Despite the relatively high incidence of cross-dressing in Victorian life we were hard put to find many Steampunk characters of this type, especially male ones. Seems the time is ripe for someone to unleash a complex, fascinating new character on the literary world.
But he’d have to go a bit further than just wearing a corset, since that wasn’t unusual in the Victorian era. How else was a man supposed to acquire the fashionable silhouette of the true dandy?
- Wikipedia on the History of Cross-Dressing
- Real-life cross-dressing women
- Cross-dressing in Victorian London – Time Out
- The Fantasy of Victorian Cross-Dressing – academic pdf, Florida State University
- Male corset source: Dark Garden Corsets
- How Stuff works: corsets
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LiaKeyes Ekaterina Sedia’s HEART OF IRON had a cross-dressing heroine, too, come to think of it! #steampunkchat -7:07 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 G’nite all, sorry I couldn’t participate more, working on a sporran commissioned for a wedding. #deadline #steampunkchat-7:06 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes Well, on that note… Thank you for coming this evening and sharing your thoughts. Seems there’s room for growth in this area #steampunkchat -7:05 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell Oops *is accepted. Fingers moving faster than my thoughts #steampunkchat -7:05 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @artificer13 I think @liakeyes means both. 
#steampunkchat -7:05 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @LiaKeyes they’re surprisingly close, word-wise.#steampunkchat -7:05 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne @LiaKeyes @artificer13 Really? Got a good source for ogling said men in kilts? #steampunkchat -7:05 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes @artificer13 Er… yeah… #steampunkchat -7:04 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell Yes more exploration into imagining a #steampunksociety where cross dressing accepted #steampunkchat -7:03 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @LiaKeyes is that googling, or ogling? #steampunkchat#MenInKilts -7:03 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes @artificer13 Don’t get me going. I should have been writing earlier this week and somehow found myself googling men in kilts. #steampunkchat -7:03 PM Mar 16th, 2012
armyoftoys @mattdelman @tampasteampunk yes sir!#SteamPunkChat -7:03 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne I <3 Kilts. #steampunkchat -7:02 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell hahaha! Second this! “@GKByrne: Jack Sparrow…in a corset. #steampunkchat” -7:01 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell RT @LiaKeyes: We need more Steampunk men in corsets!!! #steampunkchat -7:01 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne @LiaKeyes - you read my mind. Thanks, everyone.#steampunkchat -7:01 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes Cross-dressing, and the motivation for doing so, would provide multi-layered Steampunk character I’d want to read about.#steampunkchat -7:01 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @LiaKeyes Not me! I’ll stick w/my kilt, thank you.#steampunkchat -7:01 PM Mar 16th, 2012
AirshipEmbassy RT @LiaKeyes: We need more Steampunk men in corsets!!! #steampunkchat -7:01 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne Jack Sparrow…in a corset. #steampunkchat -7:00 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell Thank you for choosing this topic! #steampunkchat -7:00 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes We need more Steampunk men in corsets!!!#steampunkchat -7:00 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman Right, so we’ve got 2 minutes left in the official chat session. Any final thoughts? #steampunkchat -6:58 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LevACRosen has a cross-dressing female character who attends an all male university in ALL MEN OF GENIUS#steampunkchat -6:58 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell @TampaSteampunk hilarious! #steampunkchat -6:57 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @GKByrne @mattdelman @AirshipEmbassy ”pants”/tights only become trendy in England w/ Henry 8th. B4 that robes were in style #steampunkchat -6:57 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman RT @LiaKeyes: Wikipedia has an article on the History of Cross-dressing here: http://t.co/FpSb5lFX for inspiration#steampunkchat -6:56 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @GKByrne @mattdelman @AirshipEmbassy Not necessarily, Scotland is not very clement, nor Russia, where trousers were 19thc. #steampunkchat -6:55 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk RT @LiaKeyes Wikipedia has an article on the History of Cross-dressing here: http://t.co/8IrvJjb2 for inspiration#steampunkchat -6:55 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes Wikipedia has an article on the History of Cross-dressing here: http://t.co/FpSb5lFX for inspiration #steampunkchat -6:54 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @mattdelman @airshipembassy They were worn by the Saxons as well. Some N. American tribes wore hide ‘trousers’ as well. #steampunkchat -6:52 PM Mar 16th, 2012
jolantru RT @LiaKeyes: Some interesting real-life examples of Victorian women cross-dressers here http://t.co/g8ePkc5f#steampunkchat -6:52 PM Mar 16th, 2012
Siri_Paulson RT @LiaKeyes: Some interesting real-life examples of Victorian women cross-dressers here http://t.co/4VomFitP#steampunkchat -6:52 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne @artificer13 @mattdelman @AirshipEmbassy I wonder if skirts were more common in warmer places only? #steampunkchat-6:52 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @artificer13 @airshipembassy Huh. But how widespread would they have been outside Scandinavia?#steampunkchat -6:51 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @mattdelman @AirshipEmbassy Trousers have been around since people could stitch two tubes together, Norsemen wore them. #steampunkchat pt1 -6:50 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @indigozell My ex looked EXACTLY like Prince. Short, too. Ppl would stop for his autograph. No joke. ><#steampunkchat -6:50 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne @artificer13 Never fear. I would only ever discuss alternate views of kilts in the ever so safe company of #steampunkchat#steampunkchat -6:49 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell Enter Prince with the high heels comment@TampaSteampunk #steampunkchat -6:49 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk RT @mattdelman Trousers are a relatively new invention … I want to say only the past 300 or so years.#steampunkchat -6:48 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell RT @LiaKeyes: Some interesting real-life examples of Victorian women cross-dressers here http://t.co/g8ePkc5f#steampunkchat -6:48 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk RT @LiaKeyes Some interesting real-life examples of Victorian women cross-dressers here http://t.co/isDfz9eC#steampunkchat #steampunkchat -6:47 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @AirshipEmbassy Trousers are a relatively new invention … I want to say only the past 300 or so years.#steampunkchat -6:47 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @AirshipEmbassy I heard that, too. Same with high heels. #steampunkchat -6:47 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell @GKByrne lol #steampunkchat -6:47 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes Some interesting real-life examples of Victorian women cross-dressers here http://t.co/g8ePkc5f #steampunkchat -6:47 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @mattdelman Sorry, working 2nite, not too much to add. But -> @gkbyrne would get a facefull of head saying that many places #steampunkchat -6:47 PM Mar 16th, 2012
AirshipEmbassy I read the other day that skirts started as male-wear & still is in most of the world. Anyone know if that’s true/false?#steampunkchat -6:46 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne * backs away slowly…. #steampunkchat -6:45 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne Kilts are sexy as hell — don’t get me wrong. I lived in Scotland and the leg is fabulous. #steampunkchat -6:45 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk MT @GKByrne It’d be interesting to imagine a culture where male trad clothes= we now consider feminine (e.g. corsets) #steampunkchat -6:44 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @LiaKeyes The new romantics would have indeed been big fans of steampunk. @GKByrne #steampunkchat -6:44 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @gkbyrne Uh oh, the Scotsman @artificer13 is awaked. 
#steampunkchat -6:44 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell thanks! @jolantru #steampunkchat -6:44 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell RT @jolantru: #Steampunkchat Semaphore Magazine or go straight to http://t.co/Mb3Gvjq5. Go to My Assorted Writings.-6:44 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk Steampunk Thai lady-boys? Multiculturalism?#steampunkchat -6:44 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell Okay I need to OMG at David Bowie. *drools* (out of character) #steampunkchat -6:44 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @GKByrne sorry mate, there’s nothing remotely feminine about kilts. #steampunkchat -6:43 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne It’d be interesting to imagine a culture where male traditional clothes we what what we now consider feminine (e.g. corsets) #steampunkchat -6:43 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman RT @jolantru: #Steampunkchat Semaphore Magazine or go straight to http://t.co/Mb3Gvjq5. Go to My Assorted Writings.-6:43 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes @GKByrne Adam Ant would so have loved steampunk!#steampunkchat -6:43 PM Mar 16th, 2012
jolantru #Steampunkchat Semaphore Magazine or go straight tohttp://t.co/Mb3Gvjq5. Go to My Assorted Writings. -6:42 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @GKByrne The 80s were a magical decade. Enter David Bowie. Yum. I’d like to see HIM in steampunk.#steampunkchat -6:42 PM Mar 16th, 2012
Siri_Paulson @TampaSteampunk @GKByrne Seconding the idea of corseted Jack Sparrow! Wd love to see him in full cross-dress.#steampunkchat -6:42 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell @jolantru I’d be interested in reading it #steampunkchatlink? -6:42 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @TampaSteampunk Thailand. And they call themselves lady-boys, so it’s OK. #steampunkchat -6:42 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne @ TampaSteampunk Oh yeah! The 80s. Plenty of drag.#steampunkchat -6:41 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @mattdelman It is! Which Asian country is it where “lady boys” are popular? That sounds crude but it is what it is.#steampunkchat -6:41 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @TampaSteampunk To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Neumar … and Priscilla Queen of the Desert #steampunkchat-6:41 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes @GKByrne Nah, doesn’t count. Ever seen a brawny Scot in a kilt? Nothing cross-dressing about that unless you’re unfamiliar#steampunkchat -6:41 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @GKByrne I think kilts are one of those “more accepted” forms of cross-dressing because men can claim Scottish culture. #steampunkchat -6:41 PM Mar 16th, 2012
AirshipEmbassy @jolantru where can one go to read “Moon Maiden’s Mirror”? #steampunkchat -6:40 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @jolantru Is it posted anywhere online?#steampunkchat -6:40 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @GKByrne Cross-dressing is an oddly cultural thing#steampunkchat -6:40 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @mattdelman Oooohhh! Anyone remember To Wong Foo? #steampunkchat -6:40 PM Mar 16th, 2012
jolantru I wrote a crossdressing/transgender story called “Moon Maiden’s Mirror”. #Steampunkchat -6:40 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne My Scottish friends would glare (at best) but how about kilts – traditional male wear that’s viewed (by some) as feminine.#steampunkchat -6:39 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @indigozell And some men can wear drag shockingly well. #steampunkchat -6:39 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @GKByrne Yes, PLEASE. #steampunkchat -6:38 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell RT @GKByrne: @LiaKeyes Jack Sparrow…now there’s a man who should be in a corset! LOL! #steampunkchat -6:38 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell Theatre is where is was normal for men to dress in drag#steampunkchat -6:38 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne @LiaKeyes Jack Sparrow…now there’s a man who should be in a corset! LOL! #steampunkchat -6:38 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell @mattdelman that is a life skill! #steampunkchat -6:37 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes @GKByrne 
Surprisingly, yes! LOL!!! And a droll, drunken swagger. Jack Sparrow had nothing on him. #steampunkchat -6:36 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @mattdelman For shame. #steampunkchat -6:36 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @mattdelman ahahaha! My weirdness attracts 10x the weirdness. #steampunkchat -6:35 PM Mar 16th, 2012
Siri_Paulson RT @TampaSteampunk: @LiaKeyes Men in drag… Mmmm… I’d like to see more steampunk men in trad. female clothing. #steampunkchat -6:35 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @TampaSteampunk ’Sides, I haven’t been in a show for nearly 10 years now. #steampunkchat -6:35 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @mattdelman In retrospect, that sounded sarcastic. It wasn’t lol #steampunkchat -6:35 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @TampaSteampunk Nah, my general weirdness keeps them away pretty well all by itself. #steampunkchat -6:35 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne @LiaKeyes Nice legs? #steampunkchat -6:35 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @mattdelman Steampunk AND makeup, Matt? Your wife must be beating the ladies off of you #steampunkchat-6:34 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes @TampaSteampunk Sewell played Petruchio and showed up at his wedding in miniskirt, flowing coat, painted nails, kohled eyes #steampunkchat -6:34 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @LiaKeyes That was @airshipembassy #steampunkchat-6:34 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell @TampaSteampunk hahaha! That’s the truth! #datruth#steampunkchat -6:34 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @TampaSteampunk I learned how to put makeup on myself while in theatre. That was an experience. #steampunkchat-6:33 PM Mar 16th, 2012
gendercart RT @LiaKeyes: Who mentioned Dark Garden Corsets? Some bewitching photos in their slideshow #steampunkchat -6:33 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes Who mentioned Dark Garden Corsets? Some bewitching photos in their slideshow #steampunkchat -6:33 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @GKByrne That’s true. Shakespearean plays only used men, dressed as women. #steampunkchat -6:33 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk Plus, no one does makeup like a drag queen. NO ONE. I’d love to see what someone could come up with for steampunk drag makeup #steampunkchat -6:32 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne The bard had drag down pat. #steampunkchat -6:32 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @LiaKeyes Men in drag… Mmmm… I’d like to see more steampunk men in trad. female clothing. #steampunkchat-6:31 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes @TampaSteampunk I think that’s what I loved about Shakespeare Re-Told’s TAMING OF THE SHREW production – Rufus Sewell in drag #steampunkchat -6:30 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @armyoftoys @tampasteampunk Y’all have been to Hawaii and Alaska already? #steampunkchat -6:30 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne Victorian women’s clothes are tough for the really active gal — battling zombies and nazis becomes less serious somehow.#steampunkchat -6:30 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk *accepting *nervous eye twitch and need to correct myself* #steampunkchat -6:30 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell She also did other steampunky burlesque acts too. it was cool! #steampunkchat -6:29 PM Mar 16th, 2012
armyoftoys @TampaSteampunk it’s the only state we haven’t yet played! #SteamPunkChat -6:29 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @LiaKeyes It’s still like that. More accpeting for women to cross-dress but shocking to see men do it, by society’s standards #steampunkchat -6:29 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell That reminds me! There was a dancer for a burlesque group called #Vaudezilla who had a routine where she was a paperboy! #steampunkchat -6:28 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @armyoftoys Are you guys in Florida at all? I do see the RHPS here in Tampa #steampunkchat -6:28 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk RT @indigozell: Really good cross dress#steampunkchat http://t.co/bEkvpbBl #steampunkchat -6:28 PM Mar 16th, 2012
armyoftoys @TampaSteampunk come to one of our shows!#SteamPunkChat -6:27 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes It wasn’t unusual to see women cross-dressing as men towards the end of the Victorian era. But a man dressed as a woman… #steampunkchat -6:27 PM Mar 16th, 2012
AirshipEmbassy @LiaKeyes Dark Garden Corsetry? #steampunkchat-6:26 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @mattdelman Ever since I hid behind my parents’ couch watching it when I was 9. #steampunkchat -6:26 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk I’d love to see a man in super traditional, female, steampunk clothing. The skirt, skirt hitches, corset- the whole 9 yards. #steampunkchat -6:25 PM Mar 16th, 2012
armyoftoys Dear #steampunkchat if we didn’t have a show tonight & I wasn’t busily putting on sparkly pasties – I’d be in you!http://t.co/oDDKDNQa -6:25 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell @TampaSteampunk I gotta agree too #steampunkchat-6:25 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @TampaSteampunk Why does it not surprise me you have a thing for Frank N Furter? #steampunkchat -6:25 PM Mar 16th, 2012
Siri_Paulson RT @indigozell: Really good cross dress#steampunkchat http://t.co/BWO4fV05 -6:24 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk I’m not personally attracted to a man in women’s clothing…wait, I lied. Frank N’ Furter is beyond sexy. So is Eddie Izzard. #steampunkchat -6:24 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes @TampaSteampunk Cheers! It’s out there somewhere…#steampunkchat -6:23 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @TampaSteampunk Yes, yes there is. #steampunkchat-6:23 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes @TampaSteampunk Marlene Dietrich knew that, so did Katherine Hepburn. #steampunkchat -6:23 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk @LiaKeyes I’m pretty sure I stumbled across that site once upon a time myself. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for it.#steampunkchat -6:22 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @indigozell Not yet. I really want to though, simply from the pure concept end of things. #steampunkchat -6:22 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne @Siri_Paulson ;-) #steampunkchat -6:22 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk Plus, there is just something incredibly sexy about a hot woman in trad. male clothing. #steampunkchat -6:21 PM Mar 16th, 2012
LiaKeyes I’ve been hunting for a fabulous website I saw ages ago that sold corsets for men, but can’t find it. Grrr. #steampunkchat-6:21 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell I wonder if it isn’t too off topic but has anyone seen Albert Nobbs? #steampunkchat -6:21 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk I love cross-dressing in steampunk. Trousers are so much easier to adventure in than skirts. #steampunkchat -6:20 PM Mar 16th, 2012
Siri_Paulson @GKByrne Guilty as charged! #steampunkchatInterested in the topic but can’t think of any examples. -6:20 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne male role, I mean. #steampunkchat -6:20 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell Really good cross dress #steampunkchathttp://t.co/kig4HUdI -6:20 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne I guess I’d say there’s a whole lot of leather and weaponry on women…which is sort of an adoption of the traditional role.#steampunkchat -6:19 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @TampaSteampunk Not much, just me asking if anyone had cross-dressed themselves. #steampunkchat -6:19 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk Can’t access the beginning of the chat for some odd reason. What’d I miss? #steampunkchat -6:18 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne @ Siri_Paulson Lurker. #steampunkchat -6:17 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne Wracking my addled brain….does Dickens have cross dressing? Seems like he should. #steampunkchat -6:17 PM Mar 16th, 2012
Siri_Paulson Lurking in #steampunkchat with nothing to say…yet. -6:16 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell @mattdelman Still developing my wardrobe though. So looking for role-models #steampunkchat -6:16 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @indigozell Cool! #steampunkchat -6:16 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @TampaSteampunk You fail! #idontreallycare#steampunkchat -6:15 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @GKByrne Jinx! #steampunkchat -6:15 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell @mattdelman I have a leather vest with really useful pockets and buckles. Saving up for an evening uniform.#steampunkchat -6:15 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne Too late. #steampunkchat -6:15 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne Deryn from Westerfeld’s Leviathan series springs to mind, for a recent example. #steampunkchat -6:14 PM Mar 16th, 2012
TampaSteampunk OH, CRAPPERS! I’m missing the #steampunkchat!-6:14 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman Besides of course @scottwesterfeld‘s Deryn.#steampunkchat -6:14 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman OK, moving on … can you think of any cross-dressing or gender-bending characters in SP literature? #steampunkchat -6:13 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne Can-can dancing flappers dangling from zeppelins?#steampunkchat -6:12 PM Mar 16th, 2012
AirshipEmbassy @mattdelman Nova Albion & GearCon- 2 different people,great Victorian dresses &model ships as headwear#steampunkchat -6:10 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne @mattdelman YES. I immediately think of George Sand and then flappers, of course. We need more steampunk 1920s in lit.#steampunkchat -6:10 PM Mar 16th, 2012
SteamHolmes http://t.co/aREElSim A balance of masculine and feminine in this model shot. One often sees a bit of both#steampunkchat -6:09 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @indigozell Do you have specific pieces you use more than others? #steampunkchat -6:08 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @AirshipEmbassy What was the most inventive character you saw? #steampunkchat -6:08 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @GKByrne And that comment brings up another question … #steampunkchat -6:07 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @GKByrne No, but it’s also a sign of changing times.#steampunkchat -6:07 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne Then again, maybe that’s just how I view Victorian fashion in general…as somewhat effeminate. Is that just me?#steampunkchat -6:06 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman For my part, I’ve been witness to two Queen of Steam pageants at New England-area cons. #steampunkchat -6:06 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne I think there are characters that, in my mind, dress towards the other gender but don’t outright cross-dress. #steampunkchat-6:06 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 @mattdelman busy, tired, but here, so alright.#steampunkchat -6:05 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @GKByrne Must’ve been an interesting party.#steampunkchat -6:05 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @artificer13 Good evening, sir! How are you?#steampunkchat -6:04 PM Mar 16th, 2012
indigozell Yes, definitely. Somedays I want to be feminine, others I love a masculine expression. Favourite being vests and pants#steampunkchat -6:04 PM Mar 16th, 2012
GKByrne Dressed in drag for a roller skating party once – good times. #steampunkchat -6:04 PM Mar 16th, 2012
artificer13 Hi-ho all! #steampunkchat -6:04 PM Mar 16th, 2012
AirshipEmbassy @mattdelman I haven’t but I have seen quite a number of convention-goers who have,& have done it very well!#steampunkchat -6:03 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman @SteamHolmes This is a good point. Cross-dressing can be a good disguise. #steampunkchat -6:01 PM Mar 16th, 2012
SteamHolmes I can’t reveal any in #Steampunk Holmes but one must always remember cross-dressing when considering disguises.#steampunkchat -6:01 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman As it relates to your #steampunk persona, mind you. We’re trying to stay relevant. #steampunkchat -6:00 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman Tonight’s topic is gender-bending and cross-dressing in #steampunk. First q: Has anyone dressed as the opposite gender?#steampunkchat -6:00 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman Why yes, I know I went for the cheap joke. All in good fun though, as we start in to tonight’s topic … #steampunkchat -5:59 PM Mar 16th, 2012
mattdelman Men grab your skirts, ladies don your tailcoats … we’re 3 minutes way from #steampunkchat -5:57 PM Mar 16th, 2012
Three novels with cross-dressing female characters:
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