25,208 Days and Counting Dept.
Thank-you all for the birthday wishes!
Many of my regular correspondents and commenters sent birthday wishes and I was surprised by the “strangers,” readers who I do not know, who sent their birthday wishes, too!
Either way, I appreciated all your kind words! Thank-you!
Postponing the Inevitable Dept.
Monday, I mentioned that next week’s
True Colors Conference was the conference that I would be attending that was most likely to be cancelled due to the coronavirus. I was wrong – rather than being cancelled, it was postponed to Wednesday to May 22 and 23.
Coincidentally, there was a ham radio conference on the same dates as the True Colors Conference that I would have attended if I had not committed to present at True Colors. Turns out that conference was cancelled on Wednesday!
Too Close for Comfort Dept.
“I never feel comfortable in the women’s department. I feel like I’m just a little too close to trying on a dress.”
So said Jerry in “The Red Dot” episode of
Seinfeld.
On
Seinfeld, Jerry did not play a trans character. In real life, I am not aware that Jerry is a trans person.
Larry David wrote “The Red Dot” episode and as far as I know, Larry is not a trans person either.
My point is that the “too close to trying on a dress” line came from a non-trans person. Admittedly, it was intended to be humorous, but I wonder if there is a grain of truth buried in that line.
Do non-trans men feel uncomfortable in women's department because they feel like they are a little too close to trying on a dress?
I don’t know because I am trans. Whenever I am in the women’s department, I always feel close to trying on a dress. In fact, I would love to try on a dress if I see one I like and I have actually done so on more than one occasion in boy mode.
But do non-trans men have thoughts about wearing dresses?
I am sure that the average guy would not admit it except in jest because he would not want to muddle up his masculine image. But, it does make me wonder how close the average guy is to joining our team.
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Wearing Michelle Mason |
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Dave Foley femulating on television’s Kids in the Hall |