You gotta be prepared for the best of and the worst of doing this.. I am closeted and would love to go out and am taking baby steps towards that end but I don't pass, unless it's really dark and the person(s) I'm trying to fool are blind.. anyway my feeling is that I just want to wear what I like to wear, but I feel like I would have to try to pass or this is all for naught.. as far as being seen out in the public eye, I agree that this is what you want.. to be seen and mingle with the public..