Scotland has a reputation of being a severe, Presbyterian country. I have been going out dressed for years to cites andvillages, lowland and Highland. I have never had a negative experience dressed as a woman. Though I look good I do not pass.I recently attended a public event with a lot of interaction and stayed in a hotel all fully dressed. I asked afterwards and it seems that NO ONE said anything and the women I asked had said my real gender was irrelevant - people judge you by how nice and how interesting you are. I am proud to be a citizen of such an open-minded country and I can't help contrasting this with the situation in America. In this context it is perhaps an indication of our open-mindedness that of the six leaders of the main political parties, four are openly gay or bi - and no one cares. Iam not going to claim we area bigot-free nation, but we must be getting closer to it than most.