So there was this one day a few years ago, when my wife was away and I went to a drag show bar, all dressed up, and as I was parking the parking security guy asked me, are you part of the show tonight? that made my day, nigh, and year.
So there was this one day a few years ago, when my wife was away and I went to a drag show bar, all dressed up, and as I was parking the parking security guy asked me, are you part of the show tonight? that made my day, nigh, and year.
I was nominated at work to represent the company at a local cancer benefit where men dressed as women. I had secretly always wanted to do it and put myself in a place to be picked. I am sine it Noone knows of my crossdressing. I had all I needed except an appropriate dress and shoes. I went out of town for a weekend to shop. I bought a calf length bias hem dress that was white with widely spaced black flowers. It was very feminine and appropriate for the occasion.
As the day approached I realized I needed an excuse for makeup being well done. I decided to enlist the help of a friend who I thought would be accepting and discreet. I called and asked if she could come over and she said yes. I quickly got dressed in a female outfit and awaited her arrival. Ooo the excitement and fear, needless to say she was surprised. I explained what I was going to do, that I had dressed before and I needed to be able to tell everyone that she did my makeup even though I did it myself. She was very excited to be on board and volunteered to drive me on the big day!
I was so excited when the day arrived. I spent all day shaving, bathing, makeup, pampering and dressing. My friend ce to pick me up and was very impressed. I was All butterflies on the way to the car and to the venue. I was scared to death but determined. She escorted me to the stage where I met the other contestants and got our instructions. I got to priss across the stage and answer interview questions as a ell as go out and mingle with the crowd. All of this in front of people I knew and worked with. Many people did not recognize me and everyone thought I was too girly for this to be my only time but that is okay it was a lifelong dream realized and much more fun and excitement than it could have imagined.
When I received in the mail the court decree changing my legal name and gender to Devi San Martin, female...
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I have had several, but here is the tale of the first.
I came out of the closet quite late in life. knew I was at least bi since high school, but I repressed all the urges until I was over 50! But in 2014, when I started exploring my feminine side, and started going out socially as a woman, it felt wonderful and validating. To my surprise, though I was thinking of myself primarily as just gender fluid, I was swiftly accepted as ‘one of the girls’ by the local lesbian community. They did not latch on to any of the other cross dressers like that. Just me. They sensed my feminine mind before I fully accepted for myself that I needed to fully transition to female! That experience comes close to a ‘greatest day’, but the rest of this tale is even better.
So, my first ‘greatest day’ was about a year and a half into my journey. I had been going out nightclubbing and to LGBTQ bars and even to ‘straight’ live music venues for about a year, all only well after sunset. And to this point, my only daylight adventure had been going to the local Pride celebration, at an obscure park well out of the gaze of the general public. Yet in August of 2015, to celebrate my birthday, I decided I wanted to spend virtually an entire day out in public view as a woman, at the biggest mall in our town! My daughter was 18 at the time, and a solid supporter of my journey. We started the day with me still in male mode, getting breakfast tacos and going mall walking before the mall actually opened. This allowed me to scope out where I wanted to shop later, and just before we left, as the mall first opened, I slipped into one shop and got my eyebrows threaded for the first time, to a nice, feminine shape. Then we went home for me to change, after which we went back to the mall.
We had reservations for full makeovers at Sephora - first my daughter, then me. We were almost late, so I dropped my daughter off at the closest entrance to Sephora, which meant going through a JC Penney store, past their smaller Sephora mini-store, and into the main mall to the full Sephors store. Then I found a parking spot, took a deep breath, and followed where my daughter had gone…
And I plunged into a swarm of kids and moms doing back to school shopping! And successfully waded through all those moms and kids without getting a single awkward look! I was passing! In daylight! On to Sephora!
I browsed the Sephora store while my daughter got her makeover, checking in with her periodically. The makeover staff knew they had a ‘crossdresser’ scheduled as a client, but they were wonderfully accepting. I was surprised that the other customers accepted me too, even when I scrubbed off all my makeup for my turn! Of course, I was dressed en femme, with nice slingback heels and a nice dress, I had good breast forms, and a reasonably good wig. But my face, in my opinion, really needs the makeup to feminize my look. The attached pic is how I looked after my makeover.
For the next 6 hours or more, we shopped, usually with my daughter trailing behind me, to gauge people’s reactions to me. Everyone saw me strictly as female! Even lingerie dept clerks and customers! And my daughter confirmed no one was doing double takes behind my back!
We ended by going out to dinner at Cheesecake Factory. The hostess complemented me, saying she loved seeing a tall girl like me rocking a set of high heels. The waiter never gave any indication he saw me as anything but female, nor did any customers.
As we went home, my daughter commented, “You know why you passed so well? Confidence. You were completely comfortable being your female self, so much so that no one thought to question your gender!”
That, to that point in my life, was my greatest day ever as a woman! Many more followed, but on that day, I first knew I could go anywhere as a woman, and be accepted.
Last edited by Ceera; 09-02-2021 at 12:06 AM.
Ceera, your story is amazingly beautiful, congratulations in your daughter and life.
I just post a thread called "lies or dream" because stories like yours sound too good to be real, but honestly, I know yours is real because my life is kind of the same but I'd notice that many crossdressers here and other websites like this, live to fantasy with being a woman and are so convinced themselves.
When I started reading your story without knowing it was you, immediately I thought this is one of those lies that are actually a deep expression of a dream but then I saw your name and confirmed my proposal in my thread
Dreams can be true but needs some guts to skip to reality.
Thanks for sharing. I hope some can feel inspired to move forward and convert their lies/dreams in reality....
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I have so many highlights to choose from, but I'd say my most memorable day was December 30, 2014 at my GF's wedding. This was the first time I had ever been a bridesmaid. Months before the wedding, my GF asked me to be one of her bridesmaids and I was so excited and honored. It really meant something to me and that I had a special bond with her. It was a memorable day and an amazing experience I will always remember.
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Regards,
JoAnn
I love to see a beautiful woman in a nice dress, but then again, I also want to wear that dress.
Joann, that's for sure a memorable day to keep in your memory. For a woman is for sure not a common day but for us is of course tons of time more important...
Can I ask? The rest of people knew about you? I mean bride family, groom....?
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Hi Devi.
Thank you so much. It was truly a highlight that comes so very rarely and an event I will cherish for a long time.
As for your questions, yes. The bride, groom, friends, and family of the wedding party and all knew about me and were all so supportive and accepting.
They never treated me any differently. I was just one of the girls to them and we all had a great time.
Regards,
JoAnn
I love to see a beautiful woman in a nice dress, but then again, I also want to wear that dress.
Thanks for your prompt answer Joanne. I asked because when a sister has that kind of experience is for all us the rest an advance. I keep believing that may be in 20 or 30 more years, you will probably see it, to talk about LGBTQ, especially about trans people, will be useless as today to talk about slavery....
HRT 042018; Full time 032019
Orchiectomy 062020; gender& name legal changed 102020
Electrolysis face begins 082019, in genitals for GCS 062021
Breast augmentation surgery 012022
GCS 072022; BBL 022023; GCS revision 04203;END TRANSITION