We are in the midst of a serious heatwave, and parents are looking for indoor activities for their kids. The bookstore is a big local favorite for families to hang out with children.
When we arrived at the bookstore today, we discovered that a very middle-aged man in a skirt, rainbow pigtails, and makeup was sitting in the bookstore café. He could have easily gone to a bar. Instead, he chose to display his little girl outfit in a place where the audience for his performance is limited almost entirely to parents with small children and retirees. Practicing his fetish in front of little kids is the whole point. The cafe was almost entirely empty because, even in spite of the heat, parents understood that the guy was there to provoke a conflict and kept the children out of there. All it would take is one toddler to ask, “Mommy, why does that man look like that?” and the crossdresser, who sat with his phone at the ready, would start freaking out and filming.