I finally dared to go to nearest Old Navy to buy a few women dresses for myself today. I don't remotely pass as I have only been on HRT for five months, but I wanted to start to dress more authentically.

I found a few dresses that I wanted to try out, so I headed toward the changing rooms. Just as I was about to sneak inside one of the individual changing rooms one of the staff members stopped me.

I got really nervous, but then she smiled and asked me if I had seen their return rack for tall women's clothing items. I responded that I had not seen it and she suggested that I go and check it out as it had some items in my size.

I went to check it out and found a few things that I wanted to try on. I went back to the changing rooms and she was still there and directed me to the nearest one. I tried the dresses on and found three that fit me and I thought looked nice on me.

While I was standing in the checkout line, she came up to me again and asked if I had found something that fit me. She then told me to remember to regularly check out their return rack for tall women's clothing as they often get in sizes that they normally don't carry at the store from returned online purchases.

Not only was she nice to me, but my cashier was also really nice and asked me how I liked the clothing that I was buying. I was nervous about going to Old Navy at first instead of ordering something online, but now I am happy that I did. She and the cashier both treated me with dignity and respect and made me feel normal.