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Recently I wrote a post or two concerning the individuals who helped me cross the gender frontier to live a life as a full time transgender woman. As much as I learned and appreciated their input, there was another group of cis women who accepted me plus helped me move even further into the feminine world.
From the Jessie Hart Archives:
Min on left with myself and Kathy
More precisely, these women helped me to build upon my initial gender change results and took me to levels I never thought I could achieve so fast. Once I discovered the basics of communication, there were women such as Min and Kathy who started to invite me to girls nights out for special events such as birthday parties. Through it all, I was scared or terrified I would make a fool of myself but on the other hand, I wanted to desperately learn what all went on behind the feminine curtain. After all, I had waited my entire life to arrive at a point where I could be accepted as one of the girls on their special evening. What I discovered was there was not much of a secret to be told. The women I were around were predictably more family orientated than men and of course didn’t operate with the same amount of bravado. Looking back also, one of my biggest challenges also was to dress to blend with the women I was going with.
Along with Min and Kathy, there were several more women who accepted me and helped me transition more than they ever knew. The Kim’s, Jen’s and Debra’s (to name a few) made me feel at home in their…