I guess that is when we visited my grandparents when they had their house in Tryon,NC. I still love that house.   Kymmie

I'm so glad you are finding this.  I feel it as well here, across the pond.  While there may be areas where the right wing propaganda has set public opinion, i seem to find a comfortable life as myself.  May you continue to find the same.   Hugs,   Charlize

That feeling of being a target of hate is a difficult.t one to live with.  I remember the complete need to hide in the 50's and 60's. Funny how knowing the peace self acceptance i feel now still tremendously outweighs the desire to hide. Times change.  They will change again.   Hugs,   Charlize

Joanne, I am delighted that things are going so well for you at work.  Not only do your customers see you as you, but your openness and honesty about who you are has converted a 'phobic co-worker.  That is the best form of activism!

Gosh, what a hive of activity, from your girt friends adventures, to pregnancy, not a quiet life by any means, thats the one thing i must admit i do miss, not being able to have a child of my own, going through a GID clinic they never really touched upon the subject, it wasnt until i met James, that i realised something that the gender clinics never talked about, how to deal with your partners parents, James mum was always having little talks and buying me presents she wanted grand children, James forbid me to tell his mum and dad about my past, my mum was great she said tell James's mum that you cannot have children, but it did impact me, thats the problem when you are younger going through transition it brings up new challenges. Well at last the sun has started to shine, and its nearly time for a walk then dinner, some lovely pictures taken a few days ago shows mother nature has turned the page once again .

name the bands who played back up for Linda Ronstradt, Kim Somminds in Savoy Brown and John Mayall, who went their own way and became well known bands.

Last week's answer is James Peterik.

Water still lip depth nose breathing.

What was your most treasured childhood dream?

Welcome Marceline - I love the name choice. It's a beautiful name. Many of us have been where you are and many of us are where you are and some of us haven't reached as far as you are. Know you are in safe company and any questions you have we'll answer honestly, lovingly and truthfully from our own journeys. You are not alone and we want you to be truly happy with who you are and that is who you discover daily.

watching my figure develope came with it a whole set of new issues, what do i wear? how to cope with men, learning how to make use of my good looks to my advantage.As my body changed so did my confidence the more feed back from joe public the more re enforced the constraints. " I will see you to the door", can you manage that? its way heavy, doors being opened all reflected re enforcement. Moving into a shared house with four other girls, was an eye opener, more so that i was lucky that we were all roughly in the same age group. Understanding what sort of girl was i was more to do with my personality, sometimes that got in the way and could have got me seriously hurt. Debra Lisa and a few others all decided to go to Miss Selfridges a girls shop mainly. I picked a white lycra skin fitting dress off the peg and Debra looked at me and grinned, off we all went with our choice of clothes into a circular changing room, and i emerged and looked in the mirror, one look off Debra said it all!! "your not going to wear that are you", looks in the mirror well, i have a g string on and you cannot see anything, well said Debra be it on your own head. I had bought something that i thought looked good, but what i had not taken into account was the impact upon others. Friday night and it was night out, we all decided we wanted a safe hassle free evening and went to Manchester, Joyce was slightly older but she always kept an eye on me, lol she had hate on her fingers in like a bluish ink, no messing with Joyce. After a few drinks and getting slightly happy i went to the toilet as i walked in a girl looked straight at me and dragged me down to the floor and bit my backside i gave out a loud screech and came out and told Joyce, Debra said we better get you to the infirmary, you might need a tetanus jab, I would rather die than go there and try to explain how i got the teeth marks on my bum, i had never felt such pain.

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/news/new-advice-gps-their-equality-duties   gathering evidence about the experience of patients who share a protected characteristic to understand their needs   seems like more data harvesting to me

Funny how the Equalites statement implies a third sex, note, where facilities are available to both men and woman, and then mentions trans people? so we are not men we are not women we are number three, a third sex

Always handy to read from a direct source rather than those selling news papers or the media who just love to sell more and get more viewers regardless of whom they hurt. however where facilities are available to both men and women, trans people should not be put in a position where there are no facilities for them to use https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/interim-update-practical-implications-uk-supreme-court-judgment