Women's wear sale 'just for men'

The members-only shopping sessions will be held once a month

A charity shop in Leeds is hosting evening shopping sessions exclusively for cross-dressing men.

The Oxfam store renames itself "Oxtran" when it stocks up on oversized women's wear and open its doors to transsexuals and transvestites once a month.

Sally Stone, who runs the store in the city centre, said: "We felt that there was definitely a gap in the market."

The move has been welcomed by Leeds drag queens Daisy du Pont and Anna Glypta.

Ms Stone said: "Oxfam's always looking for new ways to raise funds for the work that we do and we felt that there was definitely a gap in the market.

It's something that Leeds has been crying out for Daisy du Pont

"So we are opening our doors for one night each month to allow an uncatered-for group of people to come to shop in an uninhibited environment.

"We have quite a lot of oversized things and you'll find in all Oxfam shops that they don't sell very well so those things will be shipped to our central warehouse, sorted out and sent to us specially for these events."

Ms du Pont, who picked out a see-through black blouse and a gold dress, said: "I think it's fantastic. It's something that Leeds has been crying out for.

"The transgender community had nowhere to go and it's great to shop with staff who understand what they are looking for."

Ms Glypta said: "Drag queens like us don't mind going out and buying things and saying it's for ourselves.

"But an awful lot of guys out there can't actually admit that they are buying something that is actually for them, so they can't try things on, they end up taking it home and then bringing it back so it just gets complicated.

"To have somewhere like this where they can go and it's all 'trans-aware' is fabulous."