# If you're going to cross dress, at least do it right **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784 "2007-08-16T04:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784/21 "2007-08-16T22:02:11Z")
You all just don’t understand. Wizards have trouble understanding muggle attire, and they often get it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Layla01](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/layla01/32/15552_2.png) [@Layla01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Layla01)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784/22 "2007-08-17T12:19:24Z")
Well, if you were in Adelaide\< I would have thought you’d be talking about [Johnny](http://www.adelaide.citylegends.com/photos.htm), who’s a city icon over here and has his own fan website. Then I realised he was wearing stilettos, not white rubber boots, and had makeup on. Maybe they can exchange fashion tips… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784/23 "2007-08-17T13:28:57Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] You meet someone on the street, you greet them. It’s just a nod and a “hi”. It’s simply good manners. [/QUOTE] Thinking of you walking down there nofdding hello to everyone you see brings to mind that scene from _Crocodile Dundee_ when he first walks down a sidewalk in NYC. (P.S. - Have a #1 and #2 at Primanti’s for me, please. It’s been over a year since I was there last.) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784/24 "2007-08-17T14:25:23Z")
I must say, I enjoyed the pictures of Adelaide’s Johnny very much! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784/25 "2007-08-17T14:53:14Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] You should see Santa Cruz’ [Pink Man](http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pinkman+santacruz&ct=6&ss=2&s=int). He walks astonishingly slowly… maybe twenty seconds to move five feet. Always with that huge smile. If nothing else, I’d imagine one’s face muscles would get sore. [/QUOTE] That man somehow makes me extraordinarily happy to see. He’s like a pink nugget of joy. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784/26 "2007-08-17T18:43:20Z")
I do this sometimes, but not to as large of a degree. I really like the juxtaposition of masculine and feminine, and even though I have short hair and a goatee (used to be a beard), I will wear skirts and heels and women’s shirts (sometimes all together or mixed in with other things from my wardrobe). Makeup is rarely worn, and I don’t like blinding small children and the elderly, so I don’t wear bikinis. I also am one of those “friendly” people, who will acknowledge people with a nod, at the least. (Funny story alert! I wore a beautiful lavender shirt and black tweed skirt to class one day this summer, and there were band camp kids everywhere, just like there always are, every summer. One of the parents saw me, and alerted one of the band camp counselors (one of my friends with whom I also work at Wal-Mart), and told him to “keep him away from my kid!” He laughed, and assured her that I was “harmless,” and went on his way.) ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784/27 "2007-08-17T20:53:47Z")
Your curious person reminds me of a not-quite-all-there gentleman who was repeatedly thrown out of the local wavepool for wearing nothing but Hanes Her Way women’s cotton bikini underwear as his chosen swimming attire. At least he was at a pool, though. I can’t think of anywhere to swim in the Strip. Maybe he was headed to/from the river. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784/28 "2007-08-18T00:10:11Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] The outfit isn’t confirmation enough? [/QUOTE] Yeah, but it’s a bit of CYA before anyone starts lecturing about me laughing at him. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784/29 "2007-08-21T06:26:50Z")
I ran into a similar person two weeks ago while riding the buses in Tacoma. The guy had a full beard, male dress shirt, and tie. He also wore a skirt and those purple-and-black striped long socks goth girls often wear. I got off a block before the main bus center, not because I objected to his outfit but because I feared other people might confront him and I don’t like troubled situations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-cross-dress-at-least-do-it-right/415784.md?page=1)