I went into hanley last night rather than Wednesday, as, according to their website, the Pink bar shuts Wednesday. It was great fun – my first real time dressed en femme off campus. Well, I wasn’t really dressed, as I didn’t have any make-up, and I left my wig at home for fear it would keep sliding off, but I felt I looked cute and pleasingly ambiguous. I wore a padded bra to give me he right shaped chest. Every time I caught my reflection in a mirror or window, I felt a buzz, a thrill that I cannot explain.

Mind you, when we got to the Pink place, it looked dead, too quiet. So we went round to the Spareroom, which had rock music playing. We stayed there for the evening – it’s a rock/Goth place, and I kind of like Goth fashion. Short skirts, torn tights, fingerless gloves etc. we caught the last bus home and I got the last bus home dying for a pee but very very happy.