Everything changes when you can be yourself, is a beautifully written post authored by the beautiful Tammy, from her blog, Tammy's World.
In part one of a multi-part series, Tammy discusses her transition and how it has affected her.
The People - Personal Thoughts
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THE RESTAURANT CALLED “KARMA” - Last Friday night, I stumbled across a place I’d never noticed before. Tucked between a dimly lit bookstore and a bustling coffee shop, it had no sign, j...4 hours ago
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I understand why DS doesn't go to our game meetup these days. - When I selected this picture, it appeared as if it was a specialty coffee drink. Instead, it is a picture of a hot fudge sundae at Ben & Jerry's in ...7 hours ago
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Transgender folks and allies - raise your voice - email or phone!!! - Midway City, CA (part of CA-45 (Michelle Steel)) Credit: *https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Midway_City_CA_welcome_sign_2012.PNG* e...16 hours ago
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Right On! - She got everything right! This is the beginning of Project 2025! (That Trump said he didn't know anything about) Watch this! And remember, Trump threatene...16 hours ago
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Time Frames - It's been almost a week now, so I feel I have the space to turn around and look back at the event I went to Sunday and properly reflect on the fall-out. ...17 hours ago
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Marisa Paredes tribute - A short tribute from a grateful trans person to Spanish actress Marisa Paredes who died yesterday. You've heard of Bond girls; she was an Almodovar girl...2 days ago
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Saturday and going to get my nails done and our Christmas Dinner at Mother’s Bistro. - It is Saturday and I decided I would get my nails done today as I chipped a couple nails the last two days. I get a thin layer of acrylic and sometimes tha...4 days ago
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Commentary: The Cass Review revealed as a fraud... and a dangerous one. - It seems to me that the widely discredited Cass Review has just been revealed as even more dubious than before, as Hilary Cass went back on the recommen...5 days ago
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Tree up - It's late I'm listening to the cricket from the other side of the world. Shame about the score at the moment. The Christmas tree is finally up! Bit later t...6 days ago
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Xmas events - *Leeds First Friday* Had been really looking forward to this one, as normal. Someone I had been talking to on Instagram for a few years was making th...1 week ago
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Analgorhythm - Let me start a threadthat avoids a link to a pagethat might be a promotionor political and unacceptableand therefore of less importance. So here’s a cat. N...1 week ago
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40th reunion already? - On Saturday November 16, 2024, the Spring Ford High School Class of 1984 gathered at Copperfield Inn, Limerick, Pa., for their 40th reunion. That's all y...3 weeks ago
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It's very hard - It's a lot to take in, you know? I don't even live in the United States, but I know what happens there soon happens here. I don't intend to obey in advan...3 weeks ago
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THE GIRL OF MY LIFE - It was 1965 and my brother dropped me off at the local youth club where I had agreed to meet other school friends. We all had a single purpose ... to fi...3 weeks ago
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so sorry - sitting in the dark alone again numbers pile on the floor with no end wishing to be freed wishing to be gone indeed there no end to this infinite time as the...4 weeks ago
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The rise of queer and transgender Bluesky - [image: Woman using PC] *Bluesky has become a real alternative to X-twitter for LGBTQ people. Transgender World has experienced more than a 50% increase...4 weeks ago
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the 2025 Kennet and Avon Canal calendar - The new calendar is here! This year I've gone back to people on the canal; so there's incidents from daily life and history, like the workboats - here's ...5 weeks ago
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Into the Woods - This was written for the storytelling group I belong to about my favourite forest. I step out of the sunlight and into the dim cedar woods. Trees rise up o...1 month ago
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Is queer a slur? - Many folks are aware of how "queer is a slur" discourse has been reanimated by TERFs and is wandering around 2020s LGBTQA+ spaces with its arms outstretche...1 month ago
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Heartbroken - These remarks reflect my personal position alone. They do not reflect the position of AspirePress or anyone else. Today, I am heartbroken. I feel many di...1 month ago
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Life on the other side - I am posting less because I feel there is less to post about. Just my continuing frustrations at not being in work, not being able to continue my treatment...1 month ago
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ARC Review: The Greatest Superpower - I received a copy of The Greatest Superpower from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The Greatest Superpower by Alex Sanchez is ...2 months ago
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social Media Integration Test 001 - just working out the kinks. (All day and all of the night)2 months ago
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Las Vegas Convention: Reintroducing Nylon Stockings to the World - (The following story is wishful—enjoy reading) Oh, what joy. Let me justify my statement here, and when I’m finished with my presentation, I’m sure that h...2 months ago
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[Philosophy] The Problem with ‘P’ - For some unknown reason my workload has gone off the charts. I mean, my drab workload; since I got Covid the last time I’ve felt a bit ‘worn thin’, if that...2 months ago
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My, what’s time? Merely a tick on the clock. - Wow, 6 months huh? Geez Kel, do ya think maybe this dusty ol place is looking a little deserted? Huh, funny how things shift, life moves on, changes occur…...3 months ago
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what media coverage of online "transvestigators" & the Imane Khelif ordeal get wrong - Hi everyone, I just published a brand new essay: *Why Does "Transvestigation" Happen? On Gendering, Ungendering, and (Mis)Perceiving Trans People*! I h...3 months ago
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Keystone Family Retreat - October 2024 - Realizing the unique needs that families have when raising a trans or non-binary child, we have created the Keystone Family Retreat to help meet thos...4 months ago
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I have always wanted to be a girl - The title of this post will be a familiar thought to many, this thought has passed through my mind countless times, it has been with me for as long as I ...4 months ago
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Reflecting on 8 years of being professionally trans - Today’s my work anniversary. I’ve been at my current company now for 8 years which is also how long I’ve been out as trans at work. So here’s a bit of refl...5 months ago
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Lynn Conway: Trans Icon and Pioneer, 1938 – 2024 - I am very sad to hear that the trailblazer Lynn Conway has passed. She invented things I don’t even understand, created one of the most ferocious and usefu...6 months ago
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Marking time… - Well it had to happen at some point: I’ve run out of things to say again! Way back in the earliest days of this blog, I mentioned that I’d been too busy do...10 months ago
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AI Image Generation - It’s a strange world that we live in. Now that generative AI is so commonplace, it’s reasonable to start distrusting everything that you see and read. Th...11 months ago
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Shine - Did progress actually stop when I felt like how things are was the place I was happy to be? I mean I didn’t make any conscious decision to stop making actu...11 months ago
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Cynthia, Are you there? - I’m not gone, still here, just really busy. 2023 has been a really interesting year for me. I’m not going to get into great detail but suffice to say there...1 year ago
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Fast Forward - I have not blogged in three years. This blog post is a short one to say that I'm still around. I had pulled down all of my blog posts a year or two ago...1 year ago
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Georgia Queen - May I present: From our recent travels, a picture taken in Savannah, GA. We had a fun ride, and the lunch from thee snack bar was actually decent! Mandy1 year ago
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Tennis Anyone? - Image Courtesy Renith R on UnSplash Years ago I felt the need to attempt to copy many of the most popular feminine mannerisms and/or activities I could f...1 year ago
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Tennis Anyone? - Image Courtesy Renith R on UnSplash Years ago I felt the need to attempt to copy many of the most popular feminine mannerisms and/or activities I could f...1 year ago
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Kind of Curiosity - “I’ve got to get stuff from the garage and the boots so we can clear the table” I heard him say from behind the garden fence.“Oh, that’s ok. Go sort it out...1 year ago
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A Year Later - I guess it's time. No time like the present, they say. A year ago today, I experienced my last real feminine day. I wrote about it in Wednesday on Saturd...1 year ago
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It's Now or Never - Thank you for the emails and your comments here checking to see if I'm okay. Well I thought I was, until certain things happened that caused me to get dep...1 year ago
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ferm living glas - *Glass & Mirrors – ferm LIVING*. WebGlass & Mirrors. We use a broad range of types of glass in our collection. We use soda lime glass for glass tablewar...2 years ago
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As good a time as any - This might be as good a time as any to stop since the beginning of another chapter of my life seems like a duly appropriate milestone. I can now say with...2 years ago
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That Letter To My Wife - Thanks for the mail I received from my last blog. It’s amazing how up lifting your messages of support are to me. THEY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Thank you. ...2 years ago
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Thanksgiving - Trigger warning! This post speaks bluntly about my grandchildren getting hurt in an accident. It is not happy and uplifting. If you have horrible me...2 years ago
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Taking a Break - I have been writing for a long time. I even won an award for writing when I wrote for World Wide Hippies. Unfortunately, I am not in a good place. I lost m...2 years ago
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Intersectionality – Do you know what it is. - Do you know about this? Do you know how it fits in your life? I know right now in the […]2 years ago
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Space Elevator - The white body I wear is mine, but ill-fitting and not me. A phantom body that is also mine and is me rides within like a ghost, teasing my brain with each...2 years ago
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...and then some time passed - Hard to believe that its been 7 years since my last posting. I've been busy. Since I last posted, several positive events have happened with a multitud...2 years ago
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Love again. - She looked and could not find what her heart was missing. Forgetting what it was like to touch another Gave up the search, thinking she is cursed Disadvant...2 years ago
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Matt Walsh & Piers Morgan You Ain’t Trans Experts So Shut The Fuck Up! - With the increasing inevitably of armed conflict in Ukraine, I’m sure there’ll be an increasing frequency of barstool generals in Wetherspoons pubs across ...2 years ago
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Stars. Needles. Poop. Plates. Wishes. - Aside from (very) occasionally checking my horoscope, I am not big into astrology. That being said, however, I do kinda believe in it and its impact on us...3 years ago
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Breasts are Awesome - A talk about my shiny new cheat assets. Breasts I'm talking about my breasts.3 years ago
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I’ve moved the blog! - Continue to https://schrodingerswardrobe.blogspot.com/ for further infrequent ramblings!3 years ago
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(20) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - 1975 - First of all, as I would suggest with all these movies, before reading this review, see the movie if you haven't. I can't talk about this one without spo...3 years ago
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What is “Hate Crime”? - You have a few options if you live in Fife and need to report a hate crime. You can report the incident directly to Police Scotland at Police Scotland Onli...3 years ago
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Farewell - I’ve been thinking hard about ending this blog and have decided it’s time. When I first started this it was to leave testament of my coming out and transit...3 years ago
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One Year - Yes, I've been on a one year sort of hiatus. Nothing big happened but just got wrapped up in things. Will try and post more and start up again. No chang...3 years ago
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Why I Left Twitter - in January of this year I took the difficult decision to leave Twitter. It was necessary for my own mental health. Having reflected now for a couple of mon...3 years ago
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On exceptionalism - *The exceptional Jennifer Lawrence* Sometimes I hold my hands out, palm upwards, in the manner of a Pentecostalist awaiting the descent of the Holy Spirit...4 years ago
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Posting from the front - Now that my dad has passed, things have started to settle down to a new normal. My brother and I have been talking more often, and XGFJ no longer posts ...4 years ago
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From the waist upwards [Flickr] - Sandra M. Lopes posted a photo: [image: From the waist upwards] Flattr me!4 years ago
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Thought for the day - To all my trans readers, if someone tries to break your butterfly wings, fly away from them. If, despite your efforts they succeed, summon up all your st...4 years ago
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Elie Wiesel’s The Night Trilogy - About a year ago, a friend of mine took me to the Amarillo Pubic Library, where they had basement full of books they were giving away to members of the lib...4 years ago
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Cassi-DJ: Featuring My Nephew C! - Hello all - hope you're having a good winter so far and are doing well. I meant to write about this last week, but I was under the weather nearly the entir...4 years ago
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My Personal Views on Trans Rights Issues - So, it’s been a while since I last posted here. Rather than give a full update on my life, the purpose of this post is to express my views on various trans...4 years ago
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Today’s dust bunnies - My newly discovered comfort zone has become a springboard. It reminds me of attachment theory – a stable centre from which to venture. Each day a new, mode...4 years ago
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A sassy Valentine and my love for Mister Rogers. - No glitter, plastic gems or sparkly rhinestones decorated the valentine I gave my kid Harry this year. I’m usually drawn to cards with the same items Har...4 years ago
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Everything is Fine Here ... - I am posting one final time to say goodbye properly, and, as well, to clear up a mess caused by deleting an uncharacteristically hasty and messy post. Yes,...4 years ago
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Sissy. - “male femme” — my blog title says. “genderqueer femme” — my profile says. “non-binary femme” — Jam Rostron says. “sissy femme” — Jacob Tobia says. Actually:...4 years ago
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Transitions: From My Heart to Yours - On this day, seven years ago my world changed. I learned a new word; transgender became part of my vocabulary. Along with that I learned about the differen...4 years ago
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Crossing the line in a blaze of glory - Recently I was reading some spiritual insight and advice in which there was a sort of breakdown of the inception and progression of a sin from fleeting tho...4 years ago
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The Quads of Hope - 2020 has come. It arrived in the usual way on January 1 for most of the world that follows the Gregorian calendar, some 13 days later in the Old Style Ju...4 years ago
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New Year, Same Stef? - I know it’s a bit belated, but Happy New Year! It’s finally 2020 and all I can say is where the hell did all the time go? Didn’t Y2K just happen? When did ...4 years ago
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The best laid plans of mice and transwomen - It has been a while since my last blog entry and until recently I didn’t have anything really worth talking about, or at least nothing that I was motivated...4 years ago
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An Important Little Date - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://youtu.be/ksGE4cqRzPM Six years ago to the exact day I took my first steps into the world of employment as a female. ...4 years ago
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Holding on - “Is she going to die?” I ask the firefighter. It’s been 20 minutes since I’ve dialed 911, my wife is lying collapsed on the living room floor of our r...4 years ago
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Time to Upgrade - November 5th, 2010 - I began this blog. When I started out, I did what many bloggers do, I headed to Blogger.com. It is a nice friendly platform "back e...4 years ago
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Advocacy for men presenting as men in dresses - This is terrific. Of course the mainstream public will write it off as sensationalism and not take it seriously, but I’m glad of any positive commentary on...4 years ago
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The Power of Music - It’s incredible to me how a song can really change your mood or spark an idea. I have this weird quirk where I often remember the first time I heard a son...5 years ago
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I'm not even counting any more... - Err... Right... You're not supposed to appologise when you have a massive gap between posts are you? Well, sorry... The last 2 years have been a roller co...5 years ago
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Shifting Sands - Although it's over a year since its release, I came across this amazing publication, and I wanted to give it wider recognition. The Royal Australian and Ne...5 years ago
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Let’s talk about emotional health. For the last few years, I’ve felt a sort of emotional numbness. I… - Let’s talk about emotional health. For the last few years, I’ve felt a sort of emotional numbness. I assumed that being on testosterone had simply change...5 years ago
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November 2019 - Life on hold for now! - Currently life is on hold due to ongoing health issue which will sadly not go away. Mentioned in my previous entry about an ongoing ‘virus’ which I had fo...5 years ago
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Bno - My suit case for the weekend was so big it was the only thing that would fit in the boot. Mrs Sox's rather small case had to go on the back seat. For weeke...5 years ago
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The Three Little Pigs Reimagined - For a school project, CJ had to design a set for a production of The Three Little Pigs. CJ being CJ, he insisted on reimagining the classic story and makin...5 years ago
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The Summons - I was summoned to the Managers office this week .. and asked to shut the door . .. Gulp! My mind was in turmoil as to what I had done wrong, was I bei...5 years ago
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Gratitude Journal - Caregiver fatigue for the spouse supporting the one who has depression is real. I’ve been trying to find a new therapist since I stopped seeing mine due to...5 years ago
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Transferring to a new Blog - Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am forced to close down this blog and open up a new one. Please visit my new blog, "Dotting I's and Crossing T...5 years ago
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September’s Blog - Hi folks and followers, It’s been forever since I’ve posted anything new but it really hasn’t been that much to report. I’ve decided to do a monthly post...5 years ago
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Mouse Hunt - Still shaking off the rust: If you have delved at all into the first four or five years of posts here (and why haven't you?!), you know that my wife's re...5 years ago
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My take on 2019 St. John's Pride - Well, I stayed away from the Pride Parade in St. John's for 6 years in a row now. it's unfortunate that I don't feel welcome or comfortable to attend with ...5 years ago
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New Beginnings - “Are you sure you don’t want to come along?” It’d been a few months since I gave Pandora her tattoo, and now the small shop was completely flooded with dre...5 years ago
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Sharron Davies goes Full Bigot - Xandra goes full bitch! Whenever anyone claims to want to have a ‘debate’ about the position of transgender people in society, no matter how ‘reasonable’ t...5 years ago
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Trucking Along - Well… Hello there! Life happens ya know? Just straight up, get in the groove and forget your computer exists and then you go to write and you’re like, holy...5 years ago
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Gabi Talks – Meeting Praise with Self Criticism (video) - One of my favorite activities is starting conversations with random strangers. I love meeting people and making friends! One of my “super powers” is find...5 years ago
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I Still Live - It's that time of the year where I start missing my teenage years, nevermind the fact that was the moment my life went to shit, the beginning of the end. A...5 years ago
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Perfect Scores Masking Critical Inadequacies and Failures in Trans Wellness - I had a routine follow-up visit with my surgeon earlier this week to assess healing from my procedure 3 weeks ago. The good news is that the discomfort is...5 years ago
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Where is our trans history? - ...it is an historical record of erasure, a pan-global register of undoing and enforced forgetting.5 years ago
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Book Launch – Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics - “Taking unerring aim at the patriarchal transphobia that saturates our lives, Williams’ piercing insights and vivid personal accounts capture the heartbr...5 years ago
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Stonewall’s radical history - After the Noho Pride parade on Saturday, May 4th, join me in the Tri-County Fairgrounds to hear the radical, true story of Stonewall. Continue reading →5 years ago
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DRAB = Dressed As A Boy - It's been kind of an up and down time for me, so about time for an update....starting with my time with the Gems. Eleven years ago, I joined a new trans...5 years ago
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April 2019 - An update - We are third of the way into the year and only my second blog entry! That tells a story in itself I suppose and basically means it has been quiet for me. ...5 years ago
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12 Week-Recovery, 12-Month Relapse… & Uncelebrated Anniversaries - About 13 months ago I wrote a euphoric post about my gender reassignment surgery. I do remain extremely pleased about the physical result, it looks like it...5 years ago
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Afterword - If you’re wondering where the rest of this blog has gone, I’m sorry to disappoint but after hinting at it for a while, after reaching a particular mileston...5 years ago
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Trans Radio UK first birthday - Friday 22nd February 2019 was Trans Radio UK’s 1st birthday. We had come such a long way from all the ideas and planning of a radio station to those firs...5 years ago
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Getting one's life back - Well, (counts...) nearly 5 months between posts is a record, even for me. But as one might imagine, I've had other things on my mind. Surgical recovery...5 years ago
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Sometimes - Sometimes I look in the mirror To make sure I’m still there I trace the scars That I made Five … More5 years ago
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Risk to human rights after Brexit? - This recent article from the Guardian gave me some cause for thought https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/13/post-brexit-trade-partners-ask-uk-to-l...5 years ago
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OBSESSION by Kelli - First thing first, I'm not talking about the perfume. I'm talking about our little ol' minds taking in something, not being able to forget it, and const...5 years ago
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I’m Devastated - ⌈Trigger Warning; language, female body functions, eating disorder, self harm, mention of suicide⌋ When I started testosterone my period stopped instantly....5 years ago
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Detaching Myself from My Dysphoria - The other day, I was trying to imagine how my life would be different if I’d never suffered from gender dysphoria. The point wasn’t to create a fantasy lif...5 years ago
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Makeup Removal - I have lost count of all the different things I have tried or used to remove makeup quickly and efficiently. The past couple of years I have been using ma...5 years ago
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GRS – 3 Surgeries and One Beautiful Nightmare (Part 1/3) - [Content warnings for graphic depictions of bodily functions, surgery, suicide, mental illness, swearing] This isn’t an in-depth look into GRS, just a stor...5 years ago
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2018 Review - Part 2 - Part 1 of my review of 2018 covered the goals I set myself. Part 2 deals with all the other things that happened this year, and there has been quite a bit ...5 years ago
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Progress, slowly slowly. - So things seem now to be heading in a scary but ultimately more positive direction for me at last. After a recent discussion with my wife she now seems to ...5 years ago
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Transgender Day of Remembrance - Every year, there is a commemoration of Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) at my local LGBT drop-in centre. Fortunately, there was a lull in the activit...6 years ago
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Twilight Zone: Nails III - Press on Nails - Part One - irst up nothing has changed on my own nail front since last time. I’ve put in a few hardening cycles which seems to work. This is due to having a combina...6 years ago
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Absolutely OUTstanding - It has been quite a while since I have posted anything on this blog. Five months, to be precise. Yet a few things have happened within the last week or s...6 years ago
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Today's Fashion Inspiration - One of my favourite colour combinations is red, black and gold and so when I happened to be looking at pencil skirts online last year I came across Alan...6 years ago
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Cancer is stalking me - It’s taken me all week to process this, and share this news. A few days ago, on my mother’s birthday, I got the results of a genetic test following my annu...6 years ago
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Who wears the trousers ? - So was out with a friend,shopping in Marheinekeplatz market ; there's a saturday and a sunday one, clothes, a few antiques , bicycles , a chess stall, all...6 years ago
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Post - So a word of warning. I received a letter on Saturday from the Clydesdale Bank asking me to activate a Gold Credit Card. Mmmm, that is odd I mused, I haven...6 years ago
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Turns Out I Was Right - Seems the setbacks I deemed minor actually were minor. I’m down 1.2 lbs from yesterday, and right back on track with where I was two days ago. I could se...6 years ago
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May You Find Peace - I have made peace with myself, and can no longer in good faith leave or recommend the content I once posted here. Those writings were my best desperate ho...6 years ago
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It’s been awhile - Warning: this post is different. It talks about things that may make some readers uncomfortable – especially ones that know me personally and in parts it ...6 years ago
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Processions 2018 - Why Trans Sisters Need to March Alongside Their Sisters - My Partner and I at Processions 2018 - Credit: Tina Williams I am my grandmother’s granddaughter. She fought for my right to vote and I wanted to honour th...6 years ago
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Panties – A Special Pleasure - In our recent poll on lingerie that trans girls and crossdressers prefer, panties tied for first place with 25% of the vote. I don’t profess to having th...6 years ago
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‘She Said’ a universal, personal wive’s tale - The thing that most surprises me and never surprises me at all is how other “wife of” stories are not at all like my story and totally like my story. Yep, ...6 years ago
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We Need to Think Differently About Love - Time for another rant about sexual and romantic scripts! Today’s pet peeve is how we talk about love, both finding and having it. Scripts on love are just ...6 years ago
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The merry-go-round - It’s been 14 months since I wrote a Parenting Jeremy. Up until recently there has been nothing really of note to write about in our lives with respect to...6 years ago
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Profile: Amy - You can call me… Amy I identify as… Genderqueer/genderfluid I’m not sure?? As far as third-person pronouns go, … They/them or she/her I’m attracted to… Guy...6 years ago
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MAGA? - So far – as of 1/31/18 January 18, 2018: The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights opened a “Conscience and Religious Freedom Div...6 years ago
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almost daily report from DOXA 2018... indolent Spinster variety. - Here is my report i meant to do yesterday (well i filmed it yesterday after seeing the movie, but went to work right after, then kitty cat took up my a...6 years ago
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Finale - Unfortunately, I am finding that this blog and my life is being used far too often as a political football to promote various agendas and the actual messag...6 years ago
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Finale - Unfortunately, I am finding that this blog and my life is being used far too often as a political football to promote various agendas and the actual messag...6 years ago
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Interesting Article on CNN - Why girls can be boyish but boys can't be girlish - One topic that I find fascination is the idea of shifting gender stereotypes and how people, particularly "men" who enjoy trandtionally "female" things, ar...6 years ago
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Futanari Convent Book 1 & 2 - When I was preparing to notify the world about my latest book I came across two reviews that I hadn’t read. Surprised me. I thought Amazon wa...6 years ago
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Love the kid you've got, not the one you wish you had - Parents of LGBTQ kids, or any kids, even young adult kids, I ask you to listen; to read and to consider: In recent months, I've had the fortune and misfor...6 years ago
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one more cup of coffee - TW The hustle for work continues, which is discouraging but necessary. I’m having relationship issues, as all anyone wants to do is date. Decided that’s ...6 years ago
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Day 1,245: Moments Frozen in Time - I have to admit, we had a pretty good run here at So There’s That. 21 podcast episodes and 32 blog posts over the course of a year. And a little bit of n...6 years ago
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Flying solo in Las Vegas – Part I - I have had a great last 10 days. I have been on three wonderful outings in which I did things that I have wanted to for a long time but never either the c...6 years ago
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Resetting the body clock - Years ago, I mentioned that my sleep patterns were screwed up. On new years eve, I found myself at home alone, with my wife and son having gone to the last...6 years ago
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Stuff people say when hearing about someone coming out… - Whether they believe the things they say themselves is questionable, but I think the majority of time people tend to jump to conclusions because they’re ...6 years ago
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Its been a while... - I’m not really even expecting that anyone will remember me and read this, but I did think that it was about time my long neglected blog got dusted off and ...6 years ago
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It is time I shared my heart...my mind and a little bit of my soul - **update**This was written in the middle of the entire experience. We are now settling into the changes but I wanted to share my emotions, my hurts and m...7 years ago
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What's in a Name? - Many years ago, while the internet was still in its infancy, I started looking to find out information from other transgender individuals. At that time bul...7 years ago
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Wednesday November 15, 2017 - HIV Protection - Now There's An HIV Prevention App Specifically For Trans Women Each week, LGBT HealthLink, a program of CenterLink, and researcher and blogger Corey Prac...7 years ago
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Patients & Providers: The Mental Health Provider’s Role - Let's move towards a patient-centered, collaborative model of care – one that ensures trans patients receive accurate information to help them understand w...7 years ago
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25 October Journal - Well Folks, I am still working on my other post. I think it will be part of the next book of my life, rather than the end of this one. I am closing this bl...7 years ago
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Why there’re no posts ? - Hi, I decided to take out all my posts from here as it seemed to have given some people more insight into my life than they should ever have. I seem to hav...7 years ago
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Excuse our dust, but we have moved! - I have moved my blog over to a dedicated hosting provider, and we have successfully migrated over to the WordPress platform. We have our own domain name, a...7 years ago
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The Familial Revelation - When it comes to family, I think we can all agree that it is never easy and in a word, complicated. I have spent the last few months letting family know ...7 years ago
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On the Pride Center of the Capital Region, terfs, and Why Martha Harvey Needs to Resign - CW: lots of swears, lots of terfs (A quick aside on the word terf because I’m going to use it about a thousand times. It’s not a slur. Here’s a doctor tell...7 years ago
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My friend's Rainbow Journey - I recently met someone from Japan, one who I now consider to be my friend, who is traveling around the world talking to Transgender folk and sharing their ...7 years ago
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What was said. What I’d have loved to have said. In Two Parts. - What was Said. Part 1 *Mrs. Bellejambes* celebrated a birthday recently. Some of the things I picked up for her were not perfect, and one was a complete r...7 years ago
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I'm Not Myself - I've been calling myself Genderfluid for just over a year now, at the time it seemed to describe the ever changing nature of how I felt about myself and my...7 years ago
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That’s all folks………. - Between 1955 and 1959, 143 episodes of “The Adventures of Robin Hood” emerged from a tiny studio in Walton on Thames and burst onto black and white telli...7 years ago
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That’s all folks………. - Between 1955 and 1959, 143 episodes of “The Adventures of Robin Hood” emerged from a tiny studio in Walton on Thames and burst onto black and white telli...7 years ago
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Thoughts on Pride Month - Growing up is never easy, but the difficulty is compounded when one is an LGBT youth. Born a boy, I longed desperately to be female. I knew who I w...7 years ago
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With Purpose - The title of this post really highlights the way I’ve felt the last several months and the experiences I’ve had the chance to take in. Since my last updat...7 years ago
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With Purpose - The title of this post really highlights the way I’ve felt the last several months and the experiences I’ve had the chance to take in. Since my last updat...7 years ago
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Transgender and LGBT++ Rights promised in UK Party Manifestos - This piece is not written to influence how you vote in the general Election on June 8th. it’s too late for that and in my humble opinion getting May out of...7 years ago
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Trans Twitter Gives Bad Dating Advice - Trans Twitter Gives Bad Dating Advice — “You have much gold upon your head,” They answer’d all together: “Buy from us with a golden curl.” — Christina Ro...7 years ago
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I'll miss this platform - But I don't think I'm going to keep using it. It's sad, because I've been writing here for such a long time, and blogging for myself is therapeutic, even i...7 years ago
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Fracas - So, today after an awesome meeting with a group I will be working with for a time I went to the store. At said store there was a huge line but we were all ...7 years ago
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New Developments on the Sage Smith Case - Today (3/30/17), the *Daily Progress* reports that THREE MONTHS AGO the Charlottesville Police Department classified Sage Smith's disappearance as a homici...7 years ago
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And happily ever after... - Family snuggle timeI've retired from blogging. I've been channeling my creative energy into other hobbies, and I'm feeling uninspired to write about my wi...7 years ago
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Well…didn’t see this Coming. - The following posts were made to my male Facebook profile. I finally came to terms with it enough to [ost it here. I was trying to let this [profile remain...7 years ago
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We Need A “Standards of Care” for Detransitioners - One of my biggest takeaways from attending the recent USPATH conference is that many clinicians and other providers sincerely want more information on unde...7 years ago
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Carpe diem, seize the day - At the funeral of one of our Transmatters friends two weeks ago I reflected how fortunate we are to have attended very few funerals, though as we - and fri...7 years ago
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Not a good week - I've been angry, depressed and on the verge of tears most of the week. As an older trans person, life can throw you some crap, especially these days with ...7 years ago
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Stuck In The Middle Again - How to start? I said long ago when I made my choice to back our new President that when he did things I felt were wrong I would call him out on it. Today i...7 years ago
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Dog People, Cat People, Nonbinary People (AKA The Draft For My Facebook Coming Out) - If you ask whether someone is a Dog Person or a Cat Person, most people don’t have to think twice. They’ll immediately reply with which pet they prefer, an...7 years ago
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Why I'm so passionate about the issues of others. - *It's been 2.5 years since I've posted. I said I would post if I had something to say and today, I do. Please note the experience I write about does not in...7 years ago
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Are You Going To The Women’s March? - For me, that is an easier question to answer than, “Are you a woman?” or “What are you going as?” Yes. Donna and I will be going to the NYC Women’s March o...7 years ago
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Was only a reader, till now - Me thinks it is time to write something. I’ve been reading T-Central for almost 7 years now. I have much … Continue reading →7 years ago
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I want to say – Call me Anna - It’s not going to happen, but it’s what I yearn for. Even if I can’t dress as Anna it would be so nice that at least the family knew who I am. They can cal...7 years ago
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When my night collides with my day - My night will collide with morning, probably without the benefit of sleep. Too many demons this time. They just smiled, and kept on coming. This just f...7 years ago
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New Year, big changes. - *Happy **New** Year!* I begin the new year letting go of some important things. First up is the pseudonym I have used for years. ‘Haust’ is gone, ...7 years ago
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Yuletide greetings. - *Soon be nobody left now that Leonard Cohen is gone too... Someone else who had to deal with depression and his music soothed my troubled soul. Just sad to...8 years ago
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Victoria’s Secret – The Show - Hey, so yesterday it was time for the amazing show. I haven’t seen the show but I took a look at a lot of pictures and it seemed amazing and I can’t wait t...8 years ago
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Dream Myself Awake - I don't usually wake up startled in the middle of the night, sit up in my bed in the stillness of a dark room and wonder why my heart is racing and my ski...8 years ago
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Week 85:Top Surgery Update:The collage above starts at 8 days... - *Week 85:* *Top Surgery Update:* The collage above starts at 8 days post-op (image bottom left) and then clockwise shows my chest at 10 ...8 years ago
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Heroes and Hope - It’s times like these that make me feel the most hopeless. I haven’t always been good at dealing with feelings like this. But when the future looks bleak, ...8 years ago
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More education and awareness - “Police records show there has been a significant rise in the number of transgender hate crimes over the last four years - from 361 attacks in the year en...8 years ago
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I am able to talk again - I am back on deck and I think more in control of myself than I have been for quite some time. Will be making more additions to this blog as I go along. The...8 years ago
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Ringing the changes part 2 - So, my first post about how I changed my name with various organisations was starting to get a bit long, so this is a continuation. The first can be seen ...8 years ago
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The cultivation corner...Marijuana master cultivation tip #1 - So you want to grow good marijuana? Don't we all! First thing you need is some clones or some seeds. (I sell seeds. Shameless self promotion.) Now before yo...8 years ago
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the thursday lunch run to Popik's Place - thur. sept 15th, 2016 - me at the local hot dog stand last thur sept 15th called "Popiks Place" on Terrill rd. in Scotch Plains NJ Steve Popik sells only the best quality ...8 years ago
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September 22 2016 - Thank you. Thank you for the last four years. Thank you for letting me into your hearts, for letting me be a part of your day, for letting me bounce my th...8 years ago
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My response to a post by Tyler Charles Austen - Dear Mr Austen, On 26th August 2016, you made a post on your eponymous blog (that means you named it after yourself) called “I Can’t Believe I’m Saying Th...8 years ago
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Last Post - So this is it. The last post I’ll make here (for the foreseeable future anyway). I’ve moved my fitness adventures over to http://transtriathlete.com and I’...8 years ago
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A rediscovered poem - I found this in my 2013 dream journal, from when I was still in the closet. My dreams were born from above, not below, or if below, in the primal ember ...8 years ago
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Second Contribution-Pre Dallas Trip - Hi again. I hope your day has gone nicely so far. After my creation of this blog early on Tuesday morning, I felt it best to dump a bit more crap on the ...8 years ago
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This is goodbye (A happy one) - This is going to be my last post on It’s ok to be a glow stick. I am sad to be saying goodbye but my life has changed dramatically and sadly, there is no r...8 years ago
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Identity Crisis - I have lost my identity. I'm not sure if I'm still mom, wife, daughter or 911 dispatcher. If I'm not any of the above, then who am I besides lost?8 years ago
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Goodbye - It's been a couple of months since I last posted, despite my desire to do an A-Z on the issues I find important. My absence was caused by many things, but...8 years ago
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Progress report: changes and measurements month 21 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wb8kGWWGmt3HJpo_7PUiBviFdWlOzBoNlvJnJbSr2jE/edit?usp=sharing Click on the tab ‘year 2’ for the data. Changes Boobs g...8 years ago
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Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit in Killeen July 29-30 - So yeah. Tough year. And that's why I'm about to say something I've never said before: I'm really excited to be going to Killeen this weekend. That's right...8 years ago
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My Return and First Time Out… again - I’ve been trying to collect my thoughts the last few days. They have been a jumble of emotions, mostly good. I haven’t felt this way in a long time and f...8 years ago
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Golf + Bubble Baths – Why I’m Happier as a Woman - I always knew that I was happier as a woman, but I’m only just starting to realize why. I played golf today with a couple of my old male friends. I shank...8 years ago
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Terrorism and the Violence of Otherness: Response to the Orlando Pulse Massacre - TW: Orlando Massacre, violence * ** *** **** ***** In the early hours of Sunday, June 12, 2016, just after last call, a gunman entered the Pulse Nightclub ...8 years ago
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These Recent Events - Hello, my amazing readers. I don't have much to report personally, except to say that Natasha is scared. She's not exactly letting it run her life. Because...8 years ago
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Good News from Oregon - *The West is the Best. Get here and we'll do the rest. * Long time no blog. The state of the nation at times looks bleak, particularly after this w...8 years ago
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Trans Proud. - For along time in my life I didn't come out as a trans woman. Mostly due to fear. Fear of how those close to me would react. Fear of backlash from the comm...8 years ago
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Thoughts on the Orlando shooting - There is something surreal, in moments like this, about being a privileged member of an oppressed minority. I can breeze through airport security with whi...8 years ago
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Honestly Geraldine, why do you need to crossdress? - This is the very tentative first step by a somewhat bewildered ordinary man who discovered that at sixty years of age, I needed to crossdress. I hope to de...8 years ago
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The First Mothers’ Day - If last year we celebrated the last Father’s Day, this year we introduced the first Mothers’ Day. And yes, the apostrophe is in the right place. I admit to...8 years ago
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An Update - Hi, everyone. I know, I know, I promised to start blogging again. And that was a hell of a long time ago. I just found myself far too busy, and far too ...8 years ago
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People who influence your life - I haven't posted to this blog in a very long time, but there really isn't much in the way of my spouse's transition or my own feelings about it to report ...8 years ago
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Feeling Positive Again :) - I had been feeling really down about things over the last few months and I know that my recent posts on here haven’t been very positive about my situation....8 years ago
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To be or not to be – gay? - After a nudge from my most patient follower, I thought I’d pen something I have been thinking about posting for a while. Nicci has been on a long journey a...8 years ago
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To be or not to be – gay? - After a nudge from my most patient follower, I thought I’d pen something I have been thinking about posting for a while. Nicci has been on a long journey a...8 years ago
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My 100th post… - This is my 100th post. I was hoping to make it a special one with a description of another outing as Valerie, in my new modern “blending” outfit. Unfortuna...8 years ago
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Back on track - It really sucked having to stop HRT at the beginning of this month. Unable to get a prescription, and having difficulties importing what I needed to self-m...8 years ago
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A Sad Day in North Carolina - North Carolina is a strange State and a great State (most of the time). Today, it is a sad State. I have many fond childhood memories of summers there wh...8 years ago
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Clue - This was a test. This was the ultimate test. To have brought a humble being out of the woods, out of the swamp, out of the wild And plop it into her life a...8 years ago
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Ghosts - So it has been almost a year since I last posted. It is not that I’ve had a lack of things to write about, more of a case of writers block – finding words...8 years ago
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Not sure what to say.. - I am not sure what to do, or what to say, depression is my only constant “friend”, with me all the time, someone I hate, yet never hates me back. Medical m...8 years ago
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Back to the Stone Age. - I think the song is fitting, It is not mine, the opinions on this page are mine. In posting this video, I am in no way saying that this group believes as I...8 years ago
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Conclusion and Closure - I don't tend to blog that often these days. It's a shame really because I used to love blogging. Unfortunately my time tends to be taken up with other thin...8 years ago
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Come Up to the Lab: My Gender Workshop - Ever since Time Magazine proclaimed a “Transgender Tipping Point” a year and a half ago, I’ve been exploring trans identities and expressions that aren’t i...8 years ago
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hiatus - just wanted to let you all know that Will is doing fabulous in recovery (tracking everything diligently on @journeyintomanhood) and in England for his se...8 years ago
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Reminder: Follow my new blog! This one is closing imminently - This is just a quick reminder, in case anyone who cares missed it the first time, that GenderDrift is being turned into a private blog where it can rest pe...9 years ago
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Time to myself - Recently I have been lucky to have a few evenings to myself to let Jenny out of the wardrobe. Most of these occasions have been just in my room as usual, ...9 years ago
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Being a Gender Critical woman born trans is a very lonely place to be - My understanding of gender critical theory is limited. There's no reference text anywhere explaining it, and questioning GC theorists on their own turf nev...9 years ago
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Blogging about it…. - I started this blog because I wanted to help people in a similar situation to me. I was younger and never proclaimed to have all the answers. Sometimes the...9 years ago
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Debunking Bathroom Myths - *Debunking Bathroom Myths* Original article by *Brynn Tannehill *can be viewed *Here* *When the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was defeated, the ostens...9 years ago
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RUMBLED. BUT IT TURNS OUT TO THE GOOD - As per usual on a Wed evening I make my way to the Butterfly Club support premises to get my self ready to face the world. Nothing new in that. And as per ...9 years ago
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Caitlyn Jenner Speaks at Chicago House Event - Caitlyn Jenner Speaks at Chicago House Event: grvsmth: sometranslady: grvsmth: sometranslady: snowflakeespecial: This isn’t a funny story. Trying on y...9 years ago
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Postscript - I thought that my urge to blog had departed. It hasn't... but I do need to move on. Angie's Aspirations — aka About Angie — was written from the perspecti...9 years ago
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Got A Little Beautified… - Not much here, but I went out for a bit of a day, treated by a couple of friends, and had my brows waxed and got my hair done. Here’s the results. I s...9 years ago
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17 Months on T Update - 17 Months on T Next week marks 17 months on T, nearly one and a half years. I cannot believe I have not posted any update for 5 months, time just really h...9 years ago
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Paranoid Locker Room Fantasies (mostly about naked Trans bodies) - Remember the 80’s sex comedy? This is where men learned what girls did in the locker room (or conversely where women learned what men fantasized about what...9 years ago
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10 Ways to Destroy the Earth - my mother died in this room now it is occupied by my nieces whenever they sleep over a playroom i currently occupy it sleeping on the lower bunk of their l...9 years ago
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While I Am Away... - So.... I have been away...yup. Not news. Been busy. Plus, not much to write about really, I've just submerged into 'normal' Nairobi life, with a few bumps ...9 years ago
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Still Here - I realized last week that I hadn’t written a blog…or a Facebook post…or a journal entry…or much of anything in five or six months. Part of me was bothered ...9 years ago
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Stronger - So I think it is safe to say that Keira is getting stronger or at the very least more prevalent. I’ve been getting more confident doing certain things, I k...9 years ago
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Stronger - So I think it is safe to say that Keira is getting stronger or at the very least more prevalent. I’ve been getting more confident doing certain things, I k...9 years ago
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5 months in - *Continued**, from April 5th 2015* 5 months since the hospital I still don't know much about it. Dissociative Identity Disorder. My amnesia isn't just ha...9 years ago
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Through The Looking Glass - I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but it did. That is, I stopped considering myself “transitioning.” What does that mean, exactly? Am I where I want t...9 years ago
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Finishing therapy - I looked back to refer to other blog posts about the CBT I have been having and found none, realising that I had not written anything about it since I star...9 years ago
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Can you Rewrite History & Eliminate Hate? - I read about an attempt to remove another civil war memorial. I shook my head. It’s obviously an over-reaction to the recent attacks on churches. With tha...9 years ago
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Transition Is A Banquet - Transition is not a one-way street, or a bowling lane with the bumpers up. Transition is not a recipe with precise measurements, or a fixed curriculum, or ...9 years ago
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It’s Inherent - The frequency and unexpectedness with which being transgendered asserts itself is ever a source of amazement. Regardless of how deeply in background one ma...9 years ago
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This Rain - Originally posted on chester maynes: Abruptly, water gushes from the sky. I hear the storm drops too loud. Wind creeps cold on my skin. Thunder slits these ...9 years ago
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The Biggest Changes Come in the Smallest Packages - I know my posts have been lacking for the past year but I have done a lot of soul-searching and cleanup around my home and in my life to prepare myself to ...9 years ago
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Telling a Friend - I recently told a friend about Amy. I didn't go into many details or show him pictures or anything, but it felt good to talk about and get a positive reac...9 years ago
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The world keeps on turning. - So I guess it’s time to get back into this blog of mine. I mean I’ve been gone for so long and really it’s just time to start again. Since my last real b...9 years ago
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My Friend Beth - A few weeks ago, I said that I wasn't going to be linking to trans-articles unless something special occurred. There were so many stories that they weren'...9 years ago
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Why Bruce Jenner, Andreja Pejic and other Trans Celebrities Still Don’t Matter - Recently there have been a number of celebrities that have come out to announce that they define as transgender. For some of them it wasn’t a shocker, for ...9 years ago
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On Reconciling my Beliefs, Depression and Gender - Howdy. Sorry it's been a while, I am simply the most infrequent blogger in the world... I've been buried under piles of work for what seems like forever, a...9 years ago
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End game... - So things didn't get better...I slipped further and last Tuesday I went to my scheduled appointment...when she saw me the choices were go home for a matter...9 years ago
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Handbags & Glad Rags………. - I always feel a bit rotten about writing a new post when I have so many posts from others to … Continue reading →9 years ago
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Commenters and deep thoughts - I would like to start by apologizing for the long break between posts. A little thing called life intervenes and my writing suffers. Family, health, work, ...9 years ago
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Visibility - i am a transman. I chose to medically transition so now I am on the other side of the binary. Being visible for me now means continuing to advocate for fr...9 years ago
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Early attempts to deal with my feminine feelings (chapter 2 of my book, My Transvestite Addictions) - I began feeling like I wanted to be a girl when I was 10. All these years later, it’s hard to explain why. It was just like a feeling and knowledge that c...9 years ago
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Motorhead Girls - Motorhead Girls ... we are girls who love cars, trucks, bikes, planes, and boats. Anything with a motor. Maybe we love some of them, maybe we love all of ...9 years ago
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Shutting down - I've decided that I am not, after all, the blogging type. I never managed it in my other identity either, so I don't know why I should be surprised. So,...9 years ago
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Dangerous Situation - ***** This post might be triggering ***** Something really scary happened last evening. I was standing outside with a friend (who is also homeless and we u...9 years ago
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Could it really be THAT easy? - So, not going to get too excited here, but bear with me, kay? Last night, I decided to talk to Phyl about her withdrawals and pulling away. I wanted to try...9 years ago
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One Year as Me! - Dianne Piggott 10/30/2013 One year. Just one year. One entire year. All of one year. One circle of the Earth around the Sun. A year ago t...9 years ago
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Cumberbatch and his offense offence - Poor old Benny Cumberbatch…him and his big old posh, ex slave owning gob. Actually I feel for the bloke. Trying to do his best for British actors of colour...9 years ago
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Coming out on Facebook. - I have a relatively small number of friends on facebook, I keep it that way, I don’t add anyone I meet. Everyone on my friends list is actually my friend o...9 years ago
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New Hair … :) Trying different looks :) - So the new wig arrived… and figured a day off would be fitting to try it on :) Here are a few pics… Ya short and sweet post … :P Peace and Love! Tamara :)9 years ago
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Transgender Q&A - When it comes to the subject of transgender and the LGBT community, I think that there are three different types of people. The first (and the fastest gro...9 years ago
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I is for Identity Politics - Hello all. For my first post of 2015, I am going back to blogging through ye old alphabet. Today I is for identity politics. Identity politics are how ...9 years ago
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Leelah, and all the others who struggle - Happy New Year! I'm so sorry I don't update regularly! I have been off school for a couple weeks, so I have no good excuse, but I hope you all had a wonder...9 years ago
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A New Christmas with family - As anyone can expect the end of the year can bring surprises and lots of joy to one's heart and soul. This year is really an exception for Kay and I, as w...9 years ago
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On the other side! - It’s been a few days since I last posted on my blog, and for good reason. Thursday, 11th December 2014 I finally had the surgery I had been waiting so lon...10 years ago
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Saying goodbye - The time has come for me to say goodbye and put this blog to bed. I doubt anyone reads it anymore, but I’m the type of person who likes closure, so I gue...10 years ago
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Xmas 2014 - I thought I should drop a post in, and wish everyone a happy Xmas. If you should be reading this, and you are a Pagan like my son, or any of the non-christ...10 years ago
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11-18-2014 Entry: Pulling Back the Transgender Curtian - Two days from now will be Transgender Day of Remembrance, which I am sad to say that before this year, I knew nothing about. I just finished scrolling thro...10 years ago
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No Big Deal - My daughter started high school last month. The other night she told my wife and me that there's a transgender girl in her homeroom. During the summer ...10 years ago
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I finally legally exist! - On July 1st, 2014 it finally happened. The law that made it impossible for me and many others like me to change their gender on any official documents drop...10 years ago
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A Controversial Stance On The Word “Queer” - Controversial new video about the use of the word queer in the LGBT community.10 years ago
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8 Steps on How to Get Your Ex Boyfriend Back Immediately - If you are trying to get your ex boyfriend back, but are fighting and get no results, then you should know this is a common thing that tons of girls go thr...10 years ago
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Pigtails - Last night as I was hugging Kegan good night, I started playing with her hair and realized her hair is at that almost long enough to put into a super short...10 years ago
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She Returns - Gee, that was a long time coming, wasn't it? I managed to survive from February to July at the Good Samaritan House at Westgate. This is a Christian-run fa...10 years ago
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The Maker of Noses - Like many of you, I enjoy music, and I look to it for inspiration and support. My taste in music is quite eclectic, ranging from hymns through jazz and roc...10 years ago
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July 18th 2014 - I know I haven't posted in a long time, things have just gotten crazy around here. We were finally able to get pregnant with our third, and recently found...10 years ago
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been proven wrong - I have had many people walk in and out of my life. And a lot of them have been anything but nice to me. Over the years most of my friend have turn against...10 years ago
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Tumor no more - On January 8, 2012 I was informed that the fight to live was over, I would not be getting my last Chemo treatment, all scans have no cancer traces in them ...10 years ago
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Vote for Sophia - I'm running in a mock election and I need your votes. You might be asking why I need your vote, and *how in the heck did I wind up in politics?* Well, my...10 years ago
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Keepin’ On - When I was driving home from work this afternoon I started to think of this blog and its lack of updates. I think the general trend is that when I dress mo...10 years ago
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A Question - So, I've been doing this girl thing for a while now. It's good, but there is some weirdness... Has anyone else experienced this? [Bumps into a doorjam, o...10 years ago
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Day 105: Whiskey Aging… DONE! - So after nearly 3 and a half months it’s done! I ended up with a bottle and a half of sweet, dark whiskey. It’s amazingly easy to do. At this point, I’m ...10 years ago
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Sweeping the Ashes - “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.” “I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme...10 years ago
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Another new chapter - *or the next stop on the timeline...* *Anyway, as some of you may remember, in a galaxy, far, far..wait, wrong story.* *I married my other half 13 years a...10 years ago
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I'm coming out and I want the world to know... - As the weeks went by I've became more and more emboldened with my transition. I started buying more clothes, and started laser hair removal. On Christmas...10 years ago
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It has been too long since last I blogged - Yes, I know, more than two years have gone by, and some of you may be wondering if all is well. YES! Everything remains wonderful. We've now been happily m...10 years ago
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It's "her's" - I've been living as woman for two years now, two really good years. I was and still am one of the lucky few. I have gone through this transition without lo...10 years ago
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Paula Deen Quote - “I feel like ‘embattled’ or ‘disgraced’ will always follow my name. It’s like that black football player who recently came out. He said, ‘I just want to...10 years ago
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Link to my daughter’s blog post - Here’s something my daughter posted today… Hexydezimal A fallen angel returns. hexydezimal.wordpress.com Questions for the Transgender Community Happy bela...10 years ago
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Three Unwise Men - Yet another bawbag is frothing at the mouth. This latest cretinous oaf, a Russian actor of whom this reporter at least has never heard, says he would "stuf...10 years ago
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Hanging in, hanging out, hanging on - It has been a while since I have posted anything here. Up to this point, I have maintained this blog as a combination of sporadic articles, and the occasio...11 years ago
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I Dreamed a Dream in Times Gone By... - This past week has been especially difficult because of the second coming out of 'Marcy' Michael's female alter gender identity. My strife is entirely i...11 years ago
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I've finally finshed what I started. - It's been quite a while since I've written. Again, not because there was nothing to say. On the contrary, there's been plenty going on. I have been una...11 years ago
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Enough - Originally posted on Nuclear Unicorn: My approach to Cathy Brennan has long mirrored my approach to Ann Coulter; I generally refuse to dignify their delibe...11 years ago
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Ether Radio - Last Tuesday I took the day off work to run errands. Around 8:30 in the morning I was sitting in my boyfriend's car by a gas pump. Peter was inside colle...11 years ago
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Transgender children: 3 British case studies - I was recently asked to speak at the NSPCC about the issues trans children face. As part of my talk I read out three case studies, published below. All nam...11 years ago
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Hatred, Transphobia & Twitter storms.. - I'm far from surprised that this has blown up like it has.. To be honest it was only a matter of time, Trans people put up with an awful lot, I don't want ...11 years ago
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The Wedding and the Beach House - It was a balmy June Saturday in Napa valley, California. The winery Heather’s cousin Rosalind had chosen for the wedding was beautifully placed amidst rol...12 years ago
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Retrospect - Spring 2011 - The Highs and Low of being a TGirl - Widemouth Bay, CornwallBy the spring of 2011 I felt that things were going quite well and that with my new image I was well on the well to achieving the g...12 years ago
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Trans on TV, A Word Of Caution - Since the airing of My Transsexual Summer and the enormous reaction it caused, both in the trans community and the wider public I have been aware of a numb...12 years ago
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I suppose an introduction is in order... - I'm a woman living on the Left coast of America with a very much appreciated spouse of over a decade and a half. We can usually be found co-living our lif...13 years ago
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A BLOG ON BLOGGER? OLDER POSTS FOUND BY LINK. - After a flat out hectic two months I am sitting here with no pressing commitments except perhaps to try and cure this terrible cough and sore throat. In th...15 years ago
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Reality TV - I was reassembling the bike last weekend with radio 4 on drip-feed and heard a piece about people who live a second life on the Internet. It appears that f...16 years ago
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Hi Tammy, You won't remember me because we have never met and I only made a couple comments way back when. I just wanted to say I am so happy you are happy and doing well. You are such a great person
ReplyDeleteLove Mel