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Going with some friends for the first time tomorrow and want to wear a pretty over-the-top outfit but am worried about negative attention. Does anyone have some advice?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago

Depends on where this Ren Faire is tbh, the faire will draw from the local populace

That said there will be a fuckton of theater kids there and they tend to have very positive attitudes towards trans people, at least in comparison to most other subsets of the population

[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago

Every Ren Faire I've been to has been super queer-friendly. If you're in a somewhat accepting area, it's a pretty good chance the Ren Faire will be (mostly) safe.

My advice is to go with a buddy or two if you can.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

I reckon some areas may warrant more concern than others but overall renn Faire types are generally liberal, accepting, and can be pretty over the top themselves sometimes. I can't speak to that specifically as a cishet lad but I certainly wouldn't stress about it. I know I've seen some "obviously" trans folk before and nobody seemed to give a fuck.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

Based on my recent experiences in Ohio, I would think so!

I consistently see every kind of person there. Last year I saw a young woman in an absolutely wild dragon cosplay with stilt-like heels with hooves on them, storm troopers, some medieval drag, and a man wearing jeans and an Infowars t-shirt all in the same place.

Never seen a fight or even angry words, everybody is usually there to have a good time and be weird.

Only fair to note that I'm a tall white guy, so milage may vary.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

i have some trans friends who have been to ren faires before and said it was mostly chill

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A t4t couple i know fequently has a lot of fun at ren faires, but they also tend to buy lots of maces and double-bladed axes, which may or may not reduce the odds of people giving you negative attention.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i suppose it might vary place to place, but i've always had a lovely time at the northern california one, and there's always been plenty of other visibly trans people as well. you should absolutely do it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

omg! Is it in the redwoods? That would be so crazy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

i wish. it used to be held in a proper forest back when i was a kid, but now it's held considerably further south in the hot, dry realm of Hollister. It's still a lot of fun, but i wouldn't wear one of the big over the top nobility outfits there unless i got it suped up with a liquid cooling system like the queen has.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'd assume pretty dang chill. Like, they're public events, so there's always a chance there's gonna be some asshole somewhere, but I'd say the crowd as a whole would definitely lean queer-positive.

Queer positive, probably at least tipsy, and probably very fond of medieval weaponry.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The Michigan ren faire is incredibly inclusive

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Depends on the Ren fair, trans buddies of mine are frequent visitors, performers and enjoyers of them for decades and rarely had they problems (read on the level of every day stuff, with drunk people a bit more; rarely less). But the ones where they had problems they often had problems continuously.

This is speaking about German city states and some Ren Fares outside, but also for Danish ones.

For negative experiences: In Germany you have a couple of nationalist rigth wing folk people on some Ren Fairs, who try to connect with "Pagan" "Eso" aesthetics to the environment. This might not be the case so much in other places.