Over the years here in Cyrsti's Condo we have discussed our efforts to "hide" or "sneak" around the neighbors as we were testing the waters as cross dressers and later as androgynous transgender women and men. These days, I am again wondering "what the neighbors think" in two locations. Liz's house which will become my permanent spot is much more mellow for a number of reasons. The main one is the lack of traffic. My sister-in-law's is much more interesting. At both places of course, if I am working outside these days, I'm wearing a "hoody" and jeans with my hair pulled back. So, I do think (as I have written) HRT has made me very androgynous. So androgynous in fact, I run into many people from my past who don't come close to recognizing me. Most certainly that's OK.
Let me point out, at this stage, I am not at her house much and during the 6 months or so I have been, a few of the neighbors have sort of sought me out-for what ever reason. One was when her son landed his drone at Christmas in our back yard, the other was by pure accident. Sister-in-law lives across the street in an older neighborhood with on street parking and the other woman was nice enough. On occasion though, I do entertainment myself wondering if the gossip is flying fast and furious between her house and the two next door. In the one to her left lives a highly religious family whose father worked with me years ago. To her right-a woman who I question much of her sanity.
I don't really care but it's just another occasion when I would like to be a butterfly on the fence when they talk about is that "Bruce Jenner" person living across the street.
The other day on one of the daytime talk shows I actually heard a drag queen explain in coherent non gender slurring terms why he started doing drag. Of course he went as far as to say it and made a clear case of being gay and his partner not liking the "procedures" he was going through to look more feminine for his drag act. In no way did he feel like or want to be a woman.
