http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeza-belle/five-reasons-the-lg...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-m-schaefer/why-every-vo...

here is partial proof that figures don't lie, but liers figure:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aj-walkley/transgender-violenc...

Here in the U S we have a democratically elected republican form of government with a constitution enabling us to generally have free and fair elections. The most important way for anyone to have any voice in government is to VOTE! The only way to vote is to BE REGISTERED! If you are not registered get registered. Make sure you follow the qualifications in your state. Also ask your neighbors if they are registered, get them registered and urge them to vote. The country you save may be your own.

shalimar, a voter

Today is the official 75th anniversary of the beginning of WW2. It is celebrated world wide with strong countries conquering smaller ones and the murdering of peoples whose only crime is what they believe. Guess we have learned nothing in 75 years.

shalimar

Muffin, my cat is dieing. She has metastasized cancer. Holly and I were the fourth pets for Muffin. Previous ones of her people pets included Debby Bishop and Maggie the Kitten.

The time to register to vote is now. Few states allow same day registration. Some of the states have restrictions to voting. Make sure you know what they are and can overcome them.

Today, 28 July 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the beginning of WW1. Next month is the 75th anniversary if WW2 and the 200th anniversary of the writing of the “Star Spangle Banner” which was near the end of the War of 1812 (US)/American War of 1812-15 (UK). We are in the mist of the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s exile at Elba, the 160th anniversary of the Crimean War and 150th anniversary of the siege of Richmond and Petersburg, which virtually ended the US Civil War. The siege had trenches that were repeated in WW1 with disastrous results.

I was watching part of a Dr. Who episode and wondered what actors could have played Dr. Who. My favorite past Doctor was Davidson.

My list:

Male:

I didn't understand forced fem until a group of TG friends joined Holly Hart and me at our home. Of the nine of us we were all M2F, except two of us. One was a F2M and the other was apparently male. The male liked to cross dress and preferred forced fem. But we weren't going to forcing him or anybody else. The F2M remarked to me he was the only male in the group.

I thought about what he said and realized that our male friend was really more of a transsexual than he admitted to himself. The problem with him is fear.

shalimar

The A M A ruling could affect legislation:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2014/06/09/ama-says-...

Got it right down under

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/15/austria-transgender...

If this was available in California then Holly Hart might have grown up normal:

http://globalnews.ca/news/1253902/does-male-or-female-no-lon...

shalimar

I saw on TMC one of my favorite movies: Little Big Man. It has a character that was obviously transgendered: "Little Horse." She was accepted by the tribe as female. It was not a "big deal." However the general Western society is "too hung up" on sex causing problems for the GLBTQ communities.

Note: Little Horse was portrayed in a very honest way for the time and culture.

shalimar

From the New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/12/a-new...

That was 65 Years ago. It was Thanksgiving Sunday. It snowed a foot in NYC that day.

Today is also the first day of Chankhah. or is it Hanukaha? Chanukah? Hanuka? etc.