Performance

Presenting as a TGirl is very much about creative performance.  Most of us start with a challenging canvas.  The gap between what we see in the mirror and what we wish to see can be daunting.  

However, properly applied make-up, a suitable hairstyle, the right clothes and good shapewear and padding can create the female image.  Of course, it can take time to perfect make-up techniques. Similarly, finding a hairstyle that works is not easy. Clothes too require attention to detail and the wrong shapewear can do more harm than good.  Persevering and accepting the vagaries of trial and error mean that most serious TGirls eventually find something that works for them.  Equally important, of course, is acceptance of what can be achieved and what can't be done.   

After the external physical transformation has been realised, there remain the tricky issues of feminine deportment, posture, behaviour and voice to be confronted.  These are crucial for any girl who wants to venture out successfully. Watching women in everyday situations is very informative about body movement but, again, it's down to practice.....and more practice.  In truth, a female sounding voice is probably the single hardest element to achieve and few master it totally.  YouTube has lots of helpful videos.

At a personal level, I would love to take that process one step further by becoming an actor specialising in playing female roles.  I could play a stern Victorian Lady, a sassy saloon girl, a bashful bride, a cute cancan dancer, a beautiful ballerina, a sexy maid, a busty Bunny Girl and even a precocious Shirley Temple like princess.  Why not!  Acting is also a creative process.  It's about becoming someone else for the purpose of a performance.  Is it really so strange to imagine a male actor playing a female part is a movie, play etc.  It has, in fact, been done successfully and I'm not talking about Tootsie or Some Like It Hot (both great movies) which were about male characters crossdressing as female characters!

Any good actor will bring something different to a part within the parameters of the character concerned.  Therefore, if a man can appear convincing as a woman, shouldn't he be considered on merit regarding whether he can play a particular female role.  I think the answer has to be yes, otherwise it is simple gender prejudice and sex discrimination. 
 
In fact, there are several specific female characters I want to play -if any movie directors or television producers are reading this.  Scarlett O'Hara is a fabulous part and so too is the Governess in The King and I.  Strong Victorian women with some fantastic gowns to boot! They've been played by women long enough.......it's time to make way for someone new to wear the crinolines.