When wearing a kilt we stand out from the crowd (some more then others), seems to me one way to do this is by going to media events and other places where the odds of being singled out and Interviewed are high and talking about why we wear kilts.
The "Million Skirted Men March" event in New York comes to mind. It stands out as a good reason why companies hire media consultants. Andrew Bolton and Jean-Paul Gaultier do not speak for me.

Mainstream media is mainstream media because it reflects mainstream values and the mainstream worldview. It's an insider's game and we need someone on the inside to shape our message in a way that won't be spun and wind up on the "News of the Strange" segment.

We can certainly try to do this on an individual basis, be each of us has be very sure that the person interviewing us is on our side, like this guy:

http://www.thelantern.com/news/2004/...e-608365.shtml

Keep in mind too that not all of us who wear kilts want to be accepted into the mainstream.

Also, some guys on this list don't share the "whatever gets more guys in kilts is good and everything else is bad" philosophy that other guys on the list have.

So what happens when someone who has a different agenda gets the interview?

And this gets to what I see as the heart of the matter: We don't have an overarching strategy because, being the individualists we are, we haven't agreed on a single overarching goal that we can all work towards.

Another point I want to make is that some kilt makers think they're having a social impact because they've sold a lot of kilts.

In San Francisco, during the Gay Pride festival and the Folsom Street Faire (a BDSM culture event), Utilikilts sells kilts all day long.

My daughter-in-law works in the Castro District which is the gay section of the city. Sometimes we pick her up from work to take her on family outings.

In four years I've only seen one other man wearing a kilt in the Castro during a normal work day.

I'm the only kilted man I see walking the streets in the most liberal, progressive city in America, where a popular brand of kilt is purchased and owned by perhaps hundreds of socially and sexually liberated men.

Where are all the kilts?