Welcome to the forums, Lisa Marie! 25 is surely not very late to start your transition - you'll find many of us who have started very much later in life. The important thing is to be happy with who you are. There is a wealth of information here, along with tips and ideas. Most importantly, you'll find acceptance and support. Feel free to wander about, ask questions and jump into conversations wherever you feel comfortable.   Please do read through our Community Rules - they are there for the protection of all of our members.   Also, stop by the Introductions Forum and tell us a bit more about yourself. We all look forward to getting to know you.

I don't think so, as there are indicators that the US avoided involvement as far as possible in WW2 until they saw Britain's defiance (ie they would be on to a winner). There was a German influence in the US which may well have swayed things the other way.  It does not take much thinking to see that a united German Europe would be the simpler option when it came to trade etc as I imagine the Atlantic would be seen to prove a big deterrent to German expansion over there. This would be more likely a lot of US thinking early in the war.   My opinion is that the war would have gone on much longer and been far more messy. US industry provided a massive boost to arms provision etc which enabled more rapid progress.   Looking way back in history though it is amusing to think that the USA may well be speaking Spanish, French or even German now though if it weren't for Britain  

Good Saturday morning   ive always been taught that it should rain in the afternoon of Good Friday, as the tears shed when Jesus cried out then died on the cross.  Yesterday was a beautiful day, no rain.   Exam proctor, would you be watching for cheating on written tests, or observing tests of skills working on vehicles and the like? observing safe practices.   i think I may have mentioned Riley, new mtf employee, well I met her girlfriend yesterday.   i suppose I need to go.  I’m still tired but life goes on and so does the job.   ive got bill to pay, not the least of which are two pairs of hearing aids.      

Good morning   yes, I’m still tired.  Long but very fun day yesterday.   i bought my granddaughter a pair of shoes she fell in love with.  You’d have thought I’d bought her an expensive sports car.  Oh my gosh the tears and hugs and more tears and hugs over a pair of shoes.   well I got to go.

Almost 1am, so I guess its morning....   I spent Friday evening with my friends.  We went out for pizza and drinks, just to relax for a while.  Most of my family went to Good Friday service at our community's temple, but I was naughty and opted out.  I'm just not feeling the love right now, mostly because of how GF is acting lately.  No idea when she's coming home, and definitely mixed feelings about when she comes back.  I won't hear anything for a while, since right now she's probably on a cargo freighter in the Black Sea.    Looks like it will rain all weekend.  My husband's father always claims that if it rains on Easter, it will rain for seven Sundays.  We often get a sort of weekly pattern in the spring, but usually not for seven weeks.  Just enough to mess up our ability to work outdoors on the weekend.  Sad we can't just schedule the rain for Tuesday overnight      

Was... over a century ago.  Certainly not now.  If it wasn't for the USA, Britain and France would be speaking German.  Both Britain's salvation in WW1/WW2 and the undoing of the Empire were started way back in 1776.  It is a huge mystery to me why so many Americans still seem like they want to "run home to mama" and express support for or interest in Britain.      And thank God for that.  My heritage is Greek, and my chosen family is quite multicultural with 7 languages spoken in our home.  Its kind of chaotic, just like the USA.  That can be both good and bad.  Good, if we have a common identity.  Bad if we let our diversity divide us.  Its all in how we approach it.    Sometimes I like how Trump approaches foreign policy.  Its nice to have our national interests put in first place for a change.  Its nice to not have to be the ATM for the whole world.  But then there's dumb things like this... focusing on LGBTQ+ stuff in international relations when it isn't an international issue.  We'd do so much better to avoid strange things like this. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/eeoc-instructs-staff-sideline-transgender-211951175.html     Bury the cases and bury our right and bury us.     Carolyn Marie

https://apnews.com/article/transgender-passports-trump-executive-order-ee211c3298f0c6f561f829cf5adca281   This is good, but it only affects those plaintiffs from that one jurisdiction.  We'll have to wait on other cases to be adjudicated.  One small step for a trans, one giant leap...   Carolyn Marie

Im just coming out as a trans woman im 25 I have dressed full time yet

Dearly beloved, I am not lost

Hi Robin! Hope you enjoy the forums.

Thank you all plenty. I hope this will be a safe place.

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Falling star, shooting fast, how long?

Welcome to TGP!! We are so happy you have found your way here. I look forward to getting to know you.

Welcome to the forums @BunnyRobin! We are so glad you found us. We are a community of people who support and lift each other!! Feel free to wander around, ask questions and jump into conversations wherever you feel comfortable. You are loved and accepted here.

Are you from the USA or the UK? In the uk we had the right to use the fertility that corresponded with our gender, this new ruling from the supreme Court has said a transgender woman can't use single sex fertility, ie; a women's toilet,  because we are not being recognised as a woman anymore? All the work we've done to get Are right to be Are preferred gender had gone down the pan, pardon the pun? I've told my boss when I came out to her, that I would use the disabled toilet,  but everytime I've gone to use it, it's locked?  Very frustrating,  hugs and kisses,  Joanne 🥰

Wanting to know a bit more about me? I'll oblige; I'm a trans guy who is mentally disabled and from the US. I love making art and writing, making and reading comics as well. I'm autistic and have special interests in Tokusatsu (think Power Rangers, Super Sentai, stuff of that sort), Puyo Puyo, Persona, Obey Me, and Twisted Wonderland. I am more than one (plural system) and consider myself a polyfragmented DID system of many. I work part time at an airport. I am happy to see you all here. As for the name; Alchemist Dreamer is my gamer tag typically spelled: alchemistDreamer.   The Alchemist part is that I'm naturally drawn to magic types and I myself am considered a modern day alchemist by using my own energy and logic to process and produce my emotions in my own way. The Dreamer aspect is that I aspire to be more and have big ambitions.

Hi & welcome @BunnyRobin! I've definitely met some lovely friends and learned a lot about myself as a member of this community. I hope you will too. Peace & love to you.