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Norwich Evening News: Introducing the mystery lady in my life

So...

A few weeks back I received an email out of the blue from Stacia Briggs, a feature writer for the Evening News in Norwich, who'd discovered this site and wanted to write an article about me.

At first I was fairly reluctant. I occasionally get this kind of request, and it's usually from some researcher or journo who just needs to fill their monthly quota of freaks for a women's mag or a daytime chat show.

But this was different, it was obvious that Stacia had spent at least a bit of time looking around my site, and had made the effort to craft a personal email that attempted to preempt any concerns I might have.

In short, it was a good email. She even said I was a clever chap and asked if I'd thought about writing columns myself, and that kind of flattery works wonders.

Also, I realised that my plans for multi-media world domination had stalled a little after the slot on Radio 5 at two in the morning, so it was time to move onto the next phase... newsprint!

So I said "yes", with a couple of small caveats (mainly for the sake of my privacy, and ... er... Lucy's).

A short while later she interviewed me, and the article above was the result.

I think you'll agree Stacia deserves the "Feature Writer of the Year" award she recently picked up, because I'm as chuffed as ninepence with what she's written.

It might not be the exact words I would have used (and it's all the better for it) but it promotes exactly the same attitude that I've always tried to get across with my blog writings and elsewhere: that dressing up in women's clothes isn't something to be ashamed of. Yeah, it might be amusing to see a grown man in a dress, but hey, I'm laughing too, because being a tranny is fun, funny and fundamentally not a bad thing.

I'm still Spreading the Word... one city at a time!