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- From: russw@cs.utexas.edu (Russ Williams)
- Newsgroups: alt.transgendered
- Subject: Re: Hi Everyone - Happy New Year!
- Date: 2 Jan 1993 01:33:58 -0600
- Organization: Great Northern Hotel
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- Happy New Year all. Since we're swapping New Year's Eve tales:
-
- I did a variation of my Halloween costume, which was a
- punk/slut/SM kinda thang: black leather miniskirt, black fishnet hose,
- red stiletto heels, red bra with black chemise, a few silver necklaces,
- black leather fingerless gloves, leather jacket, steel chain locked
- around my waist with handcuffs dangling from it, dark red nails,
- black lipstick, and a hint of purple freshly dyed into my hair.
- (All right, so this sounds different from the way most of y'all
- dress on your outings; it's still crossdressing! :-) It was
- my first crossdressing since Halloween; part of me was nervous about
- doing it without the socially acceptable excuse of Halloween, but
- I went with my instincts, which said "go for it". The evening consisted
- of a party at friends' house for about 4 hours first: mostly friends
- I knew were there and who'd seen me in drag during October one or more
- times. A few strangers were there who seemed to take it perfectly
- in stride, which I found rather nice and encouraging. Around 1am,
- I went with my girlfriend to a "Rave", which was a strange big alternative
- music scene at a warehouse in downtown Austin with live music, weird
- robotics and computer graphics happenings, dancing, "brain drinks",
- performance art, and general technoweirdness. We only saw one other
- guy in drag, but nonetheless I fit in QUITE well. Several times
- people commented favorably, and there was no negative reaction.
- Context is everything... don't think it would go over so well at
- the office Monday. :-)
-
- Russ
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