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Life On The Exponential
That's about when Internet access became available. I soon learned about Tri-Ess, and for the first time met another cross dresser. For nearly 50 years I thought I was the only person like me - not quite a transsexual, not really a transvestite, but someone who quietly wanted to be female.
My cross dressing began to accelerate rapidly at this point. First it was getting up enough courage to drive 50 miles and attend a meeting with other cross dressers in a carefully protected room. Next it was going to a restaurant with other cross dressers. Within a year I found myself going to Williamsburg for a long weekend without taking a stitch of male clothing with me. All kinds of outings became possible. First it was a dinner theater with other cross dressers, then the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Corcoran Gallery of Art on my own. I even managed to take an airline trip en femme before 9/11. More recently I've been enjoying events that are that are not related to the cross dressing community. Last year I went to a trade show en femme. I met some people there who have since become good friends, but still know me only as Rachel.
Yes, we've come a long way baby! And it has been mostly in the last 6 years after almost 50 years of slowly emerging from the cocoon. It's truly been an exponential experience!
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Updated: 04/27/05
