Barb, I’m not surprised that most of the trans women attending the LGBT event were not dressed as you and I like them too. I believe it is an age perspective. You and I grew up in a time when women wore dresses or skirts and blouses with heels and all the appropriate lingerie. Now there is no dress code; no matter what one looks like, she is accepted as trans because she says so. I believe that is why so many of us have a problem with birth males in traditional women’s spaces. Nothing needs to be proven.
BTW, as I write this, relaxing in my home, I’m wearing a panty, garter belt, stockings, bra, camisole, half slip, skirt and blouse, pearl necklace, ear rings, bracelet, and make up. Most of my lingerie is lacy and silky. I feel so much like the woman I want to be.