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Personalia:-) My name is Randi Beate, I'm a 47 years old transvestite from Skien in Norway. I am single, and I am living alone in my own house. I was a member in FPE (the Norwegian union for transvestites) from October 99 untill 2007. I saw a program on TV about transvestites, but I didn't write down the address. Then after a while I got my own PC, and connected to the Internet. I started surfing, and I found out about the FPE. And here I am working my ... of trying to make a homepage so that you can read about me, like I have read a lot of your pages. You see I'm not a computer-expert. When I saw this tv program there was a transvestite or drag artist trying wigs in a shop in Oslo. I thought it would be nice to have a wig, and I decided to get one myself. I went to Oslo, found the shop Jalvad,- went in and I was being taken very good care of. I got all the help I possibly could ask for, and the ladies in the shop was wery nice to me. I got myself my first wig and it was like a dream came true. I went to Oslo City (a shopping mall) and had a wonderful time. I have been out shopping a lot since that day. When I decided to buy my second wig I went to a place called Ruhs in Oslo, and I was taken good care of there too. I found 12-15 different wigs and I sat down for myself and tried them on without interruptions. You can see my new wig on the first picture in the picture gallery. I didn't want a wig with hair that long at first, but I changed my mind fast when I tried it on. The first FPE-member I met was Kaja. I sent her a mail,- then I called her on the phone, and finally we met at her place. I had a good time, but I was a bit nervous at the beginning. It felt quite special to meet another T.V. face to face for the first time, but I got over it pretty fast and after a while I managed to relax. We talked about everything that T.V.'s talk about (I guess), and I got some info. about FPE, the meetings, and that they sometimes go out after the meetings. I enjoy to go out, and I always find it exciting to "go a bit further" than the last time. Ten years ago I went to Oslo for the first time dressed up as a woman, after that I've been out in public a lot. It took a while before I ended up at Karl Johan (main street in Oslo) for the first time, because I was afraid. I don't know what I was afraid of, there was nothing to fear, no comments from anyone. I was in Oslo on the 17. of May 1999 too (Constitutional day in Norway), walking around dressed up like a woman and it was really nice. Just great, you should try it sometimes! In July 2004 I appered in a Norwegian magazin called Det Nye together with 3 others, and on the 11.th of september It was a story in Norways biggest newspaper called VG ( Verdens Gang ). Everything went great and no one recognized me, but I knew that i was on thin ice. So on september 18.th 2004 there was a story of me in the magazine og the local newspaper Varden. There was a 7 page story with pictures, and i was recognized as a transvestite by friends and people that i work with. It took from 4 to 14 days before anyone had the courage to confront me with the fact, that they knew about me, and that i was a transvestite. They didn't know how to act, and they felt it hard and difficult to handle. No one thought about the fact that it is the same person inside, the same person that they have worked with for years. Now,- the things have settled and it's not a subject. They know,- but i don't think they care that much, and thats OK by me. Maybe they think that this is his problem :-))) I buy like anyone else, clothes that I like to dress. The difference is that I prefer a feminin style now and then, and I feel great. I have to go now, so until next time take care:) OBS !! Three years ago,- myself and two others left the union because the leader told us that we were useless, and all we did was make problems for her. There is now just about 100 members in the union, it was 165 when "the useless theree" left. Best regards from Randi Beate.

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Personal Interest:) I am as a transvestite interested in clothes, make up, shoes, magazines and other female things. I'm interested in sports,- like soccer, biathlon, female handball, alpine ski. Some years ago I was wery interested in cars, but now a car to me is just something that brings me from A to B - and that's it. I enjoy travelling, and my favourite tour/ holiday was in July 1990. I was in the USA for the second time and we went to Hawaii for one week. The rest of the time we spent in California and Florida. I've been in the US 6 times and visited 32 states. In july 2006 i was over there for the 6.th time. I then visit the states of North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Minnesota. We did go to Nevada, Arizona,and California as well. In the summer of 99 we went on a cruise in the Mediterranean Sea,- that was great. It was very relaxing, and I can strongly recommend it. I hope to reach all 50 states in the US as soon as possible, so maybe next year i will be back. We have been talking about driving Route 66 from Chicago to LA. That will give me two new states Illinois and New Mexico. In 2007 i went to Budapest in Hungary for a few days to join two friends. We went to a Rolling Stones concert here as well. FUN !! We then drove on a two weeks vacation into Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina and down to Montenegro. On the way back home we visit the town of Mostar in Bosnia. Back into Croatia, and then Slovenia and visit the city of Ljubljana for shoping. Into Austria, and visit places like Salzburg, and Burg Hohenwerfen,- the Eagles nest film location, in Werfen, Austria. We then visit the real eagles nest ( Kehlstein Hous ) in Berchtesgarden, and Koenigsee in Germany, half an hour from Salzburg. Then we drove into the Czech republic and the city of Prague. Here we had a wonderful time dining, jazz concert, and crystal shoping. Then we went home. Great holiday !! 2 weeks ago, in september 2009 I came home from a cruise in the adriatic see. We started in Venice, Italy, sailed down to Split, Croatia, then to Corfu, Pireus, Athen, Mykonos, Katakolon, Olympia, and then back to Venice. One week just relaxing and having a good time. I can recomend it.

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Shopping tip:) Oslo City er en helt grei plass å handle. Jalvad og Ruhs kan anbefales. når det gjelder parykker. Jeg bestilte et par støvletter fra ett firma som heter Ultimate Shoes (Lisa Williams) -og her må jeg si at det var veldig god service. Støvletten jeg ønsket var ikke lagervare så det tok ca.3 uker, men hele tiden ble jeg oppdatert via mail. Lisa var en svært hyggelig dame, som også var inne på hjemmesiden min etter at jeg sendte linken. Kan på det varmeste anbefale ett parfymeri i Porsgrunn, det er Parfymelle (Inger Lise Skoe. Parfymelle har 2 veldig hyggelige damer som bytter på å være i butikken, og begge to er veldig hyggelige. Jeg har vært innom flere ganger, og får helt topp service. Anne Lise den ene av damene er ei kjempehyggelig dame som tidligere drev et annet parfymeri i byen,- og vi diskuterer klær og sminke akkurat som hun gjør med hvilken som helst annen kvinne som er innom. Hun finner frem vareprøver på kremer/parfyme etc. til meg, og kommer med råd og vink. I det hele tatt så føler du deg velkommen. Carma, er en klesbutikk i Porsgrunn og her finner du mange forskjellige kvalitetsmerker. Bra kvalitet som nok gjennspeiler seg i prisen på klærne. Når det gjelder sko og støvletter, så har jeg nå for det meste handlet på www.zappos.com,- der har de det meste. Problemet er at de kun sender i USA og Canada. Dette ordnet jeg på følgende måte. Jeg opprettet en postboks i Texas, USA. Zappos sender varene dit og jeg organiserer selv sendingen fra postboksen og hjem. Firmaet /postboks firmaet heter www.usa2me.com. Du får et sjema i posten og så går du på politistasjonen og får underskrift og stempel på at du er den som legitimasjonen din sier at du er. Så sender du dette tilbake. Det med egen postboks er ikke den billigste måten fordi frakten er dyr. Dette kan du velge å gjøre noe med, ved å be dem om å pakke om forsendelsen, ( bli kvitt skoeskene fordi dette blir det volum av, og det er dyrere en vekten. Men får man sko og støvletter som passer, så er det verd noe ekstra fordi man kan få sko i alle prisklasser på Zappos. Noen veldig billig hvis man går på SALE sidene. See under "Links"