I've said it before. All the legal protections the law allows will not change any person's perception of a person. Nothing will force another person to interact with another. It does not matter if it is cross dressing, race, ethnic or religious background. Also, in the atmosphere you are working there is the 'herd' mentality. Everyone is re enforcing the expected societal behavior. Just read all the threads concerning the reaction of a wife who discovers her husband is a cross dresser. Most women have a fairly accurate idea of what their husbands are. Yet, they are caught up in society's expectations and herd mentality.
I really do not expect society to start welcoming cross dresses in everyday settings. I restrict my cross dressing to my comfort zone. Would I ever wear a bra to work under my dress shirts? No! Why? Because I want to live a stress free life, and, I do not want to have my wife and children subjected 'guilt by association.' You can say I am a realist. My comfort zone is my comfort zone, i.e., an in home cross dresser. I wish my comfort zone would expand at least to include venues that are accepting of cross dressers. Each person has to take baby steps in life. Sometimes being a trailblazers comes with a high cost.
