Two worlds: Deanne, right, with Robyn and Dean the man, inset

Celebrity lifestyle for transvestite Dean - VIDEO

JUGGLING TV appearances, radio interviews and glamorous spreads in glossy magazines - it sounds like the lifestyle of the rich and famous.
But it's all in a day's work for Sheffield factory worker Dean Dudley and his wife Robyn, who have found themselves catapulted into the media spotlight ever since Dean decided to go public with his alter-ego Deanne.

For years transvestite Dean, from Barnsley, kept his secret life as a cross-dresser under wraps for fear of being ridiculed or mocked.

But after biting the bullet and wearing a dress to his own wedding reception, Dean says he has been showered with nothing but compliments.

He revealed his split-identity on the front page of The Star earlier this month and in a Sky One documentary about couples who lead unusual lives.

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And since then the phone has not stopped ringing.

So far Dean and Robyn have appeared on Richard and Judy, an American radio station, local news programmes and in Reveal magazine.

They have also been approached by This Morning, Trisha and Jeremy Kyle shows.

"It has been great fun - I have really enjoyed it," said Dean, aged 35, who works in Ecclesfield.

"The only one we were paid for was Reveal but it has never been about the money. We just want to spread the message that it's ok to be a cross dresser or a transvestite."

Dean and American wife Robyn, 28, have helped to set up an internet forum for other cross dressers. The site - which can be found by logging on to https://groups.msn.com/lefemmes - offers support to other transvestites as well as listing local events and nights out for the community to enjoy and which Dean is keen to promote through his mediaappearances.

But the attention their 15 minutes of fame has brought them has been an added bonus.

"We are enjoying it and we don't regret going public," said Dean, who married Robyn in 2005.

"Robyn has been getting recognised a lot more than me and she is lapping it up.

"But when I go out as Deanne I get my fair share of attention from people asking if I have been on TV - it's all good fun"

The couple took their decision to go public very seriously and weighed up the pros and cons before taking the plunge.

"We always knew there would be positives and negatives so we gave it some real thought," said Dean.

"I also work as an entertainer and we do a lot of kids' parties so I was worried it could affect that but so far there has not really been any negative fall-out. People have been just hunky dory."
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Now-it39s-a-celebrity-life.3712896.jp

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