Day or Night

In the past, I usually went out en femme at night. Not so much now. These days, I usually go out during the day. Age is the main reason.

In my eighth decade on the planet, my eyesight is still correctable to 20/20, but driving in the dark is not a joy ride. Being blinded by on-coming vehicle headlights is no fun.

So I prefer daylight outings. It is not only safer driving in daylight, but it is also safer on a civilian encounter level. The chance of being accosted is less likely in daylight – at least it feels safer to me. (I still get chills thinking about the night I exited a gay bar in Hartford and was followed by a guy who wanted to get better acquainted.) 

In addition to that too close encounter, I disliked going to gay bar sfor a couple of other reasons. Smoking in bars and restaurants was still legal back then and after leaving the bar, my clothes and wig stunk from the cigarette smoke. Also, I felt out of place in the gay bar. Gays were not interested in socializing with me no matter how fabulous I looked!

And so it goes.

Wearing Boston Proper

Tom Holland femulating on television’s Lip Sync Battle.
Click here to see this femulation on YouTube.