[zerosix]

You are absolutely correct in that "wardrobe issues for cross-dressers, tranney's (I never even knew that there was such a thing) and other sexual fetishes" were only covered in "alternative publications" or the kind of newsletters that one could pick up at specialty types of businesses (once upon a time, some of health food stores and vegan restaurants/delis were but a couple of types of these businesses but since Whole Foods has become mainstream, I guess they are no longer fringe stores.)

At any rate, there were specific types of publications that almost resembled mimeograph copies (tells you how old I am) that carried these publications featuring strange ads hinting at unusual sexual services, drug paraphernalia, etc. with articles regarding where to find lingerie that ran in men's "big and tall" sizes, or which stores featured "sensitive sales personnel" when asking for personal fitting help.

As you state, now this kind of article is appearing in "mainline" publications (does AP qualify to be called "mainline" or has "mainline" become "fringe fetish today?) which now produce "fringe fetish" as "news."

Somehow, though not understanding most of the words or terms used, the author of this article implies that I'm somehow supposed to care about the fact that people are being humiliated because their body types don't fit into the available clothing lines at most traditional clothing and/or department stores.

I might sympathize with these shoppers were their fitting "issues" not cloaked in psychobabble of fringe homosexual tendencies.

I not only don't care, I'm offended.

[a fool in paradise]

(AP) BRAKING HARD: SQUARE PEGS DON'T FIT IN ROUND HOLES!