I knew a girl in high school who was quite tall, and had a sweet soprano singing voice. I lost track of her after graduation, then ran into her again about ten years later.

In the intervening time, she had got married, had a child, got divorced, smoked like a chimney, causing her singing voice to go down a couple of octaves, and had worked at a variety of jobs.

One of which was a "Victor/Victoria" thing. There was a gay night club on Seattle's First Avenue at the time and it featured female impersonators. My friend could sing pretty well, and she could dance (she'd been in high school productions), and she was looking for a job, so she went to the club and applied for a job as a female impersonator. And got it!!

And she got away with it! All the patrons thought she was a guy dressed up as a woman (tall, husky voice, etc.), but only she and the guy who owned the club knew the truth.

That was years before the movie, "Victor/Victoria" came out.

She was definitely of the female persuasion despite the general confusion other people had about her sexuality.

Don Firth