(updated from time to time; most recently 11.30.19 + minor tweaks 5.20.21, update pending)

Hi all;

Seattle T-girl here, welcome to this progress report on my evolving feminine persona.

Names and titles go out of style over time, and i'm not sure that calling oneself a T-girl is politically correct anymore. I’ve called myself Jerigurl and I have thought of myself as a transvestite for 25 years or so, more or less since I realized that I feel a little more OK inside when I present myself in the mirror as a woman. Labels have connotations however, not all of them intended, but i don't take that part too seriously.

Dressing as a woman feels "right" to me, but the whole process of discovering this as an adult was pretty awkward and mostly something I did in private for a long time. Fortunately, I evolved. Going out dressed for the first time (one quick nervous tour around a dark parking lot in 2006) was the threshold between privately pleasing myself with a camera, tripod & timer, and figuring out that if I did it right I could be accepted by the world as a woman. That was huge. The internet started opening doors.

After awhile I started hanging out socially with a couple of girls like me, and they taught me most of the things I never learned from my mother. I also started talking to my wife about me; my tolerant and loving spouse who is still my best friend and who seems to have her life figured out a lot more than I do. Seattle is trans-friendly, and i've been fortunate to meet many good people.

I’m not a full time CD, and I have not yet gotten to "when" and "how" to talk with my kids, siblings and long-time friends about being transgender. So yes, I’m still living in a closet... but it's sort of a closet with a view, and i hope to escape and come to be the better me someday.

I spent too much of my past life behind a desk, but I'm retired now. I got my ears pierced the day after I quit work - wahoo!! Currently I spend most of my time doing a little volunteer work, trying to weld sculptures, occasional stagehand, blacksmith, and gardener.

A quick note about flickr groups and sex. I have an active and curious mind and I appreciate the wide range of on-line entertainment available to indulge in. The groups I belong to, do not define who I am.

I've left up a few mostly older photos of the times when my skirts were too short and my blouses too tight, because that's part of how I got here. These days I'm usually more interested in dressing age-appropriately and working on my makeup, and yes I'm just vain enough to want my photo taken.

Feel free to send me a note or leave a comment.

jerigurl@ymail.com