Pumped up...and ball-gowned too, my day as a cross-dresser in A.C.

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Pumped up...and ball-gowned too, my day as a cross-dresser in A.C.

By CHUCK DARROW
Philadelphia Daily News

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20100127_Pumped_up___and_ball-gowned_too__and_ball-gowned_too__my_day_as_a_cross-dresser_in_A_C_.html

ATLANTIC CITY - A byproduct of my many years in the newspaper racket is that I have occasionally found myself in unexpected situations.

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But never did I imagine that I would one day sashay around the stage of Boardwalk Hall dressed as a woman.

Cross-dressing has never been on my to-do list - although to quote comedian Jerry Seinfeld, not that there's anything wrong with that. It's just that being a transvestite, like being a shark hunter or ice-road trucker, is something to which I never aspired. But then came an offer I couldn't refuse from the Miss'd America Pageant, the drag queen beauty contest that takes place Sunday night at Boardwalk Hall.