Cross-dressers, drag queens, transgender before and after photographs

I should have done a little more research before posting the last post.
http://aplus.com/a/transgender-before-after-claudia-gonzalez?no_monetization=true
http://www.femmefever.com/before.html
http://www.newhealthadvisor.com/Transgender-Before-and-After.html


This link is amazing because you can slide across the photograph and see the change
https://www.buzzfeed.com/christianzamora/fierce-drag-queen-transformations-thatll-blow-your-wig-of?utm_term=.frj5x5Lj1#.qiJ9x9RJ3

http://beautifuldecay.com/2013/10/08/photographs-reveal-transformations-drag-queens/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Before-and-After-Boy-to-Girl-Drag-Queen-Transforma/
http://alteredidentity.com/shocking-before-and-after-half-drag-portraits/
http://www.ranker.com/list/drag-makeup-before-and-after/ashley-reign?utm_expid=16418821-324.pMyN-GvlQ82K0fkssqN2cQ.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2F

Before and After photos of CD/TV

I found this lovely web site that shows the before and after photos of guys who dress.  These are amazing photographs show you how important it is to have good makeup if want to look and pass as a woman.  Please enjoy.
https://bevhillstg.com/photo-gallery/

Ron was very opinionated about cross-dressers

Matt an cross-dresser tries to correct his friends about misconceptions about cross-dressing

I do not claim to be a grammar expert, in this story, you will find some grammatical errors in this story. The errors can be switching tense, spelling, or typographic errors. I ask if you find an error please let me know by email, to allow me to correct and make the story enjoyable for others.

This is a story of fiction based on facts researched from the Internet.

WARNING!

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Story by CindyUSA

Cindyusa58@yahoo.com

Ron was very opinionated

Ron was opinionated about everything; despite any amount of facts, he would never admit he was wrong. Ron, Bob, Rich and I (Matt) were at a sports bar on a Friday night. I was not sure who mentioned the subject of cross-dressing but Ron said, “All fucking cock sucking cross-dresser are fags, queers.

Bob and Rich laughed at what Ron said, with Bob saying, “Yeah, but they have tits. Chicks with dicks. Yahoo.”

Rich chimed in, “Yeah, a cross-dresser is a guy who likes to eat, drink, and be Mary”

Bob smile and added, “What’s the biggest crime committed by cross-dressers?” Pausing for effect. “Male fraud.”

What was being said made me mad. These guys were my friends but they were totally wrong about cross-dressing. I should know, I am a cross-dresser. In today’s society, cross-dressing is taboo, an activity that people joke about. I do not know how to react to the stupidity of my friends. I could just sit here and pretend to laugh or get up and walk out.

Ron added, “A man told his shrink, “Doc, I had the worst dream of my life last night. I dreamed I was with twelve of the most beautiful chorus girls in the world, blondes, brunettes, redheads. All dancing in a row…” His psychiatrist interrupted, “Hold it, Andy. That doesn’t sound so terrible.” “Oh yeah?” replied Andy, “In the dream, I was the third girl from the end!” Everyone laughing.

Rich told this joke, “Child asks his Mom, Mom, can I ask you something?" "Sure! What about?" replied the mother. "Well, I'm already fourteen and. I think it's just proper that I should own one." "Own 'one' what?" the mother asked suspiciously. "Could you buy me a push-up bar?" The mother quietly replies, “No.” "But my nipples are already prominent and it catches attention." The mother voice is defiant, "Nope." "I think it would be just proper at my age..." The mother raises her voice, "I said no way...!" "But all my friends wear.......!" The mother voice is very loud, “Johnny! “ How many times must I tell you that bars are for girls?"

Ron said, “I don’t believe that men should be allowed to parade around our society in female clothing. I know that all the men we see cross-dressing are gay. They should be charged and taken to court for doing so.”

I had enough of these crappy jokes. I could not keep quiet any longer I was going to tell Ron off. On second thought, maybe I can provide some facts about cross dressing to educated my friends.

I spoke up with authority, “Ron, I read those cross-dressing men are usually not gay and most are married or in a 70% were in a heterosexual relationship. Less than 10% of cross-dressers consider themselves bisexual, or homosexual. The stereotype that cross-dressers are gay comes from the false assumption that femininity exists to serve masculinity. Let us assume the reason women wear dresses, makeup or heels is to gather the attention of men. Within this sociological sexist framework, people can assume any man who dresses as a woman is doing it to gain attention. Of course, this isn’t the truth at all.”

Ron, Bob, and Rich all stared at me with questioning looks on their faces but no words came out of their mouths. My statement caught everyone off guard. No one said anything. I felt it was necessary to add, “It's true that on occasion women do dress up to impress a man. Most of the time women dress to look pretty for themselves, to feel better about themselves, not to impress one another. Cross-dressers are the same; they dress because it feels good to them and not necessarily to attract the attention of men.”

Ron swanks, “Good Matt looks who knows all about queer men dressing up in woman’s clothing.”

My temper was rising with the stupid words coming out of Matt’s mount. I had to reply and point out, “Ron, you would be amazed how many successful men are a closet cross-dresser. Coming out is hard to do in our society, because of all the common misconceptions the public has about men expressing their feminine side. There is perhaps in the US alone 5% of the adult male population have cross-dressed.”

Ron said, “We all know, Hover was in the closet so cross-dressers must be pretty fucked up to want to be a woman.”

Someone must put Ron in his place and I could not hold my tongue. Again, I had to correct Ron’s misunderstanding, “There are those who dress for erotic reasons, those that like the feel of female clothing, and those who wish to go out dressed as a woman just like one of the girls. In almost all cases they are not usually gay and do not wish men as sexual partners. They are regular men when they are not dressing up and they do not want to be a woman full-time. Dressing up is purely an expression of their feminine sides. Most cross-dressers are ordinary men who discovered a feminine aspect of their personalities. They need to transcend the narrow stereotypes mandated by conventional society”.

Ron would not stay quiet and blurted, “Ordinary men expression of their feminine side my ass. I heard that cross-dressers have an illness and cross-dressing can be cured.”

I know that what Matt said was a misunderstanding people have about men that cross-dress. I had to tell Ron the truth about cross-dressing and responded, “Ron, cross-dressing is not an illness and since it is not an illness why would there be a cure. No treatment is necessary as cross-dressing not considered an illness”.

Ron commented, “Well you never catch me in a dress.”

What a comeback Ron I thought. I was really mad and I looked at Ron in the eyes saying, “Cross-dressers come from all walks of life, races, creeds, and economic backgrounds. The cross-dressing dates back many thousands of years. In some cultures, especially some Native American tribes, they were highly respected as shamans. Most cross-dressers are well educated and come from conventional family backgrounds. The vast majority are heterosexual and most are or have been, married. Most are happy in their masculinity, and only a small percentage opts to live as women full-time.” I was pleased with my response and standing up to Ron.

Ron said, “If a man cross-dresses and the wife catches him it is grounds for a divorce.”


I was on a role and corrected Ron again, “Cross-dressing is rarely a cause for divorce. A couple can compromise by granting time for the activity. In most cases, cross-dressers stay married. Most differences can be worked out to the satisfaction of the couple.” I should know because when my wife found out that I cross-dress she wanted to understand why I would do such a thing. It took a while but she understood and accepted my cross-dressing fetish.

Ron could not accept the facts I was providing a had to say, “Cross-dresser are perverts. Who in their right mind would want to cut off their dicks to look like a woman?”

I had all the facts because if the research I did to figure out why I enjoy cross-dressing. I also had facts about cross-dressing when my wife and I sat down and worked out her accepting me being a crossdresser. Again, I could not remain quiet and said, “Ron, come on now. A large majority of cross-dressers do not identify themselves as transsexual or identifying with being born into the wrong body. For the majority of cross-dressers, their feminine feelings and expressions are limited to wearing clothing, makeup, and wigs.” I was doing well and continued, “Unfortunately the society we live in comments very limited roles for both males and females. When it comes to dressing codes, males are much more limited. Some guys grow up resenting this, much the same way that some girls grow up resenting wearing dresses and choose to never wear them. A lot of times, people, just like many women, are exhausted by their prescribed role in society. They just want to find some “balance” by expressing something different from masculinity.

Ron said, “I just do not understand why a man would start cross-dressing.” Ron must have been tiring in this conservation or was honestly open to my comments.

“Ron,” I respond, “Cross-dressers usually start dressing up as a child or in their teens. In very few cases it can start later on in life.”

“Ok, Matt” Ron rebutted, “You are so smart, why do boys start to cross-dress. If I caught my son cross-dressing I would spank him”.

“Good Ron,” I responded, “Probably out of a sense of childlike curiosity. Some cross-dressers may have sisters or a babysitter who may have dressed them up as girls either for fun or punishment. With some cross-dressers, the dressing is purely a fantasy. Dressing can relieve the stress involved in living up to the perceived male role model as a tough, problem solver. Pretending to be a girl may provide him with a release from male peer pressures. Many times cross-dressers will start dressing up in lingerie or silky clothing, like panty hose or stockings purely for the feeling of the fabrics on their body. Cross-dressing often will progress as time goes by to include complete dressing up, applying makeup and wigs, even mimicking female walking and talking.

Ron questioned, “Matt are you telling me that a boy can start to cross-dress, quit for 40 years then starts to cross-dress again?”

By now I had a few beers and realized I was running off at the mouth. I was disturbed what Ron was saying he was spouting off at the mouth and did not have any of the facts, just heresy, I stated, “When a man reaches the mid-twenties or later, social and economic pressures start to surface. Children, a mortgage, car payments, and education worries can play a role. Undoubtedly, the biggest cause of a man’s stress is through his job. The pressures of family life and the reduction of sexual activity as his marriage matures can contribute to his cross-dressing. Life stresses can build up, causing the deep memories of his cross-dressing past to resurface. He will start to cross-dress again to relieve his stress and the daily pressures.”

Ron said, “His wife, family or boss should tell him to quit.”

I know what Ron was saying was wrong, I know I had tried to quit but found that I was depressed when I tried to quite cross-dressing and was the happiest when I was dressed. I responded, “This is probably the worst thing anyone

Ron was still not listening and he responded, “Well if my son or someone I knew was a cross-dresser I would force them to stop.”

At this point, I had to state, “Because of possible stress from families, jobs, and friends, many cross-dressers fetish is shrouded in secrecy. Burdened by fear and guilt, some cross-dressers deny their feminine side and purge of their clothing. Cross-dressers are further stressed by eliminating a significant part of their personality. Eventually, they return to feminine self-expression as a means of decrease of their stress. Some seek therapy, but as many therapists are not knowledgeable about cross-gender issues, they sometimes find themselves educating the therapist rather than getting the help they seek. Nor are psychiatric drugs of benefit.”

I wanted to go on but Ron and Bob needed to go. I had my limit of beer and need to sober up before driving home. Rich and I started to drink coffee. Bob was the designated driver for Ron so they left.

Rich and I were now alone at the bar. The conservation was down to just Rich and I, Rich asked, “Matt where did you learn all that information about cross-dresser? You sounded so knowledgeable on the subject.”

I smiled at Rich saying, “Rich my friend, can you keep a secret?” Rich nodded his head. “Rich, I am a closet CD. I have been crossdressing since I was twelve years old. I stole my cousin’s panties and started to enjoy the thrill of under-dressing. The feeling I received from feeling the women's clothing was heightened by the feeling I get from the possibility of getting caught.”

Rich asks, “Matt what about your wife Sara, does she know?”

I told Rich, “Yes she knows but not as encouraging as I would like. She does not let me wear her clothing but will buy me a few outfits to wear. I underdress and have a collection of women’s panties I wear. Some are what are called sissy panties, they are full cut, made of silk, or satin and have lace and bows. I wear them around the house when Sara will pretend to make me her sissy.”

By the look on Rich’s face showed surprise at what I was saying, “Damn Matt, you have me horny. Sara actually buys you clothes to wear then plays dress up?”

I have not shared my secret with anyone. I was feeling relieved talking to Rich and was feeling boastful and said, “Rich, my sex life has been wonderful once Sara fully embraced my feminine side. When we have sex, it is more passionate than when I am not dressed. Making love to her is like we were two women, two lesbians having sex.”

Rich was leaning towards me listening to my every word. He said, “Matt, your lucky dog. So how did all this happen?”

I briefly told Rich how and why I started to cross-dress, “Started when I was twelve and needing something to jack off with. I stole panties from my cousin and jacked off with them. I stole panties and bra but had to put them to hide them. I rode my back home underdress and was so excited by feeling the material next to my body I shot off in my pants. I had a wet spot on my shorts and almost got caught by my best friend.”

I continued, “I almost got caught by my neighbor and when I went to the emergency room. I know they knew I would dress in panties and bra because they gave me more things to play dress up. I met a nice lady at the Mall in the department store who gave me a corset, stockings and a wig.”

Rich asked, “Did you have sex with them?”

I understood Rich’s question was a misconception about a cross-dresser, “Rich, the only sex I had was with myself. My cross-dressing has been just for me and I need to release my sexual tension. You know when you are a teenager you would try to find out how many times you can jack off, or wanted to see how far you can shoot your load. I did not think of sex with others, never entered my mind then.”

Rich was on his second cup of coffee, was wide eyed and had so many questions to ask, “So no one found out? Did your parents know?” He hesitates then asks, “Have you ever been with a man?”

All of these questions, I was wondering if telling Rich was a good idea, “Rich, my life as a cross-dresser has been a secret. No one I know knows and I hope suspects. My mother knew about the panties but she never found the other I items I was given. At least she never said anything. I never asked, she never told. As for being with a man, when I was in college I became curious. I had some wild times. I had this term paper that I had to do research. The only way to complete the research was to dress up and pretend to be a woman. I have sucked a few cocks and been fucked too.”

Rich responded to my last statement, “No way. You mean you are gay.”
I responded by saying, “No Rich, I do not want to marry a man. I just like sex and it does not matter if I am with a man or a woman. I am Bisexual.”

Rich paused a moment then asked, “Do you have any photos of you when you are dressed?”

I love posing for photos and posting them to my Flickr site for others to enjoy. I gave Rich a link which he used to bring up my photos on his smart phone.

For the next five minutes, he stared at his phone, using his thumb to scroll between photos. Finally, Rich said, “Damn Matt, your pictures made me horny. I would never have a guy suck me off but I think I could if it was a cross-dresser. Do you any cross-dressing friends that I can meet?” “By the way, what is your cross-dressing name?”

I responding with just one word, “Cindy.”

I was not sure where this conversation was going with Rich and if I wanted to tell him everything about Cindy. I had too many beers and was saying things that I have kept private all my life. I was talking about my secret fetish of dressing with a coworker who might not be someone I could trust. This coworker knows my wife, where I worked and now that I was a cross-dresser.

To be continued

I am living in Bahrain

While this article is over a year old I wanted to post it here to show the attitude the middle east has for TV/TG people.

Bahrain may ban ‘expat transgenders’

By: dt news

, Posted on 14-May-2016

Manama : MPs will vote on Tuesday on a proposal to ban importing foreign employment of the transgenders category (men and women).

The proposal was recently approved by the Council’s Services Committee, which consulted several official parties before taking the decision.

DT News reported last summer that MP Jamal Dawood submitted a proposal that obliges “employers who recruited transgenders to immediately cancel their work permits and send them back where they came from.” The proposal also bans recruiting expats from the same category.

The committee studied the proposal since last October and issued a report that would be voted on during the upcoming weekly meeting of the House of Representatives next Tuesday.

In its report, the committee said it approved the proposal considering the second and fifth articles of the Bahraini Constitution.

“The proposal comes in line with the second article of the constitution, which stipulates that Islam shall be the religion of the State, Islamic Sharia a main source of legislation, and Arabic the official language. The fifth article said the family is the corner-stone of society and its strength lies in religion, morality and patriotism. Hence, we shall protect the society from immoral behaviours,” the committee’s report read.

In its reply to the committee, Labour and Social Development Ministry said, “Work contracts are made between the different parties in the agreement. It should not be revoked or amended unless for reasons mentioned in the law. In case the employee was guilty of committing crimes and felonies that disrupt public morals, the employer has the right to permanently terminate the contract if a final verdict was issued against the employee in such cases.”

“Since transgenderism is unaccepted by the Islamic Sharia, the Ministry recommends criminalising such behaviours by a clear legislation. But, since it’s related to personal lives, it’s not fit to be included in the Labour Law,” the Ministry added.

On the other side, Labour Market Regulatory Authorities (LMRA) said the proposal isn’t practical, but when a felony committed, certain legal steps are taken including revoking work permits.

As published on DT News earlier, Dawood explained that his proposal comes after receiving numerous complaints from citizens of both genders, who expressed their irritation from the “bizarre phenomenon” that invaded the Bahraini society lately.

“We’re now subjected to a systematic campaign to destroy our societies. It’s a cultural invasion that must be combated. We must protect our societies and don’t allow such phenomena to gnaw into it. Awareness, unity and family solidarity are the keys to achieve this goal,” he added.

Muhannad Mansour muhannad@dt.bh

Looking more like a woman

I love photos to be taken of me but sometimes I look like a man with wearing a wig.  I have found a way to look more fem by retouching my photos. I use a software package called Portraitprofessionl
http://www.portraitprofessional.com/photo_editing_software/
The portrait software is about 80 pounds or $104 US.
The software can change every feature on your face.  I like the way it makes my wrinkles go away.  It can add some makeup to the eyes as well as tan your skin or add blush. But the software was not designed to be a makeup software.

It does not take long to edit a photo or a lot of experience.

 I just love the way I look in the after photos. I wish my make up skills were as good as my editing skills.  I post all my photos on my flickr.com site
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cindyusa/

If anyone has a portrait they would like to improve send me your photos and I will edit them.  Just send me your jpg to cindyusa58@yahoo.com
Cindy

Like most of us cross-dressers I am married.  My wife does not know I wear woman clothing and meet men for sex.  I have been lucky for the last eight years I have been working away form home while my wife took care of her parents.  They both were in good health but need a care giver to make there lives comfortable.  Both of my in-laws now have passed and my wife is able to live with me again.  I have mixed feelings about this, Cindy will have to go back in the closet. 
I have secured a suitcase with my Cindy things with a friend in London.  This is one of my favorites places to go for a few days and relax being Cindy.  I have another friend who will keep my other outfits.  For the last three years I lived in Saudi Arabia and was able to be Cindy several times a week.  I had a chance to practice doing my make up. 
I enjoy dressing like a woman, looking like a woman, being desirable as a woman by strangers I meet.
My plan is to lay low and not dress.  My wife will be living with me in Bahrain for the next six months  Then she will leave for a couple of month.  Cindy will have to wait until the right time to dress again.  In the next six month I hope to loose another twenty pounds, and fitting into a size sixteen.
In my down time of being Cindy I will try to fill the need by adding to this blog.  I do not have a lot of followers here.  I will try to increase my followers by posting interesting information about our hobby and past time cross-dressing.  So if you follow me, and have any suggestions on what to wright about please contact me at cindyusa58@yahoo.com.  If you know ways for my blog to be read by more people, please let me know.

I was getting fat.  According to the medical profession I was obese.   My weight was 244 lbs with my height being 5 foot 10 inches.  My Body Mass Index was 35.  My ideal weight is 190 lbs.  I had several medical conditions: pre diabetes, hypotension, sleeping did order and a incisional hernia.
When I dressed I looked pregnant. I even started to shop for pregnant woman clothing so things would fit and hide my few extra pounds.  One of my admires commented on my weight and mentioned that he knew a doctor who taught the weight reduction surgery at the local University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 
I met the doctor and after reviewing my medical history recommended the sleeve surgery.  This operation would be done Laparoscopy and would remove four fifths of my stomach.  It would remove the part of my stomach that creates the hungry feel you have with not food to digest.  My people cannot loose weight because this hungry feeling will make you eat.  The operation reduces the size of your stomach that allows you to reduced your calories per day.  I should be able to loos the fifty four pounds in six month. 

The operation cost $11,500 with the insurance not paying for the cost because I was not on a diet plan supervised by a doctor.  I had been to a doctor many months before and put on a diet but was never supervised, or in a weight program like Jenny Craig.  It really did not matter, I was fat, my health issues started to have an affect on my activities.  Walking up two flight of stairs would make me out of breath.

I took the money out of my retirement account and had the operation on the last day of February 2017.  I was on a liquid diet for three weeks.  The liquid diet was apple juice, broth soup, sixty four ounces of water and jell.  I started to loos one pound of fat a day for thirty days.  Next I was placed on a semi liquid diet for thirty days that allowed me to eat scrambled eggs, apple sauce, soup from can and sixty ounces of water a day. I continue to loos weight at about a pound every two days.
At the end of the second month I was thirty eight pounds lighter.

My pants went from a 44 to a 38, my chest went from a fifty four to a fourth four.  Lucky I still kept my A cup and they even looked better because my stomach was going.  I stopped loosing weight after a few months due to a variety of reasons have maintained my weight at two hundred four pounds. My pants size is less than a 38 but a little more than a 36. I am able to walk without getting out of breath.
I am still looking to loose the last fourteen pounds over the next month.  I will go on the semi liquid diet.

I think I look sexier, I did all this so Cindy would be looking sexier for the men I meet.  I was in size 22 to 24 woman dress and now I am down to 16 to 18 dress.  A lot of my cloths now do not fit and will purge them.  Some of the clothing I purchased did not fit and now they do.  I have some pre-operation photos of my body but have not taken any post operation.  When I do I will post them.