I think a lot of straight men are (not sure of the right word, but here's a few options) intimidated/freaked out/perhaps a little afraid of the trans community. I used to work at a high end shoe store in DC's DuPont area (think little San Francisco of DC), and I was the designated trans salesperson. Seriously, I'd be eating or on break and one of the guys would come in the back and tell me that there was a transexual looking for women's shoes and ask me to go help them.
I was actually quite good at finding large women's shoes (especially heels) to meet their needs. I had several great clients who I'd call up and let them know when we got new stuff in that might work for them. I'd do special orders for larger sizes that we typically didn't carry. And I teased my co-workers mercilessly about this kind of phobia they had. In my view, people are people, and most have feet and need shoes. Who the hell am I to judge which styles they want to wear?
We also got some straight-edge looking businessman types looking for women's heels. That was always interesting. Perhaps my favorite client was a MtoF Asian transexual, who was absolutely stunning. She'd come in with her boyfriend, dressed to the nines. She was very soft spoken and sweet. I was more than happy to help her find comfy, sexy shoes :-)
But I'll never forget how the straight guys reacted, it was very sad.
I was actually quite good at finding large women's shoes (especially heels) to meet their needs. I had several great clients who I'd call up and let them know when we got new stuff in that might work for them. I'd do special orders for larger sizes that we typically didn't carry. And I teased my co-workers mercilessly about this kind of phobia they had. In my view, people are people, and most have feet and need shoes. Who the hell am I to judge which styles they want to wear?
We also got some straight-edge looking businessman types looking for women's heels. That was always interesting. Perhaps my favorite client was a MtoF Asian transexual, who was absolutely stunning. She'd come in with her boyfriend, dressed to the nines. She was very soft spoken and sweet. I was more than happy to help her find comfy, sexy shoes :-)
But I'll never forget how the straight guys reacted, it was very sad.
