Hi all i know there might be a post similar to this previously but i really want to know how you GIRLS feel about the chances of beign recognised by our SO or close family friends or even co-workers from the pictures we post on the internet crossdressed.
Oh, I am how I am in the photos so I'm looking forward to the 'cooooooooeeee Lisa!' in the supermarket... Don't think it will happen though... I seem to intimidate people for some reason.
Der Transsexuellaußenseiter
The lovers have flown...
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Well, I only post on this forum and if someone I know sees my pics, so be it.
In my every day and social life, the same people who see me in drab, today, may see me semi-fem or fully dressed, tomorrow, since I go out, the way I feel, at the moment.
I guess, if you're "out there", you can't be "outed", giggle.
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I used to worry about it until I realised the odds were infinitesimal! Firstly what would the SO and/or friends be doing looking on a CD site, secondly my own wife didn't recognise me when I used a pic of myself as wallpaper, she just said 'who's that?' when I replied thats me, she said 'looks nothing like you' and walked away.
Nah, I have no worries there! My boy and girl modes look anothing alike.Originally Posted by sosoft73
Kim
Well depends on how much your fem self looks like your non-fem self and how many of your acquaintences hit your page. I have over a thousand photos out there and 425,000 hits on my 360 page so if someone recognized me they haven't told me about it..
Karren
It would be kind of a "Catch-22" ,no? "I saw a picture of you dressed like a woman on the Internet."---"Oh, really? What were you doing on that site?"
If they did recognize me and her as the same, I'd have to reply the same as Salandra.
Sherrie Lynn Pall
Sometimes I make sense and that frightens me.
Please don't let me be the last post on this thread
Well, a lifetime ago I was on a poster outside a club for three whole years - and not one person recognised me - so I don't think you need worry too much.
I'm with Salandra and Sherrie.... Need I say more?
I have to agree with those that say "If you saw my picture then what were you doing on the CD site?" If it were my wife I would hope she were looking for information on CDing..
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Girly Zone.
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I have had friends look at a photo and say "REALLY? THAT"S YOU?"
Is one reason my name is not a derivitive of my birth name....so there isn't a sudden "Steve....Stephie......Steve......Stephie....HMMMM M?" if they did stumble on a pic.
Emily Ann
Living with a heel in each world.
My wife already knows, Plus why would anyone in my family or even friends be on a site like this unless they were transgender them selfs. Once a coworker had a picture of me and I let her show a few other coworkers the picture, not one of them had any clue who it was and a few of them said I was pretty hot. So don't let fears of what could happen scare you.
Make a note that non-members can not view the picture section of the forum. They can, however see the m>f and the f>m sections. So if it is a concern to you, dont post pics in anyother section but photos
Drumming, My other hobby
But if you google your nickname, does it come up? This site came up near the top when I looked up mine.
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Sherri T
Proudly perched in my Patent High Heels
Yeah but who would know your nick name? If someone is looking at pics of crossdressers then maybe it is because they are one. I figure if they are looking at CD sites there must be a reason.
Tiffy
no matter how much love we have, we can not feel it if we are not happy inside
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways totally worn out, shouting "Holy ****, what a ride!",author unknown
Women to me are gods greatest forms of beauty and art in motion.
I am not worried today about someone recognizing me. I think I might worry about it tomorrow if I can find the time. I must say I have seen male and female pictures of Karren Hutton and if somehow the two could stand side by side I wouldn't know they were the same person.
Public TV did a documentary on the porn business a few years ago. In one scene, a young woman arrives to do her first porn video. The guy in charge told her "You should assume that if you do this, your uncle Joe, your high school math teacher, and the mail man will see this. If that bothers you, then don't do it." Once you post a pic, "members section" or not, it can take on a life of its own. Someone reposts a series of CD/TG pics to Usenet, or puts up a "Tranny" web site with pics lifted from forums like this one, and it's off to the races.
And as far as asking Tom at work "what were you doing at that site?"... what difference does it make? - you've been outed.
In other words, I think that the issue is a very real one, and unless you just don't care, you shouldn't just wander into that "pink fog" and forget that you are taking a chance on outing yourself when you post a pic here or anywhere. Personally, I'm not too concerned about it. I'm not married, and I have no kids. I have a Yahoo site, but not Myspace. My Yahoo pics can only be seen by "Friends". I post pics here, but I take them down after the comments stop coming in. So I limit the opportunity for someone to start passing my pics on to others, and that satisfies my risk tolerance level.
I don't post my picture here, mainly b/c I am fairly well-known all over the state -- and so not posting is a protection for my family (b/c I could really care less on a personal level). That said:
1.) When en femme I have never been recognized as my en drab self. Example: for two years -- on Halloween (not simultanious years) -- our next door neighbor didn't recognize me as me.
It was really humorous! One year she (the neighbor) actually thought I looked like a relative of my wife!!! She still talks about how she thought that she saw a resemblance to my wife and thus assumed I was a sister or cousin of my wife. Another Halloween, she AND her husband thought I was a family friend, seeing no resmblance.
2.) On the off-chance that I did post and was subsequently recognized, I would (like has already been said here), seriously have to question why the person was on this site. Not a likely sceanrio (to be on here and be studious about photos) if not for a reason that they would want kept quiet themselves.
3.) Same reasoning, different scenario: my wife and I were talking about going to Southern Comfort (or other like event), and in the course of discussing it, the subject came up about "what if" we ran into somebody we knew. We immediately dismissed our concerns b/c we realized that if we ran into someone we knew at such an event, it would probably be 99.999% that they were there for the same reason.
4.) My en femme name has no "sounds nearly alike" association with my male name. I know a number of people have close name associaions and it is, therefore, common (Ron=Rhonda; Glen=Glenda, etc.). But my birth name is not even close to my en femme name -- this isn't it, but it is sort of like Alice=George.
Since I sometimes drive on the highway en femme, my wife has always said that if we got stopped, she'd chime in that I had lost a bet.
I have a very real fear of also being recognised, for now that's why I don't show any pictures of my face. Jocelyn
I would agree that the possibility exists; but then what are they doing looking at pictures of crossdressers? Non-typically, I have no pictures of myself while dressed for the fear that someone will find them. This is why none are posted here. The problem also exists on how to take pictures. My camera is an old film-type, and I really do not want them developed by a stranger.
On the other hand, I really would like a couple of images displayed so that people can lie to me about how beautiful I am; and if the lies are really convincing, I might even believe them.
I have heard stories of CD's who left photos inadvertently about the house which were found by their SO's. They were immediately asked, "Who is this women and are you having an affair with her?" Talk about mixed feelings for the SO when they get an explanation.
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Minerva
I had this same topic as I posted a photo in the Photo Forum and started my 360 site! First, I posted a very small photo that you can't make out my face. Then after reading the comments, I thought, I would be hard to recognise or who would be looking for me? On 360, I keep it my Girl persona and live just in virtural space. We all enjoy CDing and now we can enjoy sharing. Do take precautions though if your computer can be accessed by others or if you are online at work (I don't suggest you surf at work). Computers have memories, company's can install spywear....etc etc. If you are safe, you won't be paranoid. And...the best advice I got on the forum is "Don't post anything" if you want zero risk.
Last note: Don't see much GG / FtM posting pics, wonder Y?
I have not posted any pictures anywhere but it's not for fear of being outed since I secretly think that would be ok. It's really because I have limited knowledge of how to do it and no real time to learn how to do it. There are other things more important like shopping.
if it happens so be it maby they can give me some tips on makeup or another place to shopp
susie
I just recently posted my pic, and updated my avatar. If somebody recognises me, so be it. My wife knows now, and she was the only one I was worried about. But seriuosly, if they are reading this site, they are either TG, or TG curious. So they probably wont say anything anyway.
Erika Leigh
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