I didn't have a lot of crossdresser inspirations--in fact most of what I remember is stuff like Sally Jesse Raphael and Phil Donahue and those weren't all that inspirational since the cds were usually treated like sideshow attractions. Although I do remember one female impersonator that did Joan Rivers and I was pretty taken by her. I can't remember his name.
But gg women were always more directly inspiring to me. I LOVED Lynda Carter on Wonder Woman. And like Wendy, I loved Janet on Three's Company, especially in later seasons. That jet black hair and her eyeliner and those pencil skirts like Wendy said were amazing to me. But I had a real revelation when I saw this clip of Heather Locklear dancing on TJ Hooker...I realized I wanted to be like her! Looking back at her "dancing," I think I wasn't that far off LOL! Regardless my life was different from that day forward
https://youtu.be/xC1eZQXz0yM