Sentence:  [...] a situation where I had to know whether I could <WSD>pass</WSD> as a woman, and not tell anyone, and not be asked what I was doing dressed as a woman. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex or other group to which they would not otherwise regard one as belonging (or belonging fully, without qualifier); especially to live and be known as white although one has black ancestry, or to live and be known as female although one was assigned male or vice versa.