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It usually takes a long time before I update my CD/TV-Inn, one time it was almost 10 months! But as you will know, life isn't always fun and some money has to be earned, too. Just recently I moved 9 timezones - from Munich to California, which also required some time and effort.

I have been out less frequently and unfortunately do not have the time to produce lots of photos and publish them. But don't you give up and come back time after time to see what's changed, ok? By the way, I was elected as one of the pretty T-Girls. If you click on the picture on the left, you will get to the gallery. You will find me on page 84.

If you can answer any on the following questions with yes, you found the right place to stay for a cup of coffee:

First some informations about myself:

Who is Claudi?Me on sofa

Well, I used to live near Munich, the capital of beer in Bavaria, Germany. Don't you say you don't know Munich, I won't believe you. My age is 32 and I would describe myself as straight male crossdresser, meaning I'm wearing female clothing just for fun!

Hobbies besides CDing are hacking on all types of keyboards. This includes not only computers, but also my digital piano and some other synthesizer stuff.

Since the "real" millenium (which is 2001), I live in a new and great place: California, USA. Just next to San Francisco.

Why another CD/TV homepage?

'cause there can't be enough of them. We still have to fight to become a respected or at least accepted part of the society. So what can do better than spreading some positive experiences to encourage ourselves? (If you have any other ideas, just let me know :-)

You won't find the "obligatory" TG-links in this page. The purpose of this page is to tell you some of my very personal stories and experiences. While reading you should perhaps gain some courage and/or at least understand the fun crossdressers are looking for.

And if YOU yet don't like to crossdress yourself, you may be a T* admirer and probably enjoy looking at some of my pictures.

Since when am I crossdressing?

I started not very long time ago. Actually I crossdressed for the first time 1995 when some friends arranged a bachelor party and decided that there should only be women to accompany my friend. So two boys, including myself, had to be transformed into girls. Really funny story. In the past I always felt attracted to feminine clothing and secretly tried some stuff on, but this time I could wear the "opposite clothes" in public and the others were to blame for the idea :-)

The bachelor party in the end was a great success and resulted in an interesting discussion with my girlfriend. We analyzed why I had such great fun and from that time I define myself as a crossdresser.

Since then I began to act more and more "crossdressy", which means to sometimes wear a hose at work (under my pants of course and not to be seen by my colleagues). Or on some evenings I got some lessons in applying make-up by my girlfriend. And I bought two wigs which I wear occasionally in the evenings at home.

What about going into the public?

Andrea and me

A great break-thru in my crossdressing thing was a really grand evening I had with my girlfriend. We dressed and styled ourselves and then took the train to downtown. As two girls. Sure, some people checked that something was wrong with me, but most of them just walked by without notice. That was really a great experience.

Our aim was a gay café and I hoped to see some other crossdressers. We did not see any, but this was no problem since nobody in the café threw strange looks to my direction.

Some days later we repeated this with another crossdresser: Andrea. We learned to know each other thru a mailing list which is arranged by Julia, my neighbour in WestHollywood. This evening sure was also a break-thru for Andrea, because this was the first time for her to go into the public, neglecting carnival. You will find a picture with both of us, ready to hit the streets, in Claudi's-Hot-Pictures-Page. The picture on the right was taken some minutes before my S.O. and me went to the movies (see "Where to have fun in the public").

What are the fears of the girlfriends?

The first fear every girl will have in the beginning is the thought, that the loved man could want to transform into a woman, and this would in most cases end in the loss of the relationship. When my girlfriend saw me the first time wearing womens clothes, she had some severe problems to get in touch with me like she usually does. Vice versa I guess I would have the same problems when she suddenly had a beard!

But these fears reduced from time to time. In contrast we noticed that wearing some pretty lingery at the right time (both of us) even enhanced the drive of our relationship. Today she is just seeing me as a person when I crossdress, and not as some fancy woman with big feet.

Of course lots of information from the internet helped her to learn that there are thousands (millions) of us out there, hiding in some places hoping not to get caught. And to know that two partners don't hide secrets but share them can be a good relational glue.

By now my significant other helps me in the departement store to find the right shoes or some other kind of ``equipment'' you need as a crossdresser.

And she also joins me to have some fun in the public. Going to the cinema for example is really great fun:

Where to have fun in the public

A safe place (at least in germany) seems to be a gay-friendly bar, restaurant or café. There you will usually also find some drag-queens. The last time we were in such a place, there were two guys, perfectly dressed as women. They danced together and just had lots of fun. Nobody gave a strange look but instead they were admired because of their charisma. For sure they had much experience in dressing and acting like the other gender.

Some days ago my girlfriend and me went to the movies. Some inches above on your monitor you can see my outfit on that evening. Visiting the late-nite-movie it was very convenient for me not to be seen in bright sunlight. And this really helped in not being recognized as ``male''. She bought the tickets and so there was no need for me to say anything. When we sat down, we could just relax as everyone else was concentrating on the movie. Perhaps some persons thought we were lesbians, because I put one of my arms on the leg of my girlfriend.

Anyway the plot of the movie was about some funny complications between a gay and a hetero guy, and nobody should have had a problem with it. Guess we will do something like that again.

Lately I told you that we would like to visit a restaurant "en femme". And we just did it!

It was the final night of the european soccer-championship. Germany was playing against Tschechia. My girlfriend, her sister and me headed to central Munich via train/subway. Of course every soccer-fan, and there are quite a lot of them, hung in front of the TV. When we entered the restaurant/bar, there were only a few people hanging around. It was a good idea to tell my girlfriends sister about my crossdressing, because the two real girls could talk to each other and I was not forced to say something all of the time. The silence changed some hours later, when germany won the game. We decided to see Munich celebrate the european champianship and headed to "Schwabing". And there the hell was going on. Thousangs of singing, shouting, crying, screaming, beer-drinking and other mad people had an open-air party. And we were in the middle of this tohuwabohu! Of course we three "sisters" were styled up well and some tourists even took pictures of us, surely not knowing I was male. On the right side you can see the pretty curtain of our living-room, shortly before this event. By the way, the mini-skirt is the same I wore at the bachelor-party.

Just listen to me: Usually nobody in the public cares the hell about you! So if you act like a normal person and don't feel observed all the time, things will be ok.

What I absolutely DISLIKE:

There are some films about transgendered persons which are AWEFUL. Transvestites/Crossdressers are often portrayed as absolutely stupid, unrealistic, overreacting and pissed off persons. As long as these kinds of films are being produced, the public opinion about transgendered persons will for sure not change at all! I've seldom seen a film where some person wears female clothing without being forced to do it (to maintain the job, to get into contact with the children, ...). Some of these films are quite funny, but also very UNREALISTIC.

We have been in the newspapers!

Have you had a look at my Steppin' Out pictures? I told you that twice a month there is a regulars table for transgendered persons in munich. In April '97 there were two reporters from a famous daily newspaper (TZ) who wrote a series about all kinds of regulars tables in Munich. And they asked us to participate! Of course we did, and some of us also posed for the camera.

There was also a picture of myself to be printed, but without my face being visible. If you browsed through my pages you may ask me why. The answer is: If you found this page, you searched for transgendered topics at a high chance. But a daily newspaper, which is visible to hundred thousands of persons is something different! Anyway, the reporters were so kind to check the story with some of us before publishing. You want to know what they wrote? Well, if you have made it this far in my text, you already know everything.


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Special thanks to all the nice and lovely people who sent me some e-mail. You all gave me the feeling to do the right thing!