One of the main characters in The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan, the viewpoint character's girlfriend, is a male-to-female transsexual.

After listening to many users, I have decided to download Firefox and give it a try. The problem is when I try to find a safe site to use for the download, there are dozens that appear to be legit; however, I found out the hard way that many of these download sites install all sorts of malware and worse on my computer. For those in the know, what site do you recommend. Preferably the official Firefox site. Thanks.

The story of Tocarra, a transgendered girl in an alternative high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is told by her teacher in the publication, Rethinking Schools. It's a tragedy, but like all tragedies it shows the triumph of spirit. The opening paragraphs of the story follow. Click on link to read complete story.

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As part of my quest to get better at writing I've decided to actually follow the advice I keep seeing out there - yeah, I know, that's a radical idea and all, but it just might help... So, I found a nearby writer's group and intend to go there next week.

But that leads to my question. What to expect?

Jelly Belly Chairman Helps Fund Anti-Trans Campaign

Well, I think I am giving up on Fictionmania. The last couple of stories I've posted there have received no comments at all.

I have all these story ideas in my head, mostly just taking up space and gathering dust unfortunately. I try to get them written down, but by the time I start to actually do so, my mind has wandered off to the next great story idea. I just can't stay focused on a story long enough to actually really write it. I even made a long list where I have written down the gist of most of these story ideas, though many are still not even in that list, but the actual writing of a story never really happens.

The Stormlord Trilogy by Glenda Larke (called the Watergivers trilogy in Australia, and maybe some other countries) is a secondary world epic fantasy, consisting of three volumes, The Last Stormlord, Stormlord Rising, and Stormlord's Exile. I wholeheartedly recommend it as a fine adventure epic with nifty political intrigue, knotty moral dilemmas, clever and consistent worldbuilding, and emotionally affecting characterization. The reason I'm mentioning it here is one particular character, a FtM transsexual. He doesn't appear until the third book, but he has a fairly major role to play when he appears.

Hi.... So a couple weeks ago I posted asking for help, and I was given a lot of info that did help.

We have next week, an appointment with WIC and an appointment next month with a few other services.

Unfortunately, because Amy is on SSD (Disability), the state of NJ considers her money "Un-Earned Income" so it counts against us double/triple when it comes to SNAP/FoodStamps and similar services.

Right now, if we can make it through this month, and the next, December and on are looking QUITE WELL....

The BBC is reporting that Lou Reed has died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24697765

I wonder how many people have been inspired by 'Walk on the Wild side?'

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Just feeling a little melancholy and shaky this morning, and I have to sleep before I get up at 7:00 AM. I've been approached my a PHD Doctor from a big local university who tells me that he knows that we have not been treated very well, and he wants me to help him make that better.

Those who know me, can confirm that I live a quiet life, and try to avoid the drama and hand wringing that makes so many of us miserable. I am no activist, not one bit. And, I am pretty much a prude, just trying to do the best I can to live like billions of other women.

Okay folks it's update time.

It will come as no great shock to regular readers of this blog to find out I struggle with feelings of worthlessness at times.

Was it this small?

This has been driving me slightly mad on and off since I first made mention of this race of aliens in my latest story Battle for Earth and since I've been unable to find the right spelling myself I thought perhaps I would turn to the folks here for the solution. The name of the race is the 'Ferlesh'. The main issue I've having is with the spelling of the name itself. I actually like how it sounds, but I loath the way I've spelt it. I've tried every variation I can think of and this is sadly the most tolerable of the lot.

We have had a series of power cuts here, which after working a twelve hour day did little for my temper. It also caused the computer to go down three times. I am therefore not risking anything tonight. I hope to restore normal Bike service tomorrow. (This is what happens when you sell off all the utilities to foreign companies - idiot politicians, shoot the lot of them).

Angharad.

My apologies that the promised 'few weeks' before starting my next story has turned into nearly five months. It has been a busy summer! However, I have now written 25,000 words towards a new story entitled Dancing Queen. This should be enough to keep me going with weekly postings until the New Year (by which time I hope to have written the remainder). Bronwen is currently correcting my punctuation and pointing out mistakes, and I am looking for a suitable title image so that I hope to begin posting next week.

Louise