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Title: Long Weekend in New Orleans...Any tips?
Post by: carlab on July 27, 2015, 11:22:17 AM
Post by: carlab on July 27, 2015, 11:22:17 AM
Hi!
So, I am kind of out in my home- Tampa Bay, FL, but right now I present as the real me on a limited basis- out with friends to relatively safe/tolerant places and full time at home. I have not yet hit the point where I am comfortable just rolling up to the grocery store as a woman, for example. This weekend, my partner and I are going to New Orleans (French Quarter/Frenchmen's District area) for a long weekend to meet some friends and I plan to be me for the duration of the visit. Call it a mini-RLE. I have visited New Orleans 7-8 times of the years and know the French Quarter well... as a male. As a transwoman presenting as such (not all that passable yet) I am concerned about navigating the area safely and having a good time. Any tips? Good places to go outside of the LBGT areas? Places to stay away from? How will a 6'3" woman do in the French Market on Saturday afternoon? Etc. Any can't miss places for a transperson to go experience?
Thank you for any suggestions/advice!
So, I am kind of out in my home- Tampa Bay, FL, but right now I present as the real me on a limited basis- out with friends to relatively safe/tolerant places and full time at home. I have not yet hit the point where I am comfortable just rolling up to the grocery store as a woman, for example. This weekend, my partner and I are going to New Orleans (French Quarter/Frenchmen's District area) for a long weekend to meet some friends and I plan to be me for the duration of the visit. Call it a mini-RLE. I have visited New Orleans 7-8 times of the years and know the French Quarter well... as a male. As a transwoman presenting as such (not all that passable yet) I am concerned about navigating the area safely and having a good time. Any tips? Good places to go outside of the LBGT areas? Places to stay away from? How will a 6'3" woman do in the French Market on Saturday afternoon? Etc. Any can't miss places for a transperson to go experience?
Thank you for any suggestions/advice!
Title: Re: Long Weekend in New Orleans...Any tips?
Post by: Laura_7 on July 27, 2015, 12:01:14 PM
Post by: Laura_7 on July 27, 2015, 12:01:14 PM
Maybe this could help:
autostraddle.com/queer-girl-city-guide-theres-no-place-like-nola-139402/
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autostraddle.com/queer-girl-city-guide-theres-no-place-like-nola-139402/
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