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Closets

Gianna's articles on closets apply to those who crossdress in private or in public, while remaining in the gender role of their birth.

Acting on Sex Fantasies
At one time I received a call for help from a crossdresser embroiled in nasty marital discord after that person's spouse discovered infidelity. In brief, the husband had built a secret life, with sexy short skirts, six-inch pumps, and long nights partying in the company of an exotic lover.
Closet Comfort
I've always liked the metaphoric phrase of a person's closet representing inner secrets, lives and fantasies. Perhaps, because when we set aside any negative connotations people's closets are so interesting.
Closeted Crossdresser Dilemmas

Have you noticed how many people have come out of the closet these days? Has someone attempted to make you feel bad because you only have an online existence?

Stealth or Purge: Returning to the Closet

There exists a great amount of information dealing with the subject of crossdressers who purge and return to the closet. Transsexuals, transgenderists, and other transgender persons also are not immune to the pattern of disappearing from the transgender community.

Closeted Forever?

Over the years I have been contacted by very deeply closeted crossdressers, transsexuals and other transgender persons. Often these individuals believe that coming out is an impossibility. Many rarely socialize, even stealthfully on the Internet, for fearing of being found out

"Closeted" for 40 Years?

When the phrase "closeted crossdresser" comes to mind, frequently most people think of stereotypes. Such as the secretive man who masturbates wildly over erotic fantasies while wearing hot, sexy lingerie. Then, there's the stereotype of the tearful individual revealing for the first time his secret to family in front of a national television audience.

Secret Lives

During the past year I have received a series of nasty telephone messages each month from the very unhappy wife of a crossdresser. According to her messages, she believes that perverted therapists like me taught her ex-husband how to secretly wear dresses and perform unnatural sex acts.


GIANNA E. ISRAEL provides nationwide telephone consultation, individual & relationship counseling, evaluations and referrals. She is principal author of the Transgender Care (Temple University / in press 1997). She also writes Transgender Tapestry's "Ask Gianna" column; is an AEGIS board member and HBIGDA member.She can be contacted at (415) 558-8058, at P.O. Box 424447 San Francisco, CA 94142, or via e-mail at Gianna@counselsuite.com.


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