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This is why it's not funny to out a trans person, this is why I fight.
It appears that this is thankfully a hoax. While it is horrible that someone would create such a horrible story, for whatever reason it was created, It is even worse that the conditions exist for it to be believed. I leave this post up to show that I do jump the gun sometimes. Ok, a whole bunch. :P
She rode her bike to go to the store. She ( Read more... ) -
It's about time for a Meme
But like all things viral, there are occasional mutations.
So, I'm presenting a mutated version of this meme.
The problem with Live Journal is that we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So tell me something about yourself that I probably don't know, and ask me something about myself that you are curious about ( Read more... ) -
Robert Stanley McCargar
One of the costs of being trans is that you sometimes loose those you love, or at least loose time with them. The only person in my world who doesn't know I transitioned is my grandfather, one of the men I respect the most in the world. One of the people with which I've had the least communication over the past two years ( Read more... ) -
Hell yes, Tell it like it is
Huge thanks to Questioning Transphobia.
For any of you who don't know what this is, please take a second to listen then take a look at some of the blogs out there about the DSM in relation to transsexualism. For feminists, try this one. If nothing else though, PLEASE understand that the manner in which trans* diagnosis's are included in the ( Read more... ) -
Race baiting
The term "race baiter" as a way to describe someone who is calling out something offensive bugs me. Its use implies that someone who speaks up is using the color of their skin or their ethnicity as bait to lure in the poor unsuspecting white person so they can pounce. As if there is some prize for speaking up. You know, catch your 100th white ( Read more... ) -
new phone
So, I'm pretty sure that all productivity or attention that I might have had is now gone forever. I have IRC on my phone now, and can post here from it as well. I doubt very highly that I'll use to do anything substantial, but who knows. -
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10:36 * erinM is in a weird mood today, please excuse
10:36 < coworker> oh well no worries
10:36 < coworker> erinM: me too
10:36 < coworker> must be the stars
10:36 < erinM> like, madonna is totaly in retrograde yahknow?
... yeah I'm a dork. XD
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