Transvestia

about having too large tummies or that their breasts were not shapely enough, etc. When it came to me I told them that though I had never been nude in a group before I had no particular fears nor expectations from that fact alone, that I had seen enough of human bodies in fact and in picture to feel that sex was in its proper place with me and finally that I was expecting considerable from the weekend because I was in fact a male and a transvestite. Paul had told me to reveal the fact at this point in the proceedings and I did. He told me that I could have about 4 minutes to give a thumbnail sketch of what TV was for those who didn't know but not to go into it at length because there was too much else to do. So I made it brief but emphasized particularly that I was a heterosexually inclined male with a dual personality; that I had come to the workshop AS Virginia and I hoped that they would continue to think of me as such even though in a few minutes I would be nude. There was no time given for discussion of the facts and although those who didn't know already were surprised and somewhat baffled we went on to the next person without further ado.

When all had had their say it was about 11P.M. Paul announced that the next step would be to disrobe and go into the pool for the next two exercises. He pointed down the hall and said, “The room at the end is the women's room and the one on the left is for the men. These rooms are inviolate. Virginia, you can use the bathroom." One of the other girls spoke up and said, "Why should she do that, why can't she come in with us?" I replied that I would much prefer to do that since I didn't like to feel like an oddball or different but that neither Paul nor I wanted to embarrass or disconcert anyone. A second girl spoke up and said, "I don't see what difference it makes since we are going to see a bunch of nude males in a few minutes anyway." The others agreed and the upshot was that I went into the girls room with the rest of the girls and took off my clothes with them thus standing revealed in my somewhat hermaphroditic glory. Having taken hormones I have small but nevertheless distinct breasts and I still had my makeup and toe and nail polish on. I had to remove my wig but I combed my own hair down to straight bangs on the forehead and flat over the ears and out onto the cheeks a la the flapper style of the twenties, so with Charles down below and Virginia above I was not so much a sight for sore eyes as a sight to make the eyes sore. But it didn't make much difference to the others after a few surreptitious glances to ascertain whether what I had said was really true.

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