Volume 7, Issue 4 October / November 2003 Masquerade Lipstick & Lace

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Nail Tips 2 Special points of interest: In the Local Paper! 3 · All the news and fun that we From our Den 4 could squeeze in to! Our Club Website 5 · So much fun and so little time!

What’s Up Doc? 8 · Come on and have some quality MSQ Reaches 10 girl time with the Girls of Masquerade! Photos! 13 PAGE 2 LIPSTICK & LACE

Regarding Her Life as a Boy She Says...

"I was in masquerade, my female reality, which I had no words to define, clothed in a male pretence. Psychiatrists have often asked if this gave me a sense of guilt, but the opposite was true. I felt that in wishing so fervently, and so ceaselessly, to be transplanted into a girl's body, I was aiming only at a more divine condition, an inner reconciliation..."

Hence the name of the club????

Courtesy of Blue, (“Thensilkblue” ) who found it while reading Jan Morris's account of her TS-ness called Conundrum.

Nail Tips by Rhaina Removing artificial nails. “To catch the reader's

attention, place an Remember to always apply a basecoat of nail lacquer prior to applying interestinginteresting sentencesentence oror quotequote artificial nails. Orange sticks or better still a cuticle pusher are excellent for removing artificial nails. Work the flat end of the stick under the lower corner of fromfrom thethe storystory here.”here.” the nail next to the cuticle and then slide the stick up the nail. This procedure usually leaves the nail undamaged and once cleaned can be used again. You can bite on another orange stick while removing artificial nails if you don’t have a bullet.

Lipstick with staying power.

Looking for the long lasting smudge- proof effect? Powder the first coat of lipstick then re-apply the lipstick, powder and blot. Powder and blotting lipstick absorbs excess oil and leaves the pigment. To blot more evenly, separate a 2-ply tissue and use one sheet at a time. VOLUME 7, ISSUE 4 PAGE 3

In The Local Paper!

From the Winnipeg Sun. Published: Friday August 22, 2003, and Tuesday September 2, 2003.

Thanks to Chantal for providing the reply! PAGE 4 LIPSTICK & LACE

From Our Den Mother!

I have never felt more love gifts are still on the even if one day I am not in and admiration at any time bookshelves. I go over them the picture. in my life (even if I am only every night and reflect on 29!) than I did at my birthday what a lucky person I am to party in August. I was know each and every one of My best wishes to all of you overwhelmed with the cards, you. I wish I could hug and and my heartfelt thanks for gifts and best wishes I thank you individually every your appreciation. received. All my cards and day to try and show my appreciation. May God bless you!

Maybe I’m a bit of a soft Love your “Den Mother” touch, but as you all know, I

am a very open person and if I wasn’t I never would have

had the privilege of knowing Mary and interconnecting with any of you. It is my life that has grown, with learning and helping all of you. I have never regretted starting Masquerade, and I hope that it continues to carry one

IF… Live *If a child lives with criticism S/He learns to condemn. And *If a child lives with hostility S/He learns to fight. *If a child lives with ridicule S/He learns to be shy. Learn *If a child lives with shame S/He learns to feel guilty. *If a child lives with tolerance S/He learns to be patient. *If a child lives with encouragement S/He learns confidence. *If a child lives with fairness S/He learns justice. Courtesy of Colleen! *If a child lives with security S/He learns to have faith. *If a child lives with approval S/He learns to like him/her self. *If a child lives with acceptance and friendship S/He learns to find love in the world.

Authour Unknown. VOLUME 7, ISSUE 4 PAGE 5

Our Club Website

HI everyone!! the URL in the includes info about our Winnipeg Sun! Plus, outings that are Our new Masquerade the site has received a planned, a members web site has been up positive e-mail from a directory to help keep and running since end visitor to our site, who the group connected of May and I am very was simply searching with each other, plus happy to report that we for "The Fat Angel" and pages to help us with are receiving a huge found our site in the your input. amount of hits per day! results! On the web site, there Lipstick & Lace...... is a page where you can submit your own We now have our writings for publishing newsletter "Lipstick & in the Lipstick & Lace Lace" available in . newsletter - http://www. PDF format, so masqurade.ca/ members who are protected/ unable to attend the submit_articles.html meetings can download their copy Plus, we would love to from our web site. The hear your ideas about recent issues are how Masquerade can available only to continue to make it a members at - http:// fun environment for the www/masquerade.ca/ girls - http://www. Our Web-mistress… protected/lipstick_lace. masqurade.ca/ Sabrina! html And the best part! protected/ You get the newsletter submit_articles.html Plus, we have received with COLOR pictures! a few e-mails from You will need your Www.masquerade.ca local girls, inquiring Plus, back issues are "username" and about our group, avaliable to everyone, "password" to access thinking about taking (appropriately edited the members area, so the next step, joining! for security!) so if you if you haven't yet have missed a few received it, send an e- With each update, we meetings and haven't mail to Sabrina at will send out an e-mail received your sabrina_markes@mas letting members know newsletter, you can querade.ca and she there is "New Stuff" on download the ones you will reply with your the web site! To help missed - http://www/ username and promote the site, masquerade.ca/ password. perhaps you could all lipstick_lace.html forward the club's URL Member to people in your own Members Profiles...... contact lists as well. Section...... We have a We are getting some For our page on our exposure in the press members, we web site with too. Shandi wrote to have a special member say that Miss Lonely "Members profiles. Hearts had published Section", which Reaching out on the Please check WWW! the site http:// PAGE 6 LIPSTICK & LACE VOLUME 7, ISSUE 4 PAGE 7

Our Website Cont’d www.masquerade.ca/ happening, where and you don't need to member_profiles.html when, so you can all download the mail to and if you are not plan to join in the fun. your computer if that is listed, send your short In the member's a concern for you, you write-up, e-mail section, we will be can simply use our address and web site posting more detailed ISP's web-based e- URL to info about events, such mail, just like you sabrina_markes@mas as times places etc. would for a Hotmail or querade.ca for However, as a privacy Yahoo account. The inclusion on the page. and security measure, benefit is "Very little We don't want anyone specific information spam" our ISP such as the addresses provides very good and phone numbers of spam filtering, so most members when they of the JUNK never gets are hosting a home to your account!! party will not be posted. In that case, Option 2 - We can set we will simply post an up an e-mail forwarding e-mail address for account for you with an contact purposes.. " @masquerade.ca " address. With a @masquerade.ca e- "Forwarding" account, mail accounts are now any mail sent to your available for @masquerade.ca " Masquerade address will be we would love to hear members...... automatically sent to your present e-mail your ideas about how For our members who address. With this wish to have an e-mail option, you can have Masquerade can account set up with an the @masquerade.ca continue to make it to feel left out. " @masquerade.ca " address, and only need address, we have two to check for mail at one a fun environment We realize not options at a cost of $ e-mail account! everyone is 28 per year (pst & gst for the girls comfortable having included)...... If you would like to their pictures on the have an net, so if you would like Option 1 - We can set @masquerade.ca e- to include your fem up a POP account mail account set up for name and a short (post office protocol) yourself, please write-up, that's for you. This will allow contact Mary with your perfectly OK too. you to download your $ 28 per year (pst & gst mail into an e-mail included), and we will Calendar Page...... program like Micro$oft have your account Outlook or Netscape activated and send you On our calendar page, Navigator's mail the necessary info for we will be posting brief program just like you access. notes about upcoming would for your e-mail events, like outings to account set up for you HUGs all around! Club 200, parties etc. by your ISP. To keep people informed as to what is With a POP account Sabrina PAGE 8 LIPSTICK & LACE

What’s Up Doc?

What does a Looney (1942) -appears in Tunes character have A poll study showed women's lingerie and to do with Masquerade that in screams as Fudd you ask? Well let’s see drag was one of the opens the door on him hmmmmm, he is the top 3 voted as the most -Bugs Bunny Gets the king drag queen of all sexiest cartoon. He Boid (1942) -dances cartoons. He has so was voted higher than with beaky buzzard many outfits that I'm Judy Jetson, Jessica and asks "why don't we jealous of his Rabbit, Betty Boop, do this more often" and wardrobe. Wilma Flintstone and appears interrupted many more characters. mid shower and replies The only characters "you naughty, naught voted higher were boy" Betty Rubble and -Super Rabbit (1943) - Betty from the brief appearance as Archie comics. little bo peep due to a costume mix up In my opinion he is -A Corny Concerto should be (1943) -appears as a recognized as a ballerina, wrapping his diva. Diva? Why as bra around Porky's a diva? Well let'’s head see he has so such -What's Cooking Doc? Bugs Bunny in a gorgeous (1944) -has the wardobe, he is very appearance of Carmen sexy looking, and Miranda drag was one of was cool in all -Bugs Bunny Nips The I have never seen a predicaments by Nips (1944) -appears the top 3 voted as cartoon character outwitting others. as a geisha who displayed in a mallets a sumo the most sexiest crossdressing role as Here's a list of many wrestler many times as Bugs appearances Bugs -Hare Ribbin' (1944) - Bunny. There have Bunny made in appears as a blonde cartoon. been all sorts of women’s clothing mermaid outrageous throughout his career… -Stage Door Cartoon assumptions and (1945) -appears as one slanderous accusations -Har-um Scare-um of the can can leveled at Bugs, with (1939) -dressed as a dark hints made about female dog to spoof his character. When the hunting dog Bugs was in drag he -Elmer's Pet Rabbit stole the hearts of (1941) -quotes many boys and men. Hepburn "you dance divinely, really you do" "Did you ever get after dancing with turned on when Bugs dressed up like a girl -The Heckling Hare bunny?" asked Garth (1941) -accepts from Wayne's World. flowers from the dog This was followed by a -The Wabbit Who schwiiiiiingggggg. Came to Supper (Continued on page 9) VOLUME 7, ISSUE 4 PAGE 9

What’s Up Doc? Cont’d

(Continued from page 8) -The Windblown Hare -The Unmentionables dancers.... Fudd (1949) -Bugs appears (1963) -appears as a whistles at him as Little Red Riding flapper who kicks rocky - hood while singing a while doing the (1945) -appears as a version of "The Lady In charleston wagnerian heroine Red", "The Rabbit In -Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare -Hare Conditioned Red" (1964) -Bugs teases (1945) -appears as a -Hillbilly Hare (1950) - Taz as a nurse wows a pair of -Carrotblanca (1995) - brothers by appears as a blonde in appearing as an a pink dress and hitting ozark cutie with a -Rabbit Fire (1951) - pink purse containing bugs appears as a an anvil huntress with daffy as gypsy As you probably seen -Rabbit Seasoning Bugs wasn't the only (1952) -appears as a Looney Tune character "stacked" Lana that got prettied. Some Turner-type who of the roster includes bamboozles Elmer Elmer Fudd, Daffy into shooting her a Duck, Wile E. Coyote, duck and the Road Runner. -Southern Fried The cartoon lady customer Rabbit (1952) -appears crossdressing The cartoon - (1945) - as a southern belle phenomenon has to be Yosemite Sam is -Hare Trimmed credited to Bugs crossdressing embarrassed when (1953) -appears as Bunny. opening a train door , then becomes phenomenon compartment to find Yosemite Sam's bride For a "doc"umentary Bugs getting dressed -Robot Rabbit (1953) - on Bugs Bunny and has to be -Mississippi Hare appears as a robot how he is viewed in the (1948) -appears as a cutie TG community check credited to southern belle -Napoleon Bunny-part out www.33139.com/ -Haredevil Hare (1956) -Bugs dresses fastbugs.ram Bugs Bunny. (1948) -romances k-9 as Josephine in a pink -Hare Splitter (1948) - French gown and I have to thank Karen impersonates his bonnet to fool girlfriend to abuse a Napoleon rival -What's Opera Doc? -Bower Bugs (1949) - (1957) -the most dresses feminine to famous crossdressing heckle a character sketch for Bugs as he -Long-Haired Hare appears as Brunnhilde (1949) -appears as a -Bedeviled Rabbit bobby soxer (1957) -appears as a -Rabbit of Seville Tasmanian she-devil to (1949) -Bugs appears attract Taz in a green dress and -Now Hare This Elmer Fudd also (1958) -appears as appears in a brides Red Riding Hood again dress PAGE 10 LIPSTICK & LACE

Masquerade Reaches Michigan!

Last week my SO and I stuff though. My first stop, a nearby went shopping, just for The SO has been out strip Mall. I parked in me! ( I think I may have of town this whole the back parking lot by told you this already) week so I've been the Mall entrance got We looked for an outfit, doing a lot of out of my car and something I can wear experimenting with walked right in. I for my Dunes Resort makeup and changing passed several guys weekend. We didn't my face appearance to loading stuff in a truck look much more outside and in the mall feminine and younger passed lots of people and I had a lot of with out even one success. With the help looking at me any of all my new makeup I different then just finally developed a look another pretty girl just that is pretty much walked by. I then completely passable, at proceeded outside in least I think so. I know the front of the mall you don't like that word and walked from store "passable" but for me it to store check out stuff is a challenge. I don't in the windows and all want to be just the time passing "acceptable" I want passable.

This is from So this morning instead of going to work (took a vacation Pamela Ann, day) I got up and became a "Passable girl" ( at least in my a friend from mind) The hair the makeup the face have much luck with changes ( I'll explain Michigan! the outfit but we did it all to you someday, buy a ton of makeup. lets just say I used We stopped at the tape) and the outfit "Perscriptives counter" was perfect. I looked and spent over $150. in the mirror and saw She would try the stuff a woman that would on and if I liked what I blend in very saw I gave her the easily..... I mean a real people with out any "nod" and she would woman looked back, It reaction at all...... I felt buy it. Foundation, was unbelievable. So I like I was invisible. concealer to powder, did what any woman we bought lots! Hey, would do when all So now I decided to go that Perscritives is dressed up...... I got in in to Kroger's and do a pretty nice stuff. The my car and went out little shopping, passing SO still likes her shopping...... Yes I all kinds of people "CHANEL" foundation, went out dressed at walking up and down she should for $50 a 10:00am in the the isles with out any pop, that is really nice morning. (Continued on page 11) VOLUME 7, ISSUE 4 PAGE 11

Masquerade Reaches Michigan! cont’d.

(Continued from page 10) not one gave me a maybe in her late reaction at all. By this second look. I walked twenties. She looks at time I was becoming over to the 'woman’s" me for a split second very relaxed with the magazines and standing there coming whole outing and I thumbed through them my hair and then goes begane to relaxe and with other women into the one and only doing the same stall (very small thing. You know restroom) and closes how you would the door. I could her like to look at peeing as I was woman’s mags touching up my lipstick. in a store but I open the door and always feel a walked out and through little funny doing the restaurant and so as a guy, Hey outside back to my car I had no problem all the time passing now as a guys in work cloths, woman. never giving me a second look and drove I left Borders and home. It went perfect! really enjoy being a girl then drove to Burger and I can't wait now to out and about...... I King and went inside. do it again! LOVED IT! ...... I all of a The place was packed sudden wanted to go with the lunc h crowd, I think a lot of me going every where as a mostly guys. couple out today was due to woman. I left the store guys looked my way as you Sabrina. Thanks a lot of me and went into a small I walked through but for all the support and picture frame shop. never gave me a advice, you were right There was a mirror on second look. I walked in every way about going out the wall in the store so to the very back and being "accepted" Hey, I open my purse and went into the woman’s this may be a story for today was due got out my brush and rest room. A guy was your next Masquerade fixed my hair, right in walking right the store with people behind me to you Sabrina all around me. down the hall when I went From there I went into the shopping in Dammans woman’s hardware ( that was a room. There rush) and then back in wasn't to my car. Hey this is anyone in the way way to easy so I bathroom at decided to drive to the time so I decided to article. When I came Borders Book store touch up my lipstick home I took some pic's and went in the store. I and comb my hair, all and I attached one for walked through the of a sudden the you. whole book store, I restroom door opens even stopped at a table as I'm standing there Love, to look at some and incomes an discount books with attractive young three other woman woman dressed casual Pamela Ann standing next to me, PAGE 12 LIPSTICK & LACE

The CD Funnies!

Caught with his hands in the cookie jar!?!? VOLUME 7, ISSUE 4 PAGE 13

Event Photos!

Krystal is presented with a certificate of Sabrina, Natalie, Ardra and Krystal at achievement at the September meeting! Happenings after the meeting!

Chantal’s Portrait from Christie’s first ever The New Space Girls! Photo Night! photo night!

Martina, Shandi, Chantal, Christie and The party girls from Mary’s Birthday party! Ardra at Bruce & Kris’s Barbeque Masquerade Masquerade Is!

c/o Lady Godiva Boutique We are a social and support group for cross-dressers, transvestites, and 832 Corydon Ave. Winnipeg, MB transsexuals. Our purpose is for people with like/common interests to R3M 0Y2 associate and socialize. It is not for the purpose of soliciting or engaging in sexual activities.

Phone: 204-586-9356 All gender gifted individuals, who are 18 years of age or older, and are email: [email protected] prepared to respect our bi-laws, are welcome. Spouses and significant others are encouraged and welcome to attend meetings and functions and join if they wish. We regularly meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month. The meetings begin around 7:30 p.m. and go until 9 or 10. Refreshments, but no alcohol, are Www. served. A $3.00 due is charged to help cover costs of the tea & coffee, etc. masquerade.ca that are provided.

We endeavour to maintain a very friendly, laid-back atmosphere. We are all there for the same reasons-a place to go to that is accepting, private and relaxing. Change facilities are available. Dressing for the first meeting or two is not required, but encouraged! We hold parties, photo nights and other fun and informative events and outings! It is estimated that 5-10% of our population are crossdressers, so chances are you know one! Why not tell HER about us! For more info contact us at 586-9356 or email [email protected]

For the girl inside us all! Birthday Girls! Leah Oct. 1 Ardra Oct. 12 Lisa Oct. 19

Natalie Nov 5 Looks like it’s party time!!!! Brenda Nov. 19 Naomi Nov. 27