Playing Hooky

For those of you who missed last month's meeting...which was just about
everyone, here are the answers to the question "What is a crossdresser?"

1. An angry piece of bedroom furniture- see TV
2. TV- The one eyed God of the Family room aka television. Often seen
crowned with a lace doily.

c. A person who willfully, repeatedly and voluntarily wears clothing associated with the opposite sex without external compensation. Willfully means that they know what they're doing. They know the clothing in question is for the opposite sex. Repeatedly is self evident. One time counts for nothing, nor does the occasional costume party. Voluntarily is means that their is no coercion involved, no lost bet, no missing clothing, no daring escape plan. And without external compensation means that the person isn't doing it for money or applause but for some reason that comes from deep inside. Please note that nothing is said about sexual orientation or sexuality, or how much clothing is worn, or how often or where.

But neither this nor the low attendance is the big news from the last meeting. You see, we let out a little early, so I dropped on by the production of the Sissy Show that some of my friends were putting on at Venuu (see article later) at the UU Church in Cleveland Heights Coventry District. And guess who I should spy playing hooky from our meeting? I'm not going to give you the names of these sisters. I won't rat them out. But if they want to step forward and claim credit...they're more than welcome...here's why-

Those two ladies attending this production is a demonstration of the success of Alpha Omega. I'm sure we can't take all the credit, but surely we're due some. One of the purposes of Alpha Omega is to get people to take steps to more fully express themselves and for some people that means doing things besides going to support group meetings. For some people this means graduating to going out to appropriate public venues and simply having a good time like any other person in attendance. So rather than mourn bad attendance for one meeting, or bewail people playing hooky I celebrate it. Hooray for them and hooray for us!

Oh, Other news from the meeting was that Laurie has invited AO to participate in the Contra Dance being held by the welcoming committee at the place where we hold our meetings on Friday the 11th of July. Z and I will
be there and hope to see some of you too.

PS... a little birdie told me they got the idea to go there from me

Diane