Teeny-tiny references to crossdressing come up from time to time on my wife's favorite shows. Mainly Law and Order and NCIS reruns.
She does not appreciate it and I get a major eye-roll. Gay men and women in the episodes get pretty much the same skeptical attitude.
However, NCIS has been fairly sympathetic.
That is the beauty of support groups and cd conventions. After a few minutes, ones brain adjusts. Panic mode and freak-outs fade away. It is back to business as usual. Really, its no different than Halloween drag outfits, drag shows, Ru Paul, and Rocky Horror Picture Show. Same person--dressed different.
I mean really--weren't you freaked out when you first saw your wife wearing jeans, no makeup and slept-in hair?