There are many thousands of places that will greet a crossdresser or trans girl with a smile. We drive by them everyday, and most of the time we don’t give them a second thought. I myself have passed several places, wondering if I could feel comfortable stopping in, but didn’t do so. Ultimately, I end up going to places where I feel safe. Over the years, many such places have earned our business by accepting and catering to girls like us.
For example, there are around 1385 Ulta stores in the US. I have heard many wonderful stories of CDH girls that frequent them for their beautification goals. Additionally, there are over 2700 Sephora stores in 35 countries around the world. Lots of us girls go to these, and feel comfortable and welcome. My point in all of this is to tap into a knowledge base that can help all of us find our place in the world. CDH is eager to help, and this is how we can do it.
We are excited to start a contest in February, to find and document the local places that our members know and love.
We want to have a list of providers that we know are accepting of the LGBTQIA+ community and we will use YOUR contributions to accomplish this.
The contest will start on Monday, February 3rd 2025 and will run for 2 months, ending on FIND A RAINBOW DAY – April 3rd. The member who has the most local places published in that time will receive a free 1-year Princess membership. Second and third places receive a free 1-year Duchess and Baroness membership, respectively. To be eligible for any prize, a minimum of 25 entries will be required. I have done as many as 8 in one evening after dinner so, 25 over 2 months is quite doable.
The site owner, Vanessa Law, has also agreed that during the contest period, every 25 entries will earn that contributor a 2-month Duchess-level membership. 50 entries will translate to 4 months, and so on.
We also want everyone to be kept informed of how the contest is going. So, as the contest proceeds, there are going to be multiple badges, as well as updates on the home page. All the award winners will receive a special badge prominently displayed on their profile page for everyone to see. During the contest, any member that gets 10 places published will earn a badge to celebrate their contribution.
These are the rules for this contest.
1) To qualify for a Local Places entry, the place’s title, description, a category, and a website address will be required. (A Facebook page qualifies as a website, as does their Instagram or Twitter/X.)
2)Â Two out of three of the following will also be required:Â Phone, Email, Contact Person.
3)Â The place description needs to be a minimum of 7 words long.
4)Â All submissions should be appropriate for the audience. CDH will remain PG-rated.
5)Â Chain stores will not be accepted for this contest. If the listing you are submitting has more than 20 locations it will be considered a chain store.
6) Submissions need to be uploaded using the Local Places submission form. If you click HERE, you’ll be taken right to the form to get started.
7) Please be discreet. Check with every establishment you intend to submit an entry for, and make sure they are comfortable having their contact information released.
8)Â Every establishment submitted as a Local Places entry needs to be actively doing business at the time it is submitted.
9)Â Establishments submitted need to be regarded as safe and accepting of our membership. Please use good judgement.
10)Â Duplicate entries will only be awarded to the first person to submit them.
We have editors that will be checking each submission for accuracy and relevance. We won’t be able to respond to each submission personally, but we will do our best to publish each submission in a timely manner. You can then look your listing up using the search bar in the Local Places section of CDH.
I am coming up on 5 years of being a part of this wonderful community. I have grown personally, relying on the help, support and generosity of everyone here at CDH. Talk with your friends and help make this contest a success for all of us.
Hugs,
Bree
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Hello Ladies, Our Find a Rainbow day has come and gone. Along with that Our Local places contest has ended. After some maintenance and clearing up our existing listings, our baseline for the start was at 474. As of today we have 1377 local places published and we will be continuing to add them and We hope all of you ladies will do so as well. We will be contacting our winners individually but their names are………  Erika Bell Erika has has gotten 201 local places published and She is still going. Thank you Erika for your hard work… Read more »
@Bree Heath Why? Because I don’t think there are that many here who are freely out and about (survey idea?) and, on the other side of the equation, I don’t think that there are that many sites that are openly accepting. Tacitly accepting, yes, or at least not objecting, but not “you’re welcome here". I submitted one place that encouraged me to visit, and I have, often, and had excellent experiences; but they’re in the minority. I’ve never had a problem anywhere-staff or patrons-but that doesn’t rise to the level of “by all means go there". I salute your effort… Read more »
@kendra2024 Thank you Kendra I cant say I have been to 25 places that openly welcome the girls from CDH. I have been to several. I am continuing to submit places that say they are accepting. I started in Wisconsin and went through Michigan and have just started Ohio. I have submitted over 300 just in these 3 states. I know I have missed some. I am surprised at the number of businesses that are actually Transgender owned. There are a lot. In the end, my hope is to give our girls a hand at actually getting out and experiencing… Read more »
Congratulations to @Erika Bell and @Emily Southern !
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Thank you both for making our community a safer place, and helping others find the courage to step out into the world as themselves!
Thank you so very much Vanessa! As you may have guessed.. a labor of love..  🙂 
First of all, thank you Vanessa for making this place. You’ve absolutely set out a ripple that will forever reverberate. Secondaly, not surprised Emily is a winner. She gets out a bunch and is a sweetheart. And holly cow Ellie and Bree you two are setting the bar high. Hope to reach your numbers some day. Its nice to help out the community. Like so many other I too have not been out to 25 places, yet, but just knowing that there are so many people out there that will accept us is heart warming. To Brees question. Number 7… Read more »