Transgender and Wigs

So there I was strolling through Manchester City and I glanced at a lady, who aside from being rather tall and stood out from the crowd, was wearing a wig which just sat on her head.

Hey I’m a online retailer specialising in wigs and Hair extensions, so that will be the first thing that I’ll notice about people. Just like a dentist will always focuses on peoples teeth before anything else. Plus I love what I do.

Then I took really good look at her face and realised that it was a man.

Now you may think, as some of my family and friends did, that it was a dare or a joke. I saw the look on this guy’s face and it wasn’t the look of someone doing this for a joke. He looked nervous and determined all at once.

It took my brain a couple of minutes to process that it was man, by which time he’d walked down the street but then did a u-turn and came right back passed me.

That’s when I really looked at his face. He looked like he was going to be ill and was sort of hyperventilating. Thinking about it, to walk around a busy city centre on a Saturday afternoon,  takes courage and determination.

From what I’ve read about transgender, you live the life a women/man for a period of time before you have the operation so that you have time to assess if this is the right decision for you. That’s what I thought was what was happening as he was very much man looking and walking. Plus seeing people look, laugh and point didn’t sit well with me. Rather than being understanding or asking themselves what else could this mean, people were more comfortable ridiculing what they didn’t understand.

I watched Tears, Tiaras and Transsexuals ,which aired on Channel 4 last year and found it fascinating. You get a really good insight of how brave you have to be to follow your dreams. Plus some of the women look absolutely gorgeous!

Talking of gorgeous there was also Isis who competed in America’s Top Model who looks fantastic.

So what did I do…. Well I ran after him and gave him by business card. The synthetic wig he was wearing could have been loads better and more subtle and I know that the wigs I sell are of a much superior quality, as I wear them myself!  If I’d let him go without giving him my card I wouldn’t have slept and it would have played on my mind.