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Christina – Great post. You have sliced through the issue with precision. I was reflecting on this last night as I walked back to my car all dressed up. Yeah we really need to get on with it.

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For me it depends on what day and sometimes what time what part of the spectrum I am on. Juliette

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Great comments everyone.
Indeed who cares. Walk with confidence. True for me too about caring less as I get older.

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Great words Liz – That is what I think – I am fortunate to be trans.
I would rather be supporting people like you Liz than the lowlifes that make our life not easy. We need to support each other on this forum and any way we can for each other in public

Juliette

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Interesting – I will be brushing up my accents then. Only which one to choose.

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Interesting article and has some good references. As always read a lot of different articles but in the end it is pretty much all opinion (however learned it sounds).

There is no manual for my head or anything written down that I have read that describes how I feel.

Juliette

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I am agreeing with Liz and Adrian – be yourself. Sammie, the ignoramus who isn’t impressed with you being in their store is the problem. Why they don’t want your money is beyond me.

Juleitte

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Thanks all for the words above. Good discussion.
Like all of us, Caitlyn is human and as for all of us words can be clumsy. She is spot on that she speaks for her story not anyone else. We are a spectrum of types shapes features and yes people do judge books by the cover – just ask any woman – trans or not.
When we read things we have to keep in mind that the text is the smallest part of the message – the spoken tone and body language is far more important and yet we don’t see that in the cold typeface.

If we all paused and thought before we said and wrote things the planet may just survive….

Juliette

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I drive en femme too all the time and it does not bother me. – however – I do think that when the sun roof cover is slid back that the truck drivers can see my legs exposed. Doesn’t worry me but I think about it.
Funny that I don’t even think about that when I am in DRAB clothes mode….

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Kristyana
Great writing. I wish I could write so.
What you said covers me and I guess a lot of other folks.
Oppression is a weight that I as a mature adult can handle but it is a crime when we oppress the young for being who they are. Binary is crap. Let’s not be categorised – let’s be free to be who we are.

Juliette

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Yep – I would rather just have the experience where it just flows naturally. Was in Myer – City this week and bought some sales stuff. The staff were friendly and had no issue that I was buying for me and it was great – discussing what colours worked best – worked well. If I know that the shop is cool I will go back there.

Juliette.

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Also MAC in Myer were very helpful. I have had good experience in Myer and DJs in the city in boy mode and girl mode. Citychic are also cool in the city.

Thanks Chantelle for the heads up about Surry Hills.

Juliette

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Yes we are all unique. I also like to over compensate femininely and there is some truth in that “never take it for granted thing” for me. I also would wear heels higher than most girls would but hey this is the point of the feminine side of me is that the only rules are my rules. Getting milk in 5 inch heels is making a statement but hey who knows where you are on the way to anyway? I try not to be judgmental as this is exactly what I don’t want people to do to me. Yes I am a man on the outside and yes I have boots on and a skirt and so what. Equally if GGs want to go out with drabby less femme clothes on again so what. That is what unique is – I just wish cross dressing would just be “dressing” and I could be more equally unique

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Linda – spot on.
There are enough differences between each woman to make having a nutshell for genetic women let alone someone who has lived as a woman in a male body.
Stereotypical responses aside I guess for me it means how I feel which is definitely not relating to male things. I feel like me which is a mix of mostly “female” things with a few male things. Confused – join the club. But I like confused

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I agree with Michelle that it is all about confidence and attitude. I was out in a very suburban club a while back to see a drag show and I was dressed and the only issue was the photo ID part. No hassles and yes they were pleased to take my money. I guess that more mainstream acceptance is a good thing but it fragments the community. Change is part of life.
For me I am pleased that I can go out where I live (which is nowhere near any tg epicenter) dressed how I like. All I need is that confidence and attitude. High heels help that

Juliette