NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/alt/transgen/407

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From: [e-mail] (Russ Williams)
Newsgroups: alt.transgendered
Subject: Re: SF cons as CD-safe zone??
Date: 21 Dec 1992 02:33:15 -0600
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>SF conventions??  I'm not hip to the SF scene.  Please clue me in on this.

Science Fiction cons, to use a stereotype, basically attract weird people
who are more tolerant of weirdness than "average" society is.  Depending
on the con there are usually folks dressed in costumes: SCA (Society
for Creative Anachronism) people hang out in medieval or renaissance
type garb, Star Trek fans might wear Trek uniforms, and so on.  At some
cons there are apparently folks from a.s.b. in wild SM regalia (alas,
I've not been to many of these :-).  And there's occasional crossdressers.
So this year I went to ArmadilloCon (in Austin) in drag for the Saturday
night dance.  'Twas my first public crossdressing, and it went well and fun.
Even fooled a few people.  (I'm tall and curveless, so most folks recognized
me as a guy in drag, although some friends did not recognize me at least!)
I know of other folks who used an SF con as their first public crossdressing
adventure as well.

(If you were curious about SF cons in general: there are panel discussions
on various topics with authors, there are often role-playing games, a video
room, a book dealers room, autograph sessions, authors reading works,
art show, etc etc)

Russ

>Lorraine