Quote from: Leman on 20 August 2016, 12:55:04 PM
Pink, tight  T-shirt, hint of eyeshadow and manscara, and a slight swing of the hips when walking. Doubtless FK will now be gunning for me, but it has been a fascinating morning down in Liverpool - first stop was a coffee shop where the rather attractive counter assistant had evidently not yet completed the gender reassignment, then into a gift shop opposite where the salesman made Larry Grayson seem as straight as a die. Mind you, he did have great conversation.

after this

Quote from: FierceKitty on 20 August 2016, 11:25:41 AM
Hmmm, a camp suggestion...well, I'd say just the teeniest hint of green in the cloth, darlings, and then use a contrasting olive and eau de nil  flocking on your bases; and there are some simply ravishing recreations of military marches from the era that you can play while all those so-macho Romans go up against those butch barbarians....

I'm not sure he really can

You wouldn't believe some of my students. The crossdresser is a common and largely accepted type here; since they're often in mid gender change, it can be a problem working out how to address them politely. Fortunately, there's a much more relaxed attitude all round, so little danger of offending people.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 21 August 2016, 01:30:26 AM
You wouldn't believe some of my students.

Ohhhh yes I would

Remember I have spent quite a bit of time in the Philippines

And one of my grooms-men wore a purple and gold dress so he wasn't confused with the bridesmaids who wore gold and purple

It's a funny old world - thank goodness!

Amen!

Quote from: Leman on 21 August 2016, 07:45:31 AM
It's a funny old world - thank goodness!

Yes or no one on the Forum would fit in 

  Hallooooo!

I went to an Open University Summer School many years ago, and we saw two cross-dressers/TVs (Eddie Izzard was in his ascendancy then). Very pleasant cheerful chaps they were too. We spoke to one of the student reps asking if it was common, and he said, yes, the three of them had been before.

..three?

We spent the rest of the week trying to figure out who the third was...

Should I just have a Scottish-Polari dictionary on the base too?

Quote from: mad lemmey on 25 August 2016, 09:03:34 AM
Should I just have a Scottish-Polari dictionary on the base too?

Another anecdote - at a LARP weekend, while guarding the gate at the faction camp, I was approached by two players (just having a bit of random character play fun) calling themselves Julian & Sandy... After about 10 minutes, we had about 10 utterly confused spactators as we (the only 3 who knew what the hell we were on about) attempted to converse, in character, in Polari...

Lovely boys.

 

 

"I can speak with these people, I understand their language. I have camped with them..."