Good morning all,                 Getting ready for my five mile jog with a few friends, Mia has fed sammy the squirrel, another sunny day, hair up in a ponytail ready to burn a few cals, ive also ordered more jeans as they were last years fashion so they are being cleared, lots of girls wear them so they technically are still fashion its just each year they seem to bring in a new theme. Todays five mile jog wil finnish at three, most of the girls usually go to the pub for a drink after but i am out this evening so will need that space when i get back to shower ready for tonight enjoy your day, smile

I am not surprised. The level of hate and vitriol of this administration to embarrass us, denigrate us, torture us, and punish anybody who supports us, has no depths. These animals will not stop until they drive us from this planet. It is total BS. None of this will end well. I could say a bunch more, but I do not want to face banishment. I wonder when they will start hunting us down. Weaponizing the IRS information will become routine since they are going to do it with illegal immigrants. We cannot outrun our social security number no matter what court order we had to change our gender and name. They will have our address and employment information. I keep seeing the most dystopian future. There are no restraints on this administration, and if someone tries to hold them accountable, they just scoff at the various court orders knowing that the less than Supreme Court has their back. It is truly disheartening. 

That's so cool, we had to check out 4 Down too, and it made us smile as well. 🙃

Good morning, everyone. It’s 3:15am here, and I’m up reflecting, breathing, and centering myself for the day ahead. One moment, one breath, one small victory at a time.   Keep going, we're doing better than we think. 🌤️

Thanks Carolyn Marie,  I wouldn't normally tell strangers,  but she was from the NHS,  (that's our national health service.) She needed my national health records which are still under John, so thought I needed to tell her? It's a big boost when you get compliments like that, I'm feeling more confident and stronger every day. The weather in the uk is glorious this week and I've got the week off work. I'm enjoying the rare sunshine by doing my garden. I was out in my front garden the ither day, next door had a bouncy castle for the kids, they were all out on it. I haven't told any of my neighbours,  I don't really speak to any, I usually keep myself to myself? I don't know if she was talking to me or one of the others,  there was about 5 or six kids and 3 adults? But one of the kids, she was about 7-8 years old,  shouted,  " can I just say, you look lovely today?" I didn't say anything and just carried on digging my weeds out. But deep inside,  I was buzzing,  if she was talking to me, lol? Thanks  hugs and kisses 🥰  Joanne 

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/04/08/politics/washington/maine-prison-system-trump-administration-pam-bondi-andrea-balcer-transgender-inmate/     Carolyn Marie

https://www.startribune.com/shannon-t-l-kearns-no-one-taught-me-how-to-be-a-man-chris-stedman/601325312     Carolyn Marie

That's great, @Joanne Grace, and I can certainly see why you're excited and thrilled with the compliments.  Congrats!  You do look great in that pic.   I would caution you about coming out to random strangers, though.  I guess it worked out well this time.  It's not something I would do, but we're all different and have different levels of anxiety about personal safety.    Carolyn Marie

Welcome! Your post reads like you’re pretty sound in your identity, which is lovely. There are so many people out there telling us who we are or aren’t, it makes it difficult to see and feel the easy things. The things that should make you happy can be cloaked in shame; that refracted shadow we can wallow in, though the shade is cast from others we make it our own pain. I hope you’re feeling liberation and affirmation about who you are across your personal spectrum. I hope to see more of your thoughts here as time goes on. Until then, 🤙

Count the shades of genders in this video.

For those who love the cuatro de Puerto Rico.  

I've noticed whoever makes these has from time to time included not so subtle nods to trans affirmation. I was happy to see 4 down yesterday 😁  

For those that love the guitar   

Hi girls,   I had a big boost to my confidence today,  I was standing in my front garden waiting for a parcel,  when a lady from the NHS doing a promo, stopped, it's a scheme to get your prescriptions sent to your house instead of having to pick them up from the chemist/ drug store in the USA,  lol? Anyway,  she was asking whst prescriptions I have, so I told her, they are my HRT,  because im trans. And she looked at me and said, what! So I said I'm transgender. And she said wow! you go girl! She said she never would have known if I hadn't of told her? She said I look amazing, I said  I only came out last year and I'm 62. She said wow! You look better than me, lol? I said I hate it when I have to take my wig off because im bald? So she said,  that's not your hair? I said, no, I'm bald, lol. When she left, I went in and shouted,  wooh hoo! Yes. I think the hormones are working,  lol? I'm loving it! Hugs and kisses 🥰 

to songs but from very different times   Ever lasting love

How old is the blade. The sharpness of the blade will give a good, bad or a totally useless shave. Aim always to buy a razor with 5 blades like Harry’s remembering the are not sharp for long

So I did show up well for the housing interview. It went great. Yay! I didn't even have much of a tremor, which is good because I filled out forms for 1.5 hours, but with excellent help and care from an assistant. Glad I can do that, even with fears about it. Fears are always less than they appear to be at first. Reality, I can deal with. Sigh. Now for a nap while I wait for my friend, Alex, to visit soon.

@Síofra hello & welcome to you from a fellow gen-x-aged nonbinary friend! I am glad you reached out here. I world say my sense of style is also rooted in my generational experience - we might have similar tastes in that respect. I find the recent 90s revival in fashion amusing...and of course not really accurate lol. I also related to your acknowledgement of questioning whether you're experiencing attraction or gender envy. And similar to you, it took me until well into my 40s to come around to coming out due to lack of knowledge about nonbinary identity & gender spectrum. I look forward to hearing more from you. Peace!

Looks like things aren’t so great over there either 

Thanks April. And it is so true about society and clothing.