Survey: How many of you have seen a TG person/CD out in public?

[Jillian Faith]

Over the years I have seen both MTF and FTM, probably on average 1 per year. All have been dressed to blend, by that I don't mean a bearded man in a fairy dress. I live in a fairly conservative area so my sightings are probably limited.

[alwayshave]

Dee, I live in a city so I see it quite a bit. For example, I go to a pub every Friday night. One of the bar tenders is a trans women. I know, because when I first started going she had not yet started transitioning. Today she is the most lovely young lady.

[Laura28]

I have seen many over the years, going about their business. In casinos, shopping. There is one who comes into our local Saturday night sports bar.

[Stephanie47]

1) When I was in San Francisco for training back in 1978 I noticed two very passable young ladies having lunch. The only clue was their height when they stood up which prompted me to scrutinize them.
2) Saw the same very tall cross dresser accompanied by the same woman (wife?) twice in my medium size city; once on a street car, once at a local Costco. She made no attempt to pass and I would characterize her attire as exhibitionist. The woman accompanying her seemed uncomfortable and not fully onboard.
3) Saw a very hirsute cross dresser who made no attempt to hide her maleness; hairy as could be with no attempt to conceal very dark hair, gait was more of a strut that I normally would see a person who was very angry and determined to get somewhere.
4) Saw one in a local book store who would have escape notice except for the guy with her who seemed to be a creep. The guy was all over her and I would guess has not read a book in several decades.

On the flip side my wife has a second cousin who is a transman and has been to our home. At the time I did not know she was a transman because her facial features, height and build were still what my mind would expect of a young woman, and, it was build as an all female cousin get-together.

[Kimberly A.]

Well, I can honestly say that I've noticed only ONE CD out in public, ME! LOL But, (and I know you're talking about M to F CDs and transgenders), but I met an F to M transgender at the LGBT bar that I was going to. Tbh, I don't really look for other CDs, I just do what I do, mostly keep to myself and have my fun while out en femme.

Oh, the LGBT bar did have drag shows, but I don't suppose that counts, does it? LOL

[Richelle423]

I see people like that a few times a week. No one bats an eye. I work retail

[KymG]

I've seen a good few over the years as i'm on the road a lot.
I feel we all spot each other faster then the rest of the public do.

[Georgia_Maine]

Very few truthfully, but haven?t been out a lot lately. I?ve seen ladies that I wasn?t positive about many times, but I won?t count them. Probably the most recent lady that I recognized as CD was very tall, slender and in a long summer dress and sandals. It wasn?t her height that ?clocked? her. It was her behavior. She was very nervous and avoided looking at others, kind of like me when I first went out dressed.[USER][/USER]

[April Rose]

I am certain that the woman that owns the salon where I get my(male) hair cut is a transwoman. I have never brought it up with her; why would I?. There was a period of time when I thought I NEVER saw another trans person in the wild, but that has changed in the last ten years. I have seen a few who have done a really sad job of it, and a few who I wasn't sure about. I suppose the ones who are really good at it, I wouldn't have noticed at all.

I'm not including the fully out, but not fully passable transwomen who I occasionally go out to lunch with, just the ones I don't know who I have spotted in the wild.

We are out there. I've finally gotten at least that much through my head.

[Fiona_44]

I've seen 3 that I remember:

1. About 50 yrs ago, I was walking behind what I thought was a very shapely young gal in Provincetown, mass. She had on tight bell-bottom jeans, a gals top and long straight brown hair. When she turned around I saw she was a young guy in make-up. I still remember her great rear end all these years later.
2. About a dozen yrs. ago I was in a mall & out of a restaurant walked a guy with some make-up on and his normal guy haircut. He had on a tight halter top and a short cheerleader skirt with sandals.
3. A month ago I was sitting in a local downtown area and saw a CD walk by in gal's jeans, clogs, a t-shirt and black wig.

[MarinaTwelve200]

None, that I can remember outside of a Mardi Gras Prade or a School or College "costume day" function. Perhaps I am not very observant. --- Or live where it is not too common.

[Sandi Beech]

I do not see very many. Outside of clubs, this year I can only think of 2 so far. One on the same plane, the other in the car rental pick up area in Florida. I guess that tells you where I spend a lot of time.

Sandi

[Jenn A116]

I've seen a few over the years. One of my hobbies is amateur radio (Ham radio) and I remember reading various technical articles by a particular Ham. Much later I discovered that this Ham is now openly presenting as female. I've seen and talked with her at various ham radio events and read her blog regularly.

I've also seen other CD/TS's at various ham radio events.

[Misty_cder]

I have only seen two that I was aware of. Several years ago, I saw a dresser in Home Depot one evening. I say dresser because I have no idea if she was a CD'er or Trans. Her facial features, extreme height, and being dressed a bit too nice for HD gave her away. I remember her makeup was done very well in a natural look, but her jaw line just projected a masculine face. She had at least 3-inch heels on, and without them, she probably was over 6 feet tall already. Her dress was simple, but very short. The second observation was while driving home after work one evening. I was stopped at an intersection waiting for the light to change and on the corner was a guy wearing a pink sleeveless summer type dress that when to midthigh. It appeared he had no makeup on, and his hair style was a crew cut.

[Ann Simpson]

I live down by Branson and don't think I have ever seen a cd down there.
I guess there are only two kinds of crossdressers, just as there are only two kinds of toupees.... 'that's a bad toupee' and 'that's not a bad toupee'... LOL

I saw a photo once on facebook of a family from Kansas that one person certainly looked like a crossdresser. I saw another fellow at a thrift store, he was looking at dresses and I was looking at elastic waist jeans.

I have seen a lot of 'fem boys' when I was involved in community theater years ago, even shared a room with one when we went on a show in the capitol. He wore make up and boxer briefs.

[Heather76]

My wife and I saw a guy wearing women's clothing minus a wig and makeup at LOWE'S a while back. He did have a purse he got into to make payment. That's when my wife told me to never go out in public like that. I hope she meant all dressed up without a wig and makeup vs. just going out fully dressed. Anyway, I've mentioned the following before; and will repeat myself in this thread. When we were buying new furniture for our home this past November, one of the women sales associates strikes me as having to be a MTF trans. Post op or pre op I'd have no idea; but, I'd bet heavy money on her being TG. In early October there is a Pride event in the area that I hope to attend. If she's there, I'll then know more.

[Larissa Cassandra]

We have a TG cashier at the Foodlion I shop at not far from my house.

Almost forgot - we have a TG cashier at our local Staples. Don't go there a lot, but she's been there almost every time over the past few years, so Staples must be quite open, and none of the customers seem to care. She has beautiful long hair, and I've been tempted to ask how she gets it to look so good!

[Vintage4sarah]

About 30+ years ago I saw my first crossdresser while shopping near Boston. Since then, I have developed a finely tuned radar for other Tgirls. A lot of factors include voice, height, style of walk, etc. When I travel with my wife (which we do extensively), it is a fun challenge. My first face-to-face was in Amsterdam in 2006 with the front desk clerk at our inn only her voice and large hands would have been a clue. She was delightful and helpful especially when my wife lost her wallet at the Flower Markets. The last one I met was a young Tgirl in transition in Sydney. We were both browsing in a hobby shop (model trains, etc). Besides locations in the USA like New Hope or Provincetown most have been in Europe with the absolute best sightings in Oslo where I saw 4 in one day.

[BobbiKay]

One time I was in a local thrift store. The cashier appeared to be a sister. It was Sunday, when they give a senior-citizens discount. My hair is grey; I often receive the discount without asking, or if I do, they don't bother asking for proof of age. In my usual circumlocuitous way, I asked the cashier if I get the grey-hair discount. She took offense, as she heard my words as "gay hair" and thought that I was dissing her appearance. Oops!

Another time was when I was finishing an IT gig in a big-box store. If I recall correctly, the stuff I touched affected their security cameras. Was getting my paperwork signed in the LP office. The LP chick was a sister, I'm sure. She was tall, and strikingly beautiful. If it hadn't been a professional setting, and I weren't attached, and I were 30 years younger, I'd have asked for her number.

[Jane G]

Not that many that I have given a thought about. I often notice tall women and almost always conclude that they are just that. If I do not include my time in the far east. Then probably only a Dozen or so over many years.

[NjJamie]

Great thread!

Well, the last time was just a few weeks ago when I met another for a short shopping experience, it was our first meeting in person and an awesome afternoon! We wandered into a few stores and just chatted, the afternoon went way too quickly. She was so cool and comfortable with the whole thing, I just regret not having done more of that so much earlier in life. I'm still amazed that I did not detect any response from any other shopper or worker, though I do not pass at all, only blend, and my friend and I were just chatting the whole time with little attempt at a femme voice.

The time before that was about a year ago, I posted about that one and looking back I would say she was TG/transitioning but of course that is a guess based on the situation and clothing choices. She was just a bit overdressed for Barnes and Noble at noon on a Saturday, seemed to be somewhat comfortable but walked just a bit too timidly thru the store. I think I noticed her walk first, then added in a few other clues but I'd say that 99% of the public didn't notice a thing.

About 10 years ago my wife and I were walking into the local Target just after dark when we saw a very well dressed CD approaching the door at the same time. She was wearing a two piece dress, just above the knees, nice pumps and makeup most appropriate for a business meeting. Now this happens to be my most favorite look and she was rocking it, 100%! I almost have to come up with a bigger word than "jealous" but I certainly was! The biggest clue from the start was that no one else was even close to similarly dress, most were in jeans (hopefully clean), tee shirts or comfy tops, sandals or sneakers and no makeup. We later saw her in the makeup aisles, and I so wanted to say congrats or otherwise compliment her but that would have caused a problem when we got home!

There are many others that I've seen lately but I'd put them more into the NB category as there were clear items of one gender or another, from nail polish and long false lashes on a guy who simply seemed to like them (he was at work at Costco, has a male name tag and was wearing "guyish" clothing) or the occasional guy with brightly colored nails and some makeup but no other visible attempt to appear to be feminine.

[char GG]

Rarely. Other than my hubby, maybe twice a year at the most.

[Kris Burton]

I'm sure I've seen some, but only one comes to mind immediately, from some years ago. She was working in an antique store just up the block from where I would be playing a gig later that evening. She looked great, and we had a nice and quite friendly discussion about antique phonographs. As we parted, I thanked her and (brazenly and flirtatiously) complimented her outfit. Only when she smiled could I tell she was not GG.

If I wasn't married, I'd have asked her out.

[Paulie Birmingham]

not so much lately but around my previous home quite a bit. there was a cashier and a druf store well known that cds and trans would go grocery shopping at a particular store sunday morning. there were 2 bars that had informal cd and trans nights.

lately it is not as often

[Cheryl T]

Of course we have.
I was at the mall with my wife and she pokes me and says "there's your sister". Since I don't have one I immediately knew what she meant. She wasn't that obvious, but to those of us that practice the same techniques the clues were there. Actually we've seen lots of "sisters" in very average places. I never say hi as I don't want to cause anyone any stress, just as I wouldn't want some random person doing that to me.