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Blank screen of death

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I got to work tonight and turned on my laptop just like I do every night and when I look at the screen it is totally blank. I've tried a couple things and low and behold nada. Fortunately the computer is still working, and if I stare intently at the screen I can make out a faint outline of what is appearing on the screen of my laptop. I planned on replacing it later this year, but not right now. Unfortunately I also need it this weekend.

I hate unexpected expenses.

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Scents, Chapter 6

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Scents
 

 by Michelle Wilder
 
A story of another world


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The Road of Bleeding Hearts

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The Road of Bleeding Hearts


By Rachel Anne Keller

I walk the road of bleeding hearts,
Treading upon the feelings of others.


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The Angry Mermaid 2 Or. - Y Morforwyn Dicllon 2

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This is chapter 2 of Angry Mermaid. So far no transgendered elements have been necessary for these early chapters. If I do move into a TG theme It will be on or about the 5th chapter, - I think!

Hope you enjoy this chapter.

Beverly.

The Angry Mermaid 2

Or.

Y Morforwyn Dicllon.

Mabina. The youngest daughter and Twin to
Drustan Her twin brother.
Grandpa Erin The twins grandfather.
Giana The twins grandmother
Caderyn The twins father.
Morgaran The Twins oldest brother.


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Mistress Theory

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I'm hoping that everyone is enjoying this little tale of mine. OK so it won't end up to be so little.

I'm just gratified that there seem to be so many readers. I didn't expect that many actual people reading this story. Partly because as someone said to me "Historical tales don't get that many readers on this site"

I'm hoping to post a new part every week, so that will give you an idea of when to check back for a new part.

mittfh has the right idea I just didn't know the scientific names for those terms, both physical and mental. I'm happy that someone did though.

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OMG? I'm A Lesbian?

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Over the week end, my roomate and I drove 1100 miles, attended the funeral of her grandma, met relatives. The weather was great, the roads uncrowded, the car ran perfectly and this morning after sleeping in my own bed all night, I was given the gossip that Hindi and I are lesbian lovers. LOL It is what the dead grandma was telling the family.

Well, sorry, I don't do girls, did one and she was not to my taste. I much prefer to have 'is lolly in my mouth. LOL

Khadijah

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New School: A TG Choose Your Own Adventure, Part 2

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New School: A TG Choose Your Own Adventure, Part 2
By Krista

“You break down, begin sobbing and let your mom decide. She decides that you ask your 15 year old sister for help…”


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Iron Girl Part 02

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Tony Stark. Industrialist. Inventor. Philanthropist. Multi-billionaire. He is interested where the energy that Metahumans get there powers comes from, little does he know that soon he will have more experience with that power than he ever wanted.

Tony Stark, Wolfsbane and other characters belong to the real owners, the Comic Retcon was Lilith's idea. Thanks for letting us play.


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Finding Hope

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The airplane ride, the trip through the countryside seemed to take forever.

The young boy in the back seat of the car felt somewhat like a criminal as he traveled with the social worker who knew all too well.

He was small for 12, and looked a little malnourished. His hair was way too long for the social worker who had accompanied him on this trip.

"Don't pull anymore of your tricks," she lectured. "You dressing like a girl. We couldn't keep you in foster homes. I suppose this one won't last very long if you keep that up."


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One month since I transitioned

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I can't believe that I finally got to the point where I can say I transitioned a month ago.Christmas Eve I gave myself my transition as a Christmas gift. I hadn't planned it in fact I was going to transition over spring break after I had obtained a legal name change.I went to my therapist the day before and she said why don't you just transition? So I asked myself why don't I just transition?

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The Omega Unicorn Chronicles Book 2 Summer Vacation Ch. 26

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The Summer Vacation
Chapter 26
Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman


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Transgender reporting

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This morning's Observer had an article by the Readers' Editor referring to comments received on an article about David/Sonia Burgess. Burgess, a civil rights lawyer, was allegedly murdered by being pushed under a London Underground train last year and a trial is shortly to take place. The comments were concerned with how the paper referred to to her/him. It was quite difficult because sometimes Burgess lived as a male (David) or female (Sonia) and had friends in each persona but, apparently, few in both.

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about "no matter what"

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Well, I would like to take a moment and talk about "No Matter What". It started while I was crafting my little poem "Vows". As I often do, I shared my work with my girlfriend, and she got inspired to write her own story based on the poem. Just like the poem, the story is about the fact that many people who make declarations of loving us "no matter what", but not all of them follow through when it comes to being transgender. When she finished, I asked if I could post it here, and she agreed.

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The rescue 10

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This chapter deals with the ongoing issues surrounding Jalina's reconciliation and eventual acceptance back into her family's bosom. Beverly also manages to sound out Abhay's views about hijras and finally surmounts the problem surrounding Jalina's return to the family.

The Rescue 10

Characters.

Beverly Taff. Transvestite
James or Jamie Transgendered kid.
Candice Jamie’s Younger Sister.
Sergeant Williams Hate crime police officer
David Evans Knife-boy. (Son of Dewi Evans.)


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My Mistake: Chapter 35

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My Mistake: Chapter 35
Samantha Jenkins

A meeting with the Superintendent, news of a threat, and a plan...


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Budding Lilli Part 3

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Kyle has purged and is trying to be "normal" - only to find it impossible. After two years of misery, his sister Christine dares him to put on their sister Taryn's dress. Can he resist? What happens to Kyle - and what does his mischievous sister have in store for him?

This time: What will Lilli do about Mira, the girl she loves?


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Surprising Support For Boys Choosing Dolls And Dresses

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The other night, the ABC program, "Primetime: What Would You Do?" had a segment regarding gender stereotyping. In the segment, the producers sent actors playing a father and a young son into a toy store, where the boy is to choose a Barbie doll and the father is to argue with him. The object was to see what the reactions would be of bystanders in the store. The exercise was then escalated with a third actor playing a hostile man berating the "father." A third iteration involved boys wearing dresses in the store.

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Shower Time is Me Time, or I've Been Thinking Again

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Shower Time is Me Time
~or~
I've Been Thinking Again...

I had a nice, hot shower earlier tonight. I’m trying out a new deep conditioner that takes five minutes to set, in addition to my usual washing routine, so I had a lot of time to stand there in the steam and let my mind wander.

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Odyssey II Part 2

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Part 2

Krista was once more feted as a hero for rescuing the battered child. This time instead of killing someone she'd saved someone. Saving a person definitely felt better. While pleased with saving Sandi, Krista was also disturbed by the incident. She felt there was something very important missing. Saving Sandi was only part of what she needed to do.


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Scents, Chapter 5

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Scents
 

 by Michelle Wilder
 
A story of another world


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Ninety Nine Weeks

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Ninety
Nine
Weeks

By Ricky

Long Enough to Find Life


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TG story at SpearfishLakeTales.com

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One of my favorite online writers has started posting a new book at his website: http://www.spearfishlaketales.com/17gm/gm.htm

The name of the book is, "The Girl in the Mirror" and you can probably make some guesses based on the book teaser below.

Wes has published some really good books online and self published. As far as I know this is his first that deals with a tg theme.

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Wife Made Me Do It

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She handed me panties and a bra. I looked at her saying, "I can't wear these." She smiled and said, "Yes, you will and I want them on you now! You will be wearing pretty bras and matching panties the rest of your life, do you understand?"

I laughed and said "No way." Then she said "You are so beautiful" and I was now putting on the panties and bra. What was happening? I lost all my control and was doing exactly what she wanted.

My Wife Made Me Do It
My New Life
By Terry Hansay

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Like Mother Like Son 4

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Edited by Victor G.
16 year old Darren Peterman proves that he's very good at being a boy, giving his mother some concern about his future. Why would a boy who is so good at being a boy want to give it up to become a woman?


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Iron Girl Part 01

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Tony Stark. Industrialist. Inventor. Philanthropist. Multi-billionaire. He is interested where the energy that Metahumans get there powers comes from, little does he know that soon he will have more experience with that power than he ever wanted.

Tony Stark, Wolfsbane and other characters belong to the real owners, the Comic Retcon was Lilith's idea. Thanks for letting us play.


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Becoming Trina?

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Becoming ... Trina?
 ©2011 Zoe Taylor

A short story based on the
novel series Becoming Robin


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No Matter What

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No Matter What

At the Meeting

“I'd like to introduce everybody to Dorothy,” a young man introduced the young lady who followed him
through the door. “I asked her to come with me tonight. I think we can help her.”

“Hey, Dorothy, welcome to TAN,” an older woman welcomed her warmly.

“TAN?” She asked, confused.

“Trans Alliance Network,” the young man explained. “Have a seat. The couch isn't all that comfortable, but the
chair over there is.”


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Budding Lilli Part 2

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Kyle has purged and is trying to be "normal" - only to find it impossible. After two years of misery, his sister Christine dares him to put on their sister Taryn's dress. Can he resist (please stop laughing)? What happens to Kyle - and what does his mischievous sister have in store for him?

This time: Just how devious is Christine?


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Missng my Home comforts.

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I am delighted to see a big demand in readers tonight. However I think it may be at the expense of the usual functions on the homepage, i.e recent comments, search function. Do I need an upgrade?
This seems to be occuring more frequently, is this wonderful site getting too popular for its own good?
It may be I have just been too spoiled for choice.
A spoiled WebDeb.

The Goring Hotel - Royal Wedding

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In one of my recent stories, The Redhead and the PM, I used The Goring Hotel as one of the early settings. I had no idea at the time that Kate Middleton and family would be using it for their operating location before the wedding later this year. The owner of the hotel mentioned to me that The Queen Mother was attending an affair there and mentioned to him that the hotel was "rather convenient" to Buckingham Palace. It is a great place, probably one of the best hotels in London if not in the world.

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Somewhere Else Entirely -7-

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Garia's latest scheme for clarifying her position produces frustratingly mixed results forcing Robanar to intervene. Later a State banquet leads to an evening of danger, misdirection and subterfuge.

Somewhere Else Entirely

by Penny Lane

7 - Unexpected Visitors


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New School: A TG Choose Your Own Adventure

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New School: A TG Choose Your Own Adventure

By Krista

"You are Sam, a 13 year old boy with shoulder-length brunette hair and amber eyes. You remember arriving to your new house with your parents and sister late last night and half asleep you quickly undressed and almost fell asleep before you could climb into bed..."


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The Rescue 9

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This chapter deals with the initial indictment of Sanji for his part in his hijra sister Jalina's kidnap and it addresses the first part of Jalina's eventual reconciliation with her younger sisters.

The rescue 9.

Characters.
Beverly Taff. Transvestite
James or Jamie Transgendered kid.
Candice Jamie’s Younger Sister.
Sergeant Williams Hate crime police officer
David Evans Knife-boy. (Son of Dewi Evans.)
Margaret Beckinsale. Jamie and Candice’s mum. (AKA Madge.)
Sandie Beverly’s best Transvestite friend.


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Response from my brother

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I just got a response from my brother, and I wanted to share it with you.

"I love you no matter what name you choose to call yourself.
None the less, I would be no friend or brother if I didn't at least
say "That way be dragons."
Have you considered that if you have misdiagnosed the root cause of
your unhappiness then this prescription will not be the cure?
That isn't being negative, that's just me trying to protect you from
the terrible consequences I can see down this path.
Maybe you need to go this way in order to find out how empty it is.

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Pickles And Princesses

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I need the help of readers!

What do I need help with, you ask? Well, to start with, in writing the second semester of "Princess For Hire" I've decided that there's no better way to do it than to as for suggestions of what you, the readers might want. Do you like a particular secondary character and would like them to play a larger role? Or perhaps you'd like more information on a portion of the school or program that you don't think I've been forthcoming enough with? Let me know! The more suggestions, the longer the second semester will be, and the more rich for it.

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Galactic Marshal II - Chapter 16

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Galactic Marshall II
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Hilltopper

CHAPTER 16

Karen and I met the marshals as they entered our ship. I did not know either of them. One of them glanced at me and then addressed Karen.

“Are you Karen Singleton?”

“Yes”

“We have been ordered to take you and Marshal John Harper to headquarters. We can not take your lesbian lover with us, however.”

Karen looked at me and smirked.

“My dear marshal, this beautiful woman is Marshal Harper.”


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Texting and Walking can be dangerous...

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Completely off-topic, but it's doing the rounds and worth a giggle.

You've probably all seen people busy texting on their mobile phones while walking around the streets, probably not paying too much attention to where they're going. Well, a few days ago, in Pennsylvania, one woman got her comeuppance in a shopping centre - and it was caught on CCTV...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12226192

The presenters of the clip are Bill Turnball and Sian Williams, on BBC Breakfast (the BBC's daily 6am - 9am news magazine show)

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Just a note about Sapphire's Place

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In case.... for those that missed it.... good news... a quote from her post

SAPPHIRE'S PLACE

First I want to give a HUGE thanks to Nora! The first I got any info
was when she called me on the phone!

The domain reg had expired, and since the last time I had to renew
it, I got the " 10 year" package, and I lost track of time ( and got
NO NOTICE from Network Solutions! )

Looking over the info the registrant info they have, it seems they
sent the renewal notice to Mindy! ( for those with LONG memories,
they might remember that FM/Mindy hosted the site long ago - well

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Head MRI on the 10th

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I've been having increasing head aches for the last several months. They began when I was about 20 and were only about twice a year, now I have them about once a month. When they started, they would give me a shot of Novocane at the base of my skull. Leave it to Doctors to eschew the simple solution and now I use Vicoden to knock them down. The problem is that Vicoden is of lessening effecacy, so they finally decided to um take a look.

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Any Exercise Gurus out there? :-D

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This is actually semi-T* related for two reasons.

1) I need to get in shape because I live a very unhealthy lifestyle, and that flat out needs to change if I'm ever going to move forward.

2) My calves are huge! :-(

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Budding Lilli Part 1

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Kyle has purged and is trying to be "normal" - only to find it impossible. After two years of misery, his sister Christine dares him to put on their sister Taryn's dress. Can he resist? What happens to Kyle - and what does his mischievous sister have in store for him?


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Art imitating life? TG Fiction...

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I've pointed a couple of people to the stories written by Wes Boyd, at http://www.spearfishlaketales.com (Spearfish Lake Tales), but the latest story has taken an interesting turn.

The story is called "The Girl In The Mirror", and is part of what he calls the Bradford Exiles series.

What's shocking about it? Well, he's hit chapter 2, and the character that's described is a M2F transsexual (intersexed). The time period is based upon the graduating class of 1988, with this being the 10 year reunion. (I graduated in 90, so I have no problem envisioning this)

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Name Changes

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Just so everyone knows, I have changed my name from Kayla Smith to Samantha Jenkins. I feel that Samantha fits me better than Kayla (and not to mention that since my Zodiac sign changed to a sign that fits me better than Cancer (Now I'm a Gemini) I figure that I should change my name to match how I feel when I'm dressed up.)

Samantha

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