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title: About Phyllis
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<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
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<li class="active">About Phyllis</li>
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<h1 class="fancy-script">Meet Phyllis Rogers</h1>
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<h2 class="fancy-script">Proprietress of Phyllis' Fantasies</h2>
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<blockquote><p><i>"Phyllis is like everyone's fairy godmother...she can turn </i>anyone<i> into
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Cinderella!"</i></p>
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<footer>Amy Bowersox, Member, Board of Trustees, Gender Identity Center of Colorado</footer>
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<p><strong>Phyllis Rogers (<i>nee</i> Stiegelmeier) is an unlikely friend of the transgender
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community.</strong>
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Most in the community are either transgendered or have a friend or family member who is. Phyllis came
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into the community in a whole new way. After a chance meeting with a crossdresser at a local restaurant,
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with whom she became fast friends, Phyllis was invited out one evening to meet others in the community.
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Ironically, like all of us, she was apprehensive her first night out. She feared the community might
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not be accepting of a straight woman. Boy, was she wrong! "I found everyone to be extremely friendly
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and receptive to my being in one of their clubs. In fact, in a very short time, I found myself making a
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number of really great friends," says Phyllis of those first few evenings out.</p>
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<p><strong>Phyllis grew up in the East Coast retail industry.</strong> From the age of 12, she worked in
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department stores owned by her father. Even at that young age, she loved to help people find just the
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right outfits, and always looked forward to accompanying her father to the garment district in New York
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City where he would buy clothes for his stores. She often got to choose an outfit for herself on those
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trips. Which wasn't easy, because she wanted everything she saw. Oh, sacrifices!</p>
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<p><strong>A desire to help others is a common thread in Phyllis's life.</strong> She spent many years in
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the medical field as a registered medical assistant and an x-ray technician. But her passion for glamour
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and yearning to dress up and go out on the town could not be repressed. Sound familiar? So she traded
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her white uniform and oxfords for a sequin gown, feather boa and sexy high heels. Career change time!
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For the next few years Phyllis indulged her fantasies dancing in the clubs of Los Angeles, Reno and
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Denver.</p>
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<p><strong>Family life and children led to yet another career.</strong> What <i>hasn't</i> this woman done?
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Phyllis had always wanted to be self-employed...and, if you know Phyllis, she usually goes after what she
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wants. So was born her new business, Computer Media, which sold hardware, software and supplies. This
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business, while very profitable and successful, had kept the girl locked away in her home office, like a
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wardrobe of lovely dresses, make-up etc. secured in a footlocker or old golf bag hidden away from the
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world in a garage or basement. Sound familiar again?</p>
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<p>During this time, while getting a gown altered, a seamstress and designer asked Phyllis to model in a
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fashion show. Once again, her desire for fashion and glamour was appeased. From 1860s ballgowns to modern
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formal wear to lingerie, the glamour woman was in her glory. Soon after, the inevitable happened.
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Phyllis became a fashion consultant, selling the wonderful, sensual lingerie, dresses, skirts and outfits
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she had previously just been modeling. Presently, in order to meet the unique needs of the transgendered
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person, she continues to add wonderful new products to her line. Along the way, she became involved
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with <strong>Majestic Hearts Pageantry</strong>, taking over as the pageant's owner when its founder
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passed away, and continues to be a guiding light in the community.</p>
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<p><strong>Phyllis is a connoisseur of fashion and glamour.</strong> But she's also an understanding,
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accepting and caring woman. All her life, she has worked hard at perfecting her own look; now, her
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passion is to help you find <i>your</i> look. Along with all of the above, you now have the opportunity
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to experience your new look with fantasy photos. And Phyllis knows very well how scary a first night
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out can be. That's why she offers her accompaniment on your first big night out. She knows the hot
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spots where you can feel at ease, have dinner, dance and meet other wonderful people like yourself!</p>
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<p><strong><i>Phyllis, you go, girl!</i></strong></p>
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