Thursday I finally got a chance to attend one of the Transgender San Francisco’s mid-month get-togethers. While I’ve been interested for a while, it’s tough to go home, get changed and get up to San Francisco on a week night.
But I’m interested in volunteering to do outreach as part of TGSF’s speakers bureau, so it was a chance to meet with TGSF’s officers for some mutual sizing-each-other up.
Unfortunately, after a nicely dry weather, we got the first big storm in weeks, so needless to say traffic was a mess. Nor did I realize that the restaurant was across the street from BART (which meant I could’ve parked in Daly City and ridden in, rather than having the ever-so-lovely task of trying to find parking in San Francisco).
But, while late, I finally made it. There were close to a dozen people there, about half who I’d met before, and we chatted over tapas. It seemingly went well, and they seemed pleased to have a crossdresser who was willing to step forward and help out.
(For better or worse, most “transgender” organizations seem to be dominated by transsexuals—since so few crossdressers are willing to step out into such a scarily public role. And any organization, from the PTA to the Girl Scouts, tends to reflect the concerns of those willing to devote the most time and energy, even despite their best intentions. Not that I have any problems with TGSF per se, but I’ve heard bitching by crossdressers that the “transgender” organizations overlook CD-specific concerns. I do think there are things such organizations can do to be more CD-friendly, but bottom line it’s time to put up or shut up.)
Anyway, hopefully I’ll get a chance to do some speaking in the near future.
