Update - a couple of more encounters today
My friend V had to go to her mailbox today, so she did that in boy mode. She passed a couple of the dudes who'd chased her, and their girlfriends from that night as they were leaving the pool. They didn't recognize her, and she overheard them talking about "Chasing a big ol' tranny, going to put their boot up her a**, etc." They were indeed mad that she'd fooled them at first - one of the girls kept chiding them "See - I TOLD you it wasn't a woman!" She said they sounded really upset that there was "a tranny living in the complex."
She also talked to one of her few friendly neighbors, and found out that one of them had witnessed the guys outside of her condo, beating on the door.
Surprisingly enough, the condo management actually reported the incident to the police, which is what they were supposed to do. The police showed up, interviewed V, and told her that her height had almost certainly been what gave her away. (That's what I told her too.) The police corporal was really polite, but told her that "I wish I could tell you something different, but Plano is not a friendly place for LGBT people. You go out in women's clothes again, say in your two piece suit down to the pool, and you're likely to be injured before we can get to you. I'm not telling you to leave here because I want you to go, but I'm telling you that this city is just not very safe for you." He also told her that he was going to go over and talk to the people who'd chased her, and let them know that if they bothered her again, he'd arrest all of them. As he left, she saw him leave her building, and head over to theirs.
So while she was telling me all this on the phone this evening, she heard someone try to open her door, and she saw shadows of a couple of people outside her door. She looked out the peep hole, and sure enough, it was two of the guys. I told her to NOT confront them under any circumstances, and to hang up with me and call the police. She did, but I don't know yet if the police returned, or what else happened.
I'm thinking I may spend the night over there tomorrow night and until she moves out. I'm really worried about her being there alone.
On a somewhat related topic, apparently she was told by her ex wife (who lives in the same area), that V and I were big news around the little shopping village near her condo. She overheard a couple of women in Starbucks talking about the two transsexuals in Nicola's restaurant, one who was really tall and athletic (V), and one who was short and dumpy, but kind of cute (me.)
After she related all this to me, and before she hung up to call the police again, V just sounded really sad, and said "They really hate us, don't they? I mean, I never really believed that - but these people here, they hate us?" All I could tell her was "yeah, hon, some of them do."
V says "thanks for your support"
I wanted to let all of you know, first off, that I let V read some of your responses from this thread, and she started crying. She really appreciates the supportive words. When something like this happens, and you are threatened, you feel alone. For her, this is the first time she's felt vulnerable in her life - she used to be a 350lb pro athlete. NOBODY, messed with her back then. Now? Well obviously it's a different story, and she's in real trouble. Knowing that there are good people out there - other transgender folks who wish her well and are hoping and praying for her is really huge for her morale. I really appreciate it too, for what it's worth. Y'all are good people.
These folks don't seem to have day jobs. V ran into them again, checking the mail today. She was in boy mode, so they didn't recognize her. She confronted them, telling them she was armed, that she understood they'd been bothering "her girl", and that if they returned to her condo again, the police would be called to pick up their bodies. She was so angry with them. They were silent and walked off.
It was a really brave thing to do, but dumb as hell, because now they know to look for her in boy mode too. They may or may not know girl V / boy V are the same person, but I'm sure they'll pick on either one now. Maybe they'll be intimidated - V in boy mode is still a large person. I'm hoping they'll stay away, but fear she may have kicked the hornet's nest. We'll see. (I yelled at her a little about this - it was just such a bad idea.)
So me and one of my other friends are going to keep watch over her for the next couple of days, until she's out of there. One or both of us will be with her until she's safe. Without violating forum rules, I'll just say we can protect ourselves, and her. She needs one of us there - she's not very security conscious. She's not used to being threatened. I'd worry about that less if she was really actually able to defend herself. I don't think she could bring herself to really injure anyone, and unfortunately, with this lot that might be necessary.
Well, hopefully they'll think there's a big dude living with her, and between that and two police visits, they'll lay low long enough for us to get her out of there without further incident. We're getting her out Saturday morning. She can't really pack up her office (she works from home) until after work on Friday. We don't need her losing her job because of these guys. She's barely hanging on to it as it is.
I'll keep y'all posted. I'm hoping the next three days and nights consist of: "nothing happened."
Again, thanks everyone for your support.
