Cross dressing in Nevada?!

[Megan Crowhurst]

A comentator on National Public Radio's morning program this morning
did a piece on cross dressing among men in Nevada.  (NPR is the USA's
rough equivalent to the CBC in Canada or the BBC in the UK.) The
woman who contributed the piece (a recent arrival in Nevada from New
York) indicated that it's pretty common for men (possibly rural men?
... she specifically mentioned "farmer's tans") to wear dresses by
preference, and the piece seemed to indicate that this is not seen as
any big deal.  Also mentioned that "To Fong Woo" was filmed not far
from Lincoln, Nebraska, and that locals are pretty proud of it.  I'm
curious; any Nevada-ites out there who can put this into perspective
or comment on it?  (Maybe the Austin Lounge Lizards were really off
the mark when they sing "...it's hard to be gay in Lodgepole
Nebraska...")

All best,
Megan
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Megan J. Crowhurst, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics

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