Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Crossdressing: Which dressing room should I use in a department store?
Ah, the difficulties of selecting fitting rooms...I'm sorry dude, it's always a rough choice and especially identifying as male, using the womens changing room has to be hard on you because it's another reminder of the damn "femaleness" you just haven't been able to fix or eliminate yet :( I don't identify as trans, just a buth lesbian, but I do dress in a masculine way; I have often confused sales persons who then look at me and send me to the family changing room ( or as I call it, the gender queer changing stall). Anyway, I often use the men's restroom to avoid lines or staring grannnies, and frequently shop in men's sections and change in their rooms bc I don't want to leave th floor (and some stores won't allow you to take merchandise to other areas) and from my experience, the men's changing areas are similar to women's...a bunch of stalls individually closed off where you're in your own ltitle space. If you feel comfortable, use the men's bc chances are, you won't see anyone and no one will care; if the sales person does say somethig you can either play it off "oh, the womens is doesnstairs? Haha...sorry" or assert your masculinity saying "yeah, I know this is the mens...that's why I'm here man". If you would prefer to avoid the chance of this, you can use the women's; but unless you look feminine at first glance, older women and people working changing booths for women might give you a hard time. As ive been told "no one wants a guy in there!" lol. It all boils down to (first and foremost) your safety, and secondly comfort. Wherever you feel safe, wherever you feel comfort, us that one. Same with bathrooms. And commit with confidence; people generally won't question you identity if you're sure of it! :) an good luck man; it's a tough place to be in transition, and I wish you the best of luck!
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