This is a fictional work.
The date had been on the calendar and circled for a long time. Sunday August 20, 2017. That was the date for the annual Gay Pride Walk in Madison Wisconsin. Actually it had been on many calendars and circled by many people wanting to profess their love and their sexuality.
Steph and Jenny lived in Madison, Jenny was a budget and financial analyst for the state legislature. Steph was a business analyst for Wisconsin Mutual Life and Casualty company.. They had been together for five years, five happy years of being soul-mates and lovers.
On the other hand, Emily and Karen Ryan were fairly new to the Pride Walk. Karen two years ago underwent a vaginoplasty, where her former penis had been changed to a vagina. It had been 8 years for Karen to fully make the transition from male to female.
Karen was a professor of economics at Wisconsin State University - Superior. She was well accepted in her department and on campus. Emily was an analyst for the Great Lakes Shipping Consortium
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The organizers of the Madison Gay Pride walk had asked by social media for local people to open their doors (and beds) to those coming from around the state for the event. Steph and Jenny did post on the social media site that they were able to host a lesbian couple. Karen and Emily posted that they were interested in having a room for Saturday night.
On July 20th, a month before the event, Steph was checking the listings for those who had rooms and those who were looking for rooms.
She called out the Jenny "Hey, one of my old professors from the University of Wisconsin - Superior and her partner are coming. I loved having her as a professor. Could we host them for the Gay Walk?"
Jenny came out of the kitchen to look over Steph's shoulder and said "Sure, invite them to come and stay with us."
Steph went on to explain to Jenny "She was in the early stages of mtf transformation when I had her. I'm pretty sure she is done now." Steph paused and added "Some of the students weren't very nice to her. She was just learning how to do make-up, how to do a female voice, and how to walk in heels. I got to interact closely with her as my advisor. She knew I was a lesbian and she wanted to understand that."
So, Steph started the interaction with a simple email to Karen and Emily "We'd love to have you stay at our place when you come for the Madison Gay Pride festival."
Karen got the note when Karen and Emily were having a second cup of coffee and she remembered Steph fondly.
Karen said to Emily "A former student of mine, Steph Wilson and her partner have invited us to stay with them for the Madison Gay Pride March. I think it would be fun. What do you think?"
Emily agreed and Karen, at the kitchen table they sent a note back to Steph "Steph, what a great surprise to hear from you!! Yes, Emily and I would love to stay with us on Saturday August 19th and go to the Gay Pride March on Sunday with you. Could that work."
Karen added a little postscript "And, how are you? I'd love to see you and update you on my progress. I had my vaginoplasty two years ago and now I really am a woman, in a loving relationship with a woman, life is SO good."
When Steph got Karen and Emily's response, her mood definitely took an upswing.
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Karen and Steph exchanged a few more emails in the month leading up to the Madison Gay Pride event.
Karen and Emily were coming from Superior Wisconsin which was about 4.5 hours driving time north from Madison. Karen thought they could get to Madison about dinner time, would that be an acceptable time? Karen also volunteered to take Steph and Jenny out to eat and then maybe back to their place for visiting.
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Ding dong. Steph's heart beat went up several beats. Karen and Emily were here.
Steph opened the door and while she did recognize her old professor immediately, there had been many positive changes. The hormone replacement treatment had worked wonders. Karen had real breasts now, (Steph was remembering some of the first days for Karen as she started her transition, where she wore breast forms). Her skin was soft, and, wow, she had hips, and ... She was beautiful.
Immediately Karen and Steph hugged deeply with mutual comments like "It is so good to see you again". Meanwhile Emily introduced herself to Jenny with a hug as well.
They had about 15 minutes to get to the restaurant where Steph had made reservations, so there wasn't much time for small talk. Karen and Emily brought in their suitcases; and then jumped into the backseat of Jenny's Toyota Prius. Steph noticed that Karen and Emily held hands and kissed in the backseat of the car.
The restaurant was very nice. The staff put the four of them in the back where they could talk.
Steph started out "Professor Ryan, you look awesome".
Karen grinned and replied "That you Steph. That was what, six years ago. Please call me Karen. I think you were in class the first semester I went full-time female."