The following was on MSB.com for Europe web site! Richard

U.K. reportedly to allow same-sex unions in church
Move would bring Britain closer to countries such as the Netherlands and Canada
Below:

The British government is drafting plans to allow same-sex civil unions to be celebrated in churches and other places of worship, according to media reports.

Lynne Featherstone, the Liberal Democrat equalities minister, will soon outline plans to lift the current ban on civil partnerships being conducted in places of worship, The Telegraph reported.

Just found this on another website. Maria Carrillo High School senior Kayla Kearney comes out to her high school, in an assembly honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Jan 13 and 14, 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InN6bt0B8x0&feature=related

A very gutsy girl, and very well-spoken.

Oxumaré

The main constant in life, is to suffer mental anguish over things that happen that you have no control over, and can do nothing about!
-Quincy Kurtz

Sanity is overrated and it is only in the mind of the beholder
-Quincy Kurtz

If the reason for insanity is the world we live in, the world inside our heads is our salvation.
-Quincy Kurtz

Sanity is like a dry twig, apply too much force and it will snap.
-Quincy Kurtz

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.

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)

I was just on Sapphire's Place reading some stories and suddenly got a domain expired page. Does anyone know if Sapphire is going to renew the domain or if she needs any financial assistance to renew the domain?

I was wondering what happened to saphire's place?

Hey Lil is there an update as to whats canon in The Center. Ive been waiting to read it till there a more solid whats canon and whats not

Hi everyone yet another storm comes LOL LOL will it ?

I just wanted to make it clear the town of Fairbanks in my story isn't located in Alaska it's a town I made up in Alberta. It is not in Alaska. I made sure to mention that the town was in Alberta. And Just to Clarify things, Bridgeview is made up as well.

Sorry for any confusion everyone.
Bailey.

Did anyone watch the Today Show this morning? They ran a segment on a 5 year old boy who likes to wear sparkly pink dresses and do other "girl" things. He started this when he was about 2. His mother said that she was uncomfortable with this at first and tried to distract him with saying "Why don't you play with this truck?" or other "boy" toys. After a while his older brother asked "Why can't you just let him be happy?" (Out of the mouths of babes!!) The mother then realised that this was HER problem and not his, and now supports him.

Okay I'm putting up the recipes by PM request for some of Chuck's recipes in this last chapter.

1. Chickengasmic Fried Chicken.

Take a whole cut up chicken this recipe does one lot of this size at a time.

Step 1 Marinating your chicken: In a large bowl put your chicken in buttermilk and black pepper and the zest and juice of one lemon. Cover and let this sit as long as you can. Overnight is best.

Step 2 First dredging: Take the chicken out and now roll in in cornstarch and shake it clean. This will help the batter to stick to the chicken.

I've noticed that different stories appear differently on my cellphone. Just for the record: I have an LG Quantum (just released with Windows Mobile 7). I'll use two examples that are currently on the BC front page: "A Fortuitous Adventure: or, how I got my first job" by Louise Anne and "The Experiment: Part 10" by Donjo. Please note, I'm not singling out these two stories for any reason other than I looked at them on my smartphone.

The Guardian has a lovely article (and links) on Winter biking in the snow:

Guardian Article on Winter Biking

It appears that in making my first post on behave of SaraUK's story I've left a html tag off the end and messed up the front page.

Many many apologies for doing this, I would fix it myself but I can't find a way to edit my post.

Xmas Hugs

Sammi

I just wanted to share ...

... how blessed I am. About 3 weeks ago I met the most amazing person and he has accepted me with loving arms and a warm, spiritual, and special home for me. He has two dogs and a cat (who is more affectionate than any cat I have ever met) and has made his home open to me. He is wonderful!! Okay I know, anyone in love feels that way, and I am able to say ... I am in love with him. We complement each other and he lets me cuddle and more with him. It feels so special.

(I found the following joke while stumbling around the 'net and thought it appropriate for this forum, considering everybody in the world thinks Santa's reindeer are...)

The Stories link on storysite appears to be broken just now, although the home page is there. It points to the mirror site.

Here's the story link: http://www.storysite.org/storyindex.html

I have been married to a wonderful women for 20.5 years. She and I have always had a very deep connection. Today we finally really talked about divorce.
She has grown so much in the last few yaers, she is ready for her new life now, I will always be there for her when or if she needs it.
We will divorce when our 20 year old son is stabe in his life and our financial selves are seperated.

I must say that looking at my new future it seems frightning yet freeing. I can live as I wish yet who will that be?

As I get older (each week in fact)my mind remember less and less of the things I knew even a month before.

I can remember reading a story by an author whose name I can't remember about a man who is falsely arrested and tossed into a woman's prison. He slowly becomes a woman to fit in better and ends up being exonerated.

Then he becomes a counselor at the center and falls in love with one of the guards.

I don't remember if that story was ever actually finished and if not whether the author ever plans to do so.

Just read an article by Tom Blackwell, (National Post  · Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010) about new guidelines for dealing with transsexual military personnel. Good article, and the closing comment by Cpl. Murray is perfect. "There shouldn't be any issue at all. We're just regular people doing a regular job, the same job as everybody else."

Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Dress+rules+establi...

My first post here. I have been a lurker on this site for YEARS. I have really enjoyed reading the stories over the years, but for reasons unknown to me I never joined or posted. However, for some reasons I finally feel the winds of change blowing. I'm not sure where they are going to take me, I'm hoping for fair winds. But I finally decided that I needed to start saying how much I've enjoyed the stories over the years and how much joy they have brought me.

HUGS

Kelly