Last night, SO and I were out in the Crossroads district of Kansas City heading to a restaurant for dinner with my cousin, her wife, and her Mom. The Crossroads disctrict has lots of galleries, coffee shops, restaurants etc - its one of the many entertainment areas of KC. Last night was also First Friday. During summer months, the city hosts a food truck gathering, galleries are open late and bands set up in the streets -- its a huge street fest spread over a large area of the district. It draws huge crowds of all types to include couples with kids.
Anyway, as am driving, I see what is obviously a cross dresser wearing what could only be called boudoir attire - chain link stockings, some type of brief pantie with an obvious bulge, an under the bust corset with nothing else covering his upper torso so he was obviously not trying to hide the fact that he was male (hence why i use the male pronoun). I did notice that his make up was very well done. His partner was tastefully dressed for the evening. Needless to say, he was drawing a signficant amount of attention as he walked by people. When i saw him, i blurted out "what the %$#@?" My SO who is obviously very open started laughing when she saw him as well. I was really bothered by what i saw. What we had seen became a topic of dinner conversation.
Given the fact that i was dressed, my aunt asked me why it bothered me so much. Now, don't misunderstand me, my closet is full of very racy outfits but i wear them where its appropriate. What bothered me was the fact that he was dressed in completely inappropriate clothing for where he was. I dont know if he was doing it as a dare or was planning to head to Hamburger Mary (in the district) or Missy B's afterwards but my thoughts were that his inappropriate mode of dress only hurts the CD community and damages our attempt to get acceptance. While I believe the prejudice many of us feel for wearing women's clothing is unjustified, i do think we have a responsibility to present the most positive image we possibly can all the time.
Apologize for the rant but just had to get that off of my chest.
Bree