My answers to all of the questions would be no. I don't know if I'm an outlier but I have never had any interest or desire to be out in public as Danielle. I am perfectly content with Danielle being a stay at home girl and sharing my photos on this forum and with email friends. Personally I feel the need to interact with the public depends on where you are on the crossdressing/transgender spectrum. For those who consider their femme side to be their true self then presenting themselves in public can be an affirmation of the woman within.
I'm on the extreme opposite end of the spectrum. I have never regretted joining CD.com and it has allowed me to become more accepting of my Danielle side. I have accepted my femme side as an occasional escape from my male life and I may be a bit obsessive in my female person presentation with the body shaving, tucking, boobs etc. But it doesn't mean I want to be female 24/7, or I think my female side is the true me I was meant to be, or I want to make any permanent physical changes. I am basically an average masculine husband and father who simply enjoys once and awhile looking and feeling as female as possible. My male side which I comfortably live as 99% of the time gives absolutely no hint to anyone of my female side and probably which they would be very surprised at.
I want to give huge kudos to the many of you who are comfortable with being in public and have made the choice to try to be good ambassadors for the greatly misunderstood crossdressing community. Having said all of the above if the possibility arose I could see Danielle attending something like the hotel confines of the Keystone Conference. In that case the primary reason would be to meet other crossdressers in person and not to be out in public per se.
