I was a Virtual Stripper

This is the sad (or silly) tale of a reporter going “undercover” to do an expose on the virtual sex trade business, so I guess that would make this “virtual journalism”:

I was a virtual stripper

“Should I wear the black heels with the red stockings or the white heels with the pink lingerie? This is the type of question that plagued me in my “Second Life” as a working girl. A few weeks ago, I created a female avatar to research the booming sex industry inside this virtual world. I called her Darlene Sin. Why leave anything to the imagination, right?”

…so if the reporter (Derrick) was playing a girl online does that also make him a virtual cross dresser?