it turns out that i'll be spending xmas with family this year and i intend to a wear a mrs. claus costume that reflects the fears that conservatives have about trans people.

i'm doing this mostly because two of my nephews just had daughters that i want to have a relationship with and also because some dumbass part of me misses their conservative genz asses simply because i used to bottle feed them and change their diapers when they were babies themselves.

the only other gay in my family is just as disgusted as i am that they would vote for someone who would gleefully fuck up their daughters' lives (trump) and we both intend to stir shit up without saying a single word so he's going to dress up as santa claus because one of the mothers is a put-jesus-back-into-xmas types and i will go as mrs claus to help.

however, the other mother and father are both transphobic so i want to make my costume to look as offensively trans (to them) as possible; but still be subtle enough so that the smarter members of my family can get the joke, but have enough space for deniability so that they can tell the conservatives to stfu. (i'm also hoping that their older daughters will ask about something that their parents don't want them to know about).

i'm a generic gay, so i can only guess what transphobes say/do to trans people so i'm struggling to find ways to make my costume trans without making it look like i'm making fun of trans people or look like i'm trying to do drag.

please help me with ideas on how to turn cis-mrs-claus into trans-mrs-claus that's offensive to clueless conservatives ONLY and fun for everyone else.

  • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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    7 days ago

    I'm assuming OP is a cis man (correct me if I'm wrong!) in which case isn't a Mrs. Claus costume drag by definition? Don't see how there's a way to do this that isn't drag.

    • windowlicker [she/her]
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      7 days ago

      exactly what im thinking. i don't know how you can make an outfit "look trans". feels reeeaally iffy to even say.

    • eldavi@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      7 days ago

      I’m assuming OP is a cis man (correct me if I’m wrong!)

      yes i am

      in which case isn’t a Mrs. Claus costume drag by definition?

      yes it is

      Don’t see how there’s a way to do this that isn’t drag.

      neither can i; hence the post.