The wife of the tranvestite who was attacked after attending the Blondie gig in Galway has hit back by saying he was looking for trouble going out dressed as a woman.
Sammy’s wife, who has asked not to be named, has claimed that her husband’s fetish for dressing up as a woman on nights out is “ruining their marriage” and has forced them to sleep in separate beds.
Sammy, the transvestite alter-ego of a married man, was pushed to the ground outside the Front Door bar in the city, after drinking in the pub following Blondie’s concert at the Galway Arts Festival. He was attacked by a man, who pulled off his blonde wig and “viciously ripped off” the pearl necklaces that Sammy had been wearing around his neck. His wife said that by going out dressed in a gold sequined mini-dress, wearing a wig, and make-up, he is drawing attention to himself and causing offence to some people. “He may find it fun, but I don’t. If you want fun and attention, then go out dressed like a clown.”
The woman has spoken of the troubles it has caused their relationship, and doesn’t think it works being a transvestite and married. “I don’t find it sexually attractive and I am definitely not a lesbian. I might find it fun if it was a friend doing it, but it’s very different when it’s your husband. If you are with a partner, you don’t do something that turns them off.”
His wife found out he was a transvestite while pregnant with their third child and felt very vulnerable at the time. “I’m not saying it’s not hard for him, and don’t want to come across that way, but this is such a difficult situation.”
She said that the glamourous side to Sammy only comes out when he’s dressed as a woman. “He is very scruffy when he’s at home and dressing as Sammy gives him pleasure, but he’s the one having fun.
“He just loves all the attention he gets when he’s out, and being the ‘damsel in distress’ when he was attacked.”
His wife said that she would love to talk to any other women who are in the same situation because she “feels very alone” and knows there are plenty of others who have their partners doing the same thing. “If there is anyone out there in the same situation who would contact the paper, I would love to talk to them.” She also said that he frequently goes out to transvestite nights in Dublin, and even went to ‘Sparkle’, a national transgender event in Manchester.
“I thought he was having an affair before I found out, and sometimes I think it would have made things easier if that had been the case.”
