Were would you move?

[Emma_Thorne]

This is an EXCELLENT question Suzie!

I’ve traveled about quite a bit over the years across our wide brown land and would like to offer a few points to consider:

– everyone everywhere thinks they live in a barren TG location. This is certainly not borne out by the facts but is rather more a case of lots and lots of little groups or individuals all over the place where you live who do not know each other. I was only thinking recently how many girls I now know in WA…10 years ago zero, now probably 20.

– are you on Facebook? As dull and loathsome as it can sometimes be it is a great platform for connecting with locals.

– Melbourne certainly seems to be the place to live if you want a very active social life and choice. There are quite a few TG welcoming pubs and places to go for a bit of nightlife if that is your thing. The drawback is, of course, it is full of Victorians.

– There are lots of girls running around Sydney and Brisbane in groups too so they are more than worth considering also.

It won’t matter where you live unless you throw on some heels and head out into the world to see who you might stumble across. If nothing is happening where you are then create something like a cafe meet or drinkies night somewhere it is really not that hard.

This subject is oportune for me at the moment as it looks inevitable that I will be leaving the City of Churches and Bizarre Sex Crimes for new pastures (work related ladies not via a court order before anyone says it). I will have a choice and I admit that the TG scene of both places is part of my internal decision making. One is active, one is barren. With the active one I know quite a lot of girls and I think I’d slip in seamlessly…with the other I will have to drag them out of their closets.

[Marian]

Hi Emma
I hope you are moving to Perth! Or at least considering it. We could do with your delightfully mischievous presence over here. And I am sure it would result in a lot of closets being used for the purpose of hanging clothes rather than hiding in them. I agree with your sentiments wholeheartedly and there are a lot more of us out and about these days. And especially so once the networking potential of dedicated Facebook sites are more fully utilised. As for the Perth scene it is definitely improving by my observation and great folk like Karron and Leece on the Trans in WA network are starting to build up some momentum to get the like minded together more often. But you need to find within yourself the courage and the commitment to seek out those of our persuasion, and benefit, as I have done, from the advice and friendship of those only too willing to share it and provide it. And in this I am always happy to meetup with Perth based transwomen for a chat at mutually convenient times.
Hugs
Marian

[Fay]

Emma.
Sid-en-ey, Sid-en-ey, Sid-en-ey.

Come to Sydney Emma, we need you and would love to have you here. We need someone with your vivacious personality to “drag” all the small splinter groups together. There is a whole suburb that is accepting of our kind…Newtown.
The Imperial Hotel has reopened after a major renovation and every establishment on King Street loves us.
Unfortunately our (TgR) regular ‘last Friday of the month’ cafe venue has just closed but we are on the hunt for a replacement.
I can even drag (there’s that word again) Mel up from Dapto for some activities. Sorry not Dapto, Horsley darling, Horsley)
I’ll be down your way the first week in September, Will mention it to my host and we maybe able to meet up and discuss further.
Big hugs,
Fay

[Anya]

Perth is definitely the answer! It’s fast getting better over here, however we really do need reinforcements to help tame some of the more challenging bucking broncos over here in the wild west.

[Deleted User]

Hi Suzie, It’s a long time since I lived in WA around Cottesloe in the late eighties, had a great time back then but the Trans Scene was very small then. Moving to which of the 2 big cities in the east is a good question, I have lived and worked in both Sydney and Melbourne even grew up in Sydney and both offer much the same in terms of resources. I think the answer to your question is just your preference to one city over the other. I would choose Melbourne myself but there are a lot of personal reasons for doing so and it’s where I will retire to in a couple of years’ time. Best of luck with your decision and hope it all goes well for you. Rosemary

[Emma_Thorne]

Thank you ladies for all your wonderful comments and I’m sorry to have highjacked the conversation a little!
It really doesn’t matter where you live it is how you live there.

UPDATE: So as far as my probable move from the City of Churches goes it is down to two offers – one in Sydney and one back home in Hobart. The pull of family is very strong but I do have a daughter living on the Central coast of NSW and I have so many wonderful girlfriends in the TG community in Sydney and there is a lot on offer there…even in Dapto! I have never been a wage slut but both are highly attractive offers and it is difficult to separate them but I hope to have it all done and dusted in the next fortnight.