Stumbled upon this old (1926) pipe tobacco ad by Bebe Daniels recently

With all or almost all gender stereotypes vanishing nowadays, what still working stereotypes do you know?

Originally posted February 13, 2000 on Original BigCloset

"Sparky Is My Hero"
by Joyce E. Melton

February 13, 2000

Tomorrow is Sophie Auster's 35th birthday and there are two reactions this elicits from me. The first is that I feel really old since I remember when her parents showed her off to me just weeks after birth in their Brooklyn apartment. The second is how proud I am of her success as a singer-model-actress and her fearless championing of LGBTQ+ rights. She is certainly her mother's daughter, in beauty, talent and intelligence.

Just a mix of episodes with very famous Russian actor playing a woman's role in the theatrical production. (not his only stint "in skirts", but I had not seen it before...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqeylLUXVS4

My whole life has been one long struggle to not become a monster.

I did not succeed.

I can still feel the monster, waiting for its chance to get out

I guess, just for the fun of it, I'll post a rant that I made 6 years ago on Faceplant -- I mean Facebook.

I know most of you are aware of my ranting. Some are pretty good, but others... Well.

I fully admit, this was in a fluff article, but still -- quite a dumb thing.

https://time.com/5947032/elliot-page/

By Katy Steinmetz

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Elliot Page doesn’t remember exactly how long he had been asking.

If you are reading this blog it means you have an interest or curiosity of things that are LGBQT related. The Brini Maxwell Show is part of our history. Brini was a ground breaking performer that was way ahead of her/his time.

It took me 2 or 3 shows before I realized the high camp reality of what I was watching. Ben Sander plays Brini perfectly!

I found the following event and thought it might be of interest to writers and aspiring writers. There are also some additional virtual book events that will take place in May.

Neil Gaiman in Conversation with N. K. Jemisin: May 2

Ok. I know that there probably aren't a lot of Pro Wrestling fans here at Top Shelf, but this is, IMHO important.

AS Trans persons, we are always concerned with acceptance in mainstream society. Here's a T-woman who is breaking into the most male dominated profession in the world short of North Korea.

Nyla Rose is a M-F professional wrestler who has broken the gender barrier in a new Federation...A.E.W....All Elite Wrestling, headed by a couple of former WWE "superstars."

I'm so sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings again, and I don't know his views on gender issues, but Stan Lee was a great influence on my life and my characters. It so sad to see another of my heroes pass away. I'm sure some of you, like me, lost yourself in comic books with their larger than life heroes that were a little more human than those that came before.
Just thought some of you might like to know the news. He was 95.

While watching CNN's 'History of Comedy' documentary I heard this great quote and I wanted to share the quote & concept.

" I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body". - Elayne Boosler, Comedian

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/elayne_boosler_141691

I don't know how this slipped past me, but on May 13th we lost Margot Kidder! You know, Lois Lane to Christopher Reeve's Superman.

Apparently there are allegations of drug involvement, although I don't know if she was using them or if, according to some sources, her home was overrun with meth users.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I will never get the scene where she flew with Superman, not the words to the song playing while they flew...

The following lists is in order of my personal opinion based on each person when they were, again in my opinion, at their peak. There are a least a few on the list who would challenge my firm beliefs about my sexual preference.

For example: Robert Redford in The Natural is . . . quite attractive.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/05/02/jackie-evanchos-si...

This was on my local news last night. There is a video interview with family. A nice change from the bathroom bills blogs :)

{{Hugs}}

Reading ‘Genius at Play: The curious mind of John Horton Conway' I note two things:- when young he was nicknamed Mary by a teacher (it wasn't a wanted nickname and by second school he was called Prof) and among his many girlfriends one suggested by his sister was a well known Australian lady. Ms Greer did not confirm or deny the story to Conway's biographer but in the light of recent publicity I thought it more than a little ironic.

Conway is a mathematician and someone I'm coming to think of as the mathematical Beatle.

Who ever thought that Jackie Evancho would have a connection with our world here. Her older Brother Jacob (17) is her Sister Juliet an Jackie introduce her to the world at the Global Lyme Alliance's gala ball in support of there mother Lisa who has Lyme disease. Checkout this story in People Magazine at this address: http://www.people.com/article/jackie-evancho-sister-juliet-c... Richard

I belong to Goodreads due being a avoid reader. I got a chance to possibly ask him a question I sent the following question this is a spoiler from later books in the Dresden Files so read no further if you do not want spoilers:

Another offering from the Guardian (where else?), wondering when they start to call it the TG Times. It does have some interesting elements as well as the pro and con comments afterwards.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/23/famous-transg...

I've been watching the show I Am Jazz. I wonder if Jazz reads TG stories. Perhaps from this site. The same question applies to Caitlyn Jenner. I wonder if they know about this site and have ever checked out stories?

While on vacation I visited with my family this past weekend. I found a easy way to test someone to see how they would react to a trans person. When someone is nice and relaxed just watching tv, put it on a channel where Caitlyn Jenner has a show on. One 30 second commercial with her in it and your friend or family member will most likely reveal how they feel about transgender people. This happened to me on a few separate occasions this past weekend. It was not pretty.

A somewhat famous Youtuber/Viner speaks his mind about gender roles in today's society.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC80Z-cIOdR6upfnrPJ8Q00A

He also has some funny stuff he's posted, so if your bored and looking for a laugh check out his antics.

For the last day or so some of my less than tolerant associates have posted less than complimentary things about Caitlyn's journey. Obviously, they are not aware of the bravery required/needed to transition. One individual poo-pooed her bravery, and posted a picture of what "real bravery" was about. In doing some research after the fact, he learned the irony in what he'd done.