I’m a bloke. Well, at least physically. Socially, mostly yes, but in my
head and my heart, it’s a little more complicated. If you’re reading
this, either you’re very lost on the Internet, researching something, or
you may have a similar situation.
Sometimes, some of us just have to wear a suit and tie.....
The People - Personal Thoughts
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I decided to create myself an account on Substack! I’m so done with social
media. Except you,…
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I decided to create myself an account on Substack! I’m so done with social
media. Except you, Tumblr. Tumblr, I love you.
But anyway, see you there!!
17 hours ago
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national/world - Inside Meta’s dehumanizing new speech policies for trans
people
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Casey Newton
Platformer
Menlo Park, CA
Credit:
*https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Meta_HQ_2023.png*
*please press: platformer.news*
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19 hours ago
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GENEVIEVE'S GEMS
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By you living your authentic life, you may be be encouraging someone who is
struggling.
~Genevieve
1 day ago
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A break in service
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Hi, Nearly a month off over the festive period and then a full five day
week back at work? What could possibly go wrong! 😉 I think I have become
rather co...
1 day ago
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Vorweihnachtsausflüge/Some walks before Christmas
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Hallo meine Lieben, willkommen in der zweiten Jännerwoche,
Hello dear visitors, welcome in second week of January
Translation button on the right side.
Sc...
1 day ago
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Call for new Editorial Board members for the Community Development Journal
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Application deadline: Friday 17 January 2025, 24.00 UTC/GMT We are
currently recruiting to the editorial board of the Community Development
Journal (CDJ), ...
4 days ago
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Solstice Scribblings
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As I type this, the sun has set on the shortest day of the year. This
entry will be a mish mash of bits I've written over the past few months,
some stuf...
3 weeks ago
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Year end message/thoughts for 2024
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It was another breakout year for visibility and progress. Another year of
firsts. Another year of steps. It’s that time of year again where I’m off
for fiv...
3 weeks ago
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so sorry
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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...
1 month ago
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The rise of queer and transgender Bluesky
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[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...
1 month ago
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Into the Woods
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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...
2 months ago
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Thoughts on Sex and Gender
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Gender is based in the brain whilst sex simply describes what kind of
gametes an organism produces.
2 months ago
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Review: The Wishing Game
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[image: The Wishing Game] The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book but it did make me rethink how I rate and revi...
2 months ago
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Mousies ate my boobs.
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The mice have been at my tits. Luckily I wasn't wearing them at the time (I
haven't had an opportunity to express my Susie side for months) or else it
mi...
2 months ago
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Life on the other side
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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...
2 months ago
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Keystone Family Retreat - October 2024
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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...
5 months ago
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Reflecting on 8 years of being professionally trans
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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...
6 months ago
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Out and about in my pretty sandals...
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Out and about in my pretty sandals:
Mandy
6 months ago
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Marking time…
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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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Tennis Anyone?
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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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ferm living glas
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*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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Taking a Break
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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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Space Elevator
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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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Love again.
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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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What is “Hate Crime”?
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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
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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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Posting from the front
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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]
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Sandra M. Lopes posted a photo:
[image: From the waist upwards]
Flattr me!
4 years ago
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Review: Anna Secret Poet-No Brainer
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The Tempohouse Anna Album Review Thank you so much to Lorna Irvine of The
Tempohouse for this lovely review of my forthcoming album! You can also
check out...
4 years ago
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Thought for the day
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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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Sissy.
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“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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Merry Christmas to all
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Wishing you all a very merry Christmas. ❤️ ✌️ BY FOR NOW
5 years ago
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Time to Upgrade
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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...
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…
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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!
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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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The Summons
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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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New Beginnings
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“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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I Still Live
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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
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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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April 2019 - An update
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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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Trans Radio UK first birthday
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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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Risk to human rights after Brexit?
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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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Detaching Myself from My Dysphoria
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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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2018 Review - Part 2
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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 ...
6 years ago
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Progress, slowly slowly.
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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 ...
6 years ago
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Twilight Zone: Nails III - Press on Nails - Part One
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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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Today's Fashion Inspiration
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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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Post
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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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MAGA?
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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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Futanari Convent Book 1 & 2
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Stuff people say when hearing about someone coming out…
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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 ...
7 years ago
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Trans Twitter Gives Bad Dating Advice
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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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We Need A “Standards of Care” for Detransitioners
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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
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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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Why I'm so passionate about the issues of others.
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*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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the thursday lunch run to Popik's Place - thur. sept 15th, 2016
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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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Last Post
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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
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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
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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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My Return and First Time Out… again
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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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Trans Proud.
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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
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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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The First Mothers’ Day
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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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Come Up to the Lab: My Gender Workshop
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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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Reminder: Follow my new blog! This one is closing imminently
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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
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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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RUMBLED. BUT IT TURNS OUT TO THE GOOD
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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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Postscript
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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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Become a girl
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[image: Become a girl]
9 years ago
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Stronger
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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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The world keeps on turning.
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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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Visibility
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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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Cumberbatch and his offense offence
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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.
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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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I is for Identity Politics
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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 ...
10 years ago
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On the other side!
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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
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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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I finally legally exist!
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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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I Dreamed a Dream in Times Gone By...
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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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Transgender children: 3 British case studies
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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..
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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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A BLOG ON BLOGGER? OLDER POSTS FOUND BY LINK.
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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
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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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Cobweb Corner - Older Blogs, Not Recently Updated
Suit and tie? Bah, humbug! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for featuring my post.