's the first "really" public place you went while crossdressed?

    Not just ducking out of the car quickly, or walking in some deserted park or parking lot -- I mean that first serious "mission." What's the first place (a business, a building, a venue) you went that was both public and populated -- a club? Mall? Restaurant? Library? Street fair or other event? -- and that was not specifically a TG or GLBT "safe haven" (support group, gay bar, etc.)? And why did you choose that particular place for your public "debut?"
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    My first time out in public dressed, was in Las Vegas. My wife did my make up, and we went to several casinos and played the slot machines.

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    First outing = gay club.

    First non-safe haven outing = a road trip, with several stops at public venues.

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    My first real time out in public was in the centre of Edinburgh at night. I parked my car near the train station then walked around the outside of it, into and along Princess Street. I was a wee bit nervous but I thought I pulled it off. I walked up a few of the streets leading off Princess Street, and was approached in one by a couple of nice older women looking for directions. I was dumbstruck as I hadn't expected anything like that happen. On my way back to the car, I went through the train station, and that was ok apart from a moment when one of the cleaning staff looked to be approaching me, but I got by ok. Although this wasn't my first time out, I felt all the previous trips out to secluded locations, helped me a lot, especially getting practice walking in heels.
    "She snuck up on me from behind. You'd think women would make more noise with those big high heels, but they don't, they've got this stealth thing going..."

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    I was 10 - went shopping (not for me..we were just shopping) with my Aunt and 3 cousins (all girls). It was she who "created" me...

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    March last year.....I plucked up the courage to go to a coffee shop on quite a busy street, I parked the car and had to walk a short distance in plain public view. The waitress who took my order was like OMG, but in a very positive way, and it took 3 waitresses to escort a single cappucino to my table, all sporting huge smiles which made me feel a bit more at ease.

    That was the first incredibly nerve wracking adventure of Tasha McIntyre. Happy to say it went extremely well, and I was thoroughly hooked on the adrenaline rush.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jennifer in CO View Post
    I was 10 - went shopping (not for me..we were just shopping) with my Aunt and 3 cousins (all girls). It was she who "created" me...
    Jenn
    Wow Jenn, did your aunt put you in a dress for a shopping trip?

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    My first time was downtown Dallas, I don't know what got into me that night but I was dressed up very ****ty, and I walked a few blocks when some guys were yelling something like across the street like hey baby! and as I was heading back to my car a guy in a bike stopped and ask me if I had a cigarette and I shared one with him and then he asked me if I had a man and I replied yes and that I was waiting for him and he complimented me about my legs and since then I knew what I had to do, just loved every minute of it!
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    My first time was on an Amtrak train with my daughter. I got her to come along to give me some courage.
    Sitting in that train with my daughter gave me such a feeling of self confidence and acceptance.
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    I consider my real first time out to be lunch and a trip to a wig shop while in drab. That actually made me the most nervous, It was the first time I met another CD in public, the first time I shopped without a cover story, the first time I talked out loud about it with another and the first time I showed pictures in public to a stranger. That was actually a more significant day for me.

    First time out dressed was actually a hotel hallway then a club. That was a heavy door; I met a few big sisters who walked over with me. So it was kinda like "one giant step for me; no big deal for T-kind". I chose the venue because it was reccomended by friends, away from home and a very CD friendly venue.

    First trip out to non CD friendly place dressed was a shoe store at the mall. I needed to try on shoes and figure my size, no other to do it right :-)

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    i had no choice. it was at Limeridge mall i went in as a guy and got transformed at a salon then i had to walk through the mall to go see my shrink as mj. so my first time as a woman in the mall and to make matters worse my first time in heels he he Rookie, i was so scared. but nothing happened no big Deal at all. apart from my feet were killing me after like 15 minutes walking.
    it was my shrinks idea to see me as mj and after my first visit she wanted to see only mj.. did not see that one coming but all went well

    here my very first time as mj pose like a guy in both pictures lol

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    The Holiday Inn in my hometown. Manager made me and kept a close eye on me........it was way back in the day. Haven't a clue why I chose it.

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    For me it was back in 1971, a couple of my GG friends and I went shopping at Ala Moana shopping mall in Honolulu

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    I rented a wench costume at the Maryland Renaissance Festival and spent the whole day en femme iaround thousands of people.
    Hi, I'm Steffi and I'm a crossdresser... And I accept and celebrate both sides of me. Or, maybe I'm gender fluid.

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    Well since the lesbian bar I went to with my GG friend Lauren doesn't count, probably the Blue Danube, a restaurant in Columbus we stopped at on the way home from the bar. The fun thing was that we'd gone there before getting ready to go out as well, so I was there that night with Lauren in boy mode and then girl mode, and had the same server. The first place I went where being out en femme and out of the comfort zone was the plan was to a mall also in Columbus, with a different GG friend.
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    For me after years and years of late night walks and abandoned parking lots, the very first time really out in public in a crowded bright space was at the mall.
    In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is never to let them find out.
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    It was July 2005 on a busy Saturday afternoon. First stop was an appointment at a mainstream wig store, then afterward, I wore my new purchase to go shopping at a big shopping mall nearby. Very scary for me! My wife was with me and she posted about it (with pics) at the time.
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    First time ever: I was 14, wearing my mother's dress and heels with a stocking-padded bra in a local forest preserve during the day. I walked there in boy-mode and got dressed in a public washroom. While I was walking the trails a man saw me but only looked. I was hoping to pass some people as I remember I so wanted to be seen enfemme, but no luck.

    First time as an adult: I would walk around different Chicago neighborhoods at night, usually along busy streets and get a lot of car honks and whistles (loved it!).

    First times as an adult in public & interacting as my femme self: Went to Hunters night club (a GLBT dance club in a Chicago suburb), about a 30 minute drive, and had a wonderfully girly time. On the way home in the wee hours, I stopped at a donut shop for take-out.

    Since then, many forays driving to the boystown section of Chicago at night, parking in a local parking garage and walking to Spin or Berlin nightclubs (several blocks apart) on typically very busy Friday or Saturday nights.

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    Started by going for drives dressed as a woman, had to stop and get gas paid at the pump but still had to get out and pump the gas, then to the post office to mail some mail had to buy stamps out of a machine with people standing behind waiting to use it also.
    It has been a while since I have been able to get back out as a woman.

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