100 Chapters of Tommy - The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl?

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Well! … 100 Chapters of Tommy. That’s one zero zero chapters. Never in my wildest imagination did I ever think that back on Nov. 16, 2017, when I published the first chapter that Tommy/Tammy/Kai would go on this long. I wrote the first two chapters many many Moons ago, and those chapters disappeared into the folders of my computer. Last year I found those two chapters again. I read them, and thought, why not see where this goes. And it’s gone on and on and on.

The first 100 chapters contain 430,600+ words that contain 2,360,000+ characters. I know for some of the authors here that isn’t much, but for little old me …

Thanks to everyone that has read my little saga and kept my muse happy with your great comments and votes.

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The Native Americans now call

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The Native Americans now call them two-spirit. Back in the 60's they didn't, I need the term for someone who had the spirits of both a boy and a girl, so I used two spirit.

Wikipedia says:

Two-spirit is a modern, pan-Indian, umbrella term used by some indigenous North Americans to describe certain people in their communities who fulfill a traditional third-gender (or other gender-variant) ceremonial role in their cultures. While most people mistakenly associate the term with "LGBT Native", the term and identity of two-spirit "does not make sense" unless it is contextualized within a Native American or First Nations framework and traditional cultural understanding.[3][4][5] The term was adopted by consensus in 1990 at an Indigenous lesbian and gay international gathering to encourage the replacement of the outdated, and now seen as inappropriate, anthropological term berdache.

Tom/Tammy/Kai is not gay or lesbian, but someone that has two separate spirts.

Personally, I look forward to

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Personally, I look forward to reading about 2000 more chapters in this great story, both from the point of view of Tommy and Amy plus their very special alter-egos whom we have all gotten to know well. I also love the knowledge we all receive regarding the Native American cultures in general, and the Navajo language along with their own very special culture, which is very different from most other Native American "Nations".

A lengthy saga

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Like Janice, I too look forward to reading many, many more chapters in this story.

The way you have set this up Teddie, suggests a marathon rather than a sprint (as in a solo story) or a middle distance race. Your back story in providing the reader with an education into several different themes leads to such a lengthy saga.

A story about a young man finding himself.
A young man establishing a relationship with an incredibly supportive young lady.
A story about a supportive and learning family on both sides. Something many TG people do not have.
A story of young love maturing into adult marriage.
A story of two young adults maturing as they learn more about their world and how they must make their mark in it.
A story about learning something new about themselves that takes time to achieve.
A story of the defeat of bigotry through mature interpretation and action.

I could go on listing various themes and their interplay within the story only I don't want to take 100 paragraphs to do it, besides my washing machine is calling me ;)

Robyn B
Sydney

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