I was attracted to the kilt from an early age, possibly because Robert "Uncle Bob" Heinlein wrote about it with admiration in a couple of his books. Later, I discovered that I, like E. E. Smith's Red Lensman, was a MacDougall by maternal descent, and started hanging around highland games and such.

As a nurse, I've worked with several transgender patients, and I've found it interesting that a lot of the language and flavor of this community is similar to the gender community. We talk about our first time in public, and share positive reactions to us, while ignoring the negative. I'm not by any means saying that kilting is crossdressing, it's clearly not, but I do find it interesting that much of the language is the same.