A T-Girl Hostess
To be found on Facebook as Gloria Mardi Gras, I am the veteran and longserving t-girl hostess at the Mardi Gras Hotel in Blackpool, just along the street from Scarlets, and run by good friends Jennifer and Sarah. Mardi Gras is gayowned but straight-friendly, and in fact, the majority of our guests these days probably are of the straight variety - such are the swings in society. This little job, predominantly Saturday afternoons/ early evenings is the pinnacle of my life’s journey as trans. The framework of my history is much the same as everyone else’s so I will not go into much detail. Suffice to say that I have had a chequered and varied past as trans and had one or two adventures along the way, the majority of it closeted, sadly. Times were different when I was younger; and to be different was certainly not easy, as those of a similar generation will acknowledge. So now, out and proud, I am making up for lost time. Long may it continue!