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Only a hundred years ago ....

How quickly fashion changes ....

At the turn of the 20th century, Dressmaker Magazine wrote: 'The preferred colour to dress young boys in is pink. Blue is reserved for girls as it is considered paler, and the more dainty of the two colours, and pink is thought to be stronger (akin to red).'

As late as 1927, Time magazine reported that Princess Astrid of Belgium had been caught out when she gave birth to a girl, because 'The cradle…had been optimistically outfitted in pink, the colour for boys.'

Source:The 'QI' website.

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Crossdressing, comedy and the experience of being transgender

I have written about crossdressers so far because although I empathize with transgendered individuals and their experiences, I am not transgendered and I feel that any attempt to write from that perspective runs the risk of being patronizing and false. I'm certainly willing and able to write from a perspective other than my own but for some reason I see certain points of view as being difficult or impossible to approach.

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My newest story...

For many years a story idea had been mulling around in my head. The idea was based on a family traveling upon the Oregon Trail. Around June of 2014, I began to dabble with the formulation of the story and as it took off, I wrote as often as I could.

In January of 2015 I had 'finished' it and sent it off to my most trusted Editor, JP. He went through it one time, sent it back and I tweaked it and resent it to him for another go around. The story has gone through at least three 'tweaks' since it was first written.

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TRI chapters 22 and 23 are up

My apologies for leaving you all on a cliffhanger last week. It seems that shortly after blogging about mood disorders, my brain decided to be a witty MF and dragged me down into a week of the deep dark. I posted two chapters today by way of an apology, and to assure you all that i am regaining my footing, so to speak.
Cheers,
Diana M. Howe, Moongoddess at Large

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Atalanta School Days; An Explanation

I wrote this story about 5 years ago and it was my first attempt but then I wrote Atalanta's origin story which took well over a year to finish. Some things in this story had to be changed to fit what happened in that story. I wrote two versions one with Team Kimba and one with new characters and is the reason there are no dates listed; it is inferred.

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Whatever Happened to Charley's Aunt - Chapter 10 of 10

The last chapter has 3000 reads and no comments which is pretty sad. It is a well written "who done it" story. Charlotte Dickles is an exceptional "gotchu" writer in the style of, if one figures it out before the end they have to be psychic. When writers post stories on Big Closet, Fiction Mania or any of the freebie sites their only payment is gratification from the readers who leave comments. The numbers such as 3000 readers is nice but still just numbers.

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Small fire almost destroys Big Closet

While lighting the candles for a certain someones birthday, a small blaze ensued. Luckily, no stories or authors were hurt. After firefighter from 3 counties were called in to control the blaze and extinguish the fire, our hostess was unfortunately unable to make a wish. However, upon seeing the firefighters remove their jackets and reveal their rippling pecs, Erin said it was better than what she would have asked for.

That said.

Happy Birthday Erin Half-Elvin, Joyce, and the symphony of pseudonyms you write under.

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The Cynthia Chronicles

Grimm City Girl asked for a list of the stories in the Cynthia Chronicles series. Here it is if anyone else is interested. The series starts with An Incremental Journey. I have changed that to Cynthia and the Incremental Journey but haven't changed the title here. Here's the full list in approximate chronological order. This is not necessarily in the order written.

Volume 1 of the Cynthia Chronicles

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college girlfriend

looking for another story don't know I saw it here . it a teen boy who going on the other side of the country to go to collage . to get away from his controlling mother. when he get there found that he was giving a room in the females dorm because his name could been for both so as he was unpacking his room mate came in he didn't know at the time he was in the wrong dorm. it went from there she help him out dressing up as a girl. things where good for him till his mother show up. come to find out the girl came from old money. I thing she starting giving him homes.

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Famous Bi 1

Georgio Armani

(born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and went on to become one of the most successful designers in history accumulating a personal fortune worth over $8 billion. In an interview, Armani told Vanity Fair magazine "I have had women in my life. And sometimes men... to do this work, one must have a free mind."
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Floating an idea

I'm now semi-retired so will only be working about ten days a week, though this week I'm on holiday - well having a new central heating boiler fitted and someone coming to give me a quote for new external doors and having the car checked out, oh and the dentist tomorrow afternoon - apart from that, I'm not doing anything except perhaps sleeping.

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yet another story search

Well, here I am again, looking for a story.

It was about the parents of a young child, who they think may be trans, and they've decided to give the child the choice of wearing girl clothes or boy clothes.

It ends with the parents waiting to see what the child decides.

Anybody know what story I'm talking about?

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Another athlete ......

......declares herself to be 'genderfluid'.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/bodybuilder-ma...

(I apologise if someone else has already posted this, but I must have missed it; I thought better to post than to not mention it)

J

... http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/bodybuilder-ma... ...

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too many on the back-burner

This is odd but here is a one time offer. I came up with this idea after seeing a very old movie, I have too many concepts waiting right now to pursue it. this could be great for the back-to-school contest or just on your own. the concept will require knowledge of street racing. This offer is first-come, first-served. I will not use this concept if someone wants it. send me a message and I'll give you the rundown I have.

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Felicia's Second Life Map #1

Hi everyone.

As the first book is almost over (only 1 chapter left and 3 side stories), I've decided to spend some time making the map for Felicia's Second Life.

Hopefully with this, my readers can imagine the world easier. Please take note that there may be revisions to this map in the future, but this should give a rough idea of where things go.

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Chat is down, hurray, the Chat is up!

Hi people,

I've been informed that our chat wasn't availabe from here. So I decided to reactivate an old site some people long ago maintened and make the mainroom available again.

Please go to http://narda.tor-der-traeume.de/index.php?action=chat You'll be logged in as guest but you can choose your own name by typing /nick .

Please have fun and thank your site admins. After all today is the annual Sysadmin Appreciation Day :)

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Tampa FL and floods

We have been having rain now for 2 weeks , A low has parked over us and rain fall is NUTS, 6 inches plus per day in so of our locals
Rivers are at flood stage and this is sandy Florida where rain just going in to the ground . We are looking at 3 or 4 more days of rain at 70% plus each day
I have my ARK plans out on the work bench , now to get the wood LOL

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Good Potential, But Won't Pass Now

If you look at the sponsor and cosponsors list in the Senate version you will see NO Republican sponsors:

The Senate version:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-114s1858is/html/BILLS-114...

House version:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-114hr3185ih/html/BILLS-11...

An article about the bill:

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Windows 10 reading mode - LIKE!

As an impromptu experiment I just tried "Reading Mode" in the Edge browser on Windows 10. Was reading the daily dormouse and thought that I'd see if it made it easier. Wow! Does a great job of just showing the article frame full screen. More like using an ereading device. However, it does not keep keep all of the text on the screen if I stretch the font. Oh well, I guess I take what I can get.

Win 10 seems to be a worthwhile install if you've got a Win 8 computer and probably if you have Win 7.

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Summer lull on stories

I saw a blog about the lull of stories during the summer , just a hint go to the series link at the top and check out some of the great series of the past by great authors . There is something for everybody
whateley
spell r us
the center
dark realms and other stories by E O F
morfs
bikini beach
comic retcon
Julie verse
little kids kamps
altered fates
ovid may need to go to sapphires place , use top other links
Andersonville may need to go to sapphires place , use top other links

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Silver Wings and making a fool of myself

well there we go, first chapter posted, after I managed to humiliate myself by posting the summary as the body. So yay me, making an idiot of myself. Anyways Monica Rose was a massive help in all of this and I can see myself relying on her quite heavily throughout all of this.

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Drew's Meltdown

Hey folks,

Just a little update on Meltdown. Editing is progressing on Chapter 16, albeit slowly. Real Life has been an insistent old cow for the last little while, but I am beginning to see a light in the tunnel, and I don't think it's an oncoming train.

Hope to have 16 up soon, and I have a basic outline for 17 done, but it may be a little while yet.

Cheers to all, and thanks to everybody who is reading it and to all those who have inquired about when the next instalment is coming.

Kate

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Dangerous Discussion

As you are all aware I have been snotty and snippy about discussing transgender issues in public, feeling that it is private full stop.

It feels like that in recent weeks I have been dragged kicking and screaming into very reluctant activism that feels frightening to me. Some of you will remember my recent blog on two Bible scriptures, and now somehow that is now plastered all over Facebook and elsewhere. I have opened my Facebook up to the public, and how long that will last is debateable. You are welcome to contribute.

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Delay in the next chapter of Felicia's Second Life

Hi everyone.

First of all, thank you to everyone who commented and sent me mails regarding my stories. I'm sorry that I've been unable to reply to all of them as I'm currently so full if ideas I'm having a headache.

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TG friendly solicitor

Hello to any and all who read this blog and can give advice or direction. Due to a difficult and contrary ex-wife, my fiancee is unable to have contact with her 3 youngest children. It is going to come to a legal battle in the UK court system and we are both strapped for moneys to be able to consult a custody solicitor. Abby has not been allowed to speak to are contact her children in over 4 months and previous to that only by Skype once a month. She loves her children above all else!!

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And again, a judges decision is wrong

Once again someone in politics doesn't even have the decency to become educated enough to make an informed decision before making policy decisions which affect all of us in some way or another. We wonder why our battle is so difficult and always seems to be uphill?
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/28/9058213/gavin-grimm-title-ix

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Anmar

Hi all,

here is a little heads-up on developments.

The next (and final) part of the (my) Chivan tales will be posted in the next few days. Naturally, it stops at the start of the post-Chivan era, so if any of you want to pen some tales to fill in the two great missing swathes of time, then there will be plenty of scope - the time after the Chivans when the Empire came into being, the hangover of which gave rise to the different countries in Garia's time, and the different ruler's titles! Of course, there are also opportunities for many more tales set in Chivan times.

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Breast enhancing pills

I've been interested in increasing my bust size for the longest time, but to no avail. I'm currently 18 as a 34 B or 34 C, depending on who manufactured the bra. I have a "scooping" breast shape, and it makes it kinda difficult to fill out most of my bras.
A while back, I tried breast enhancing pills, and they didn't do much whatsoever, and now I have started taking herbs for a bit. While I have seen a SLIGHT improvement, I still don't feel like I'm getting much from them ;(

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This is Big for TG Folk

OH My Gosh! Look what I just found? Look at Matt 19:12. Then look at Issiah 56:4-5. I am sure that you have heard of secret names. How about everlasting names? No matter what happens now, I can die knowing that Heavenly Father loves me, has a place in Heaven for me and has given me my everlasting name.

Even if you are not religious, this is a great deal of validation for those of us who are.

Gwen

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12 TG women killed already this year

I can't say it often enough. Don't put one's self in a non defensive position. I know everyone wants to be accepted. Predators are the most accepting kind. One time I made a list for not only TG but any person to follow for safety. Especially TG and women need to be extra alert of their surroundings and the body count in that clear space. If anyone is closer than ten feet make sure one's hand is wrapped around mace, pepper spray, or other weapon. Because of my lifestyle I pack heat, usually on my hip with a shirttail draped over it. More than once I have uncovered my defense.

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I'm really worried about my mom

I am really worried about my mom.

She's panicking over having to move, she's not sleeping well, and has been very forgetful and doing stuff without thinking.

Yesterday I came across the stopper for the bathroom sink in the fridge, for no reason.

All prayers and good wishes are appreciated

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Silver Wings

so thank you to Monica Rose for her indispensable help in getting Silver Wings kickstarted. Hopefully I'll be able to stay on track as I write this thing. It's going to be my attempt to tackle and dismantle some of the tropes in TG fiction that bother the hell out of me. I will also be trying to show that good intentions do not a good outcome make, nor are they warrant for forgiveness. Simply put, sometimes even the best of intentions can end in complete disaster and your victim has the right to accept or refuse any apology.

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Looking for a story

I am looking for a story I read a couple of years ago. I'm not sure whether it was here or on FM. The story was about an alien invasion. Men (and women?) were taken aboard the alien ship and converted mentally and physically by a plant in a chamber making them very compliant, however, not all were made incapable of mentally resisting. A revolt is eventually made on the mothership. That's about all I can remember. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

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No stories lately

Due to circumstances beyond my control (namely kids off for the summer), I haven't been able to do much writing lately. So hopefully by the end of August, I'll start having some time to write with one back in school and the other out of town at college. I have several projects languishing, and some new ones I want to start, plus I want to get a novel published.

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A strange moment at work

I had a strange moment at work.

Out of the blue, I had this ... urge to make my walk more feminine. So I found myself swaying my hips like a catwalk model for a while.

Then later in the shift, I panicked about having done this. Somehow I felt like I had taken away my ability to blend into the background by walking like that.

Fortunately, by the end of the shift, I was mostly okay.

Make of this what you will ...

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Caroline Cossey breaks her silence

It would seem that Caroline Cossey is taking a tentative step back into the limelight.

There is an article on Cosmopolitan.com in which she breaks her silence of many years. Here is the link:

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a43715/caroline-co...

I wish her every happiness in this venture.

Love to All

Anne G.

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On the subject of mood disorders

I have been fighting cronic depression and anxiety for nearly 15 years, i have been trying to be my authentic self almost as long. Two seemingly random statements that bring me to the topic of this episode... Depression and T*ism.

From PubMedHealth "Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods.True clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for a long period of time."

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More and more colleges offering TG surgery health plan

N.J. university healthcare plans to cover genital reconstruction surgery
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6677

This news is two years old but come up in the search engine when I brought up some other data I had read last month.
More Elite Colleges Are Covering Sex-Change Surgery and Other Transgender Student Needs
http://jezebel.com/5983915/more-elite-colleges-are-covering-...

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Is everyone aware of this?

As the follow-up to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS), the 2015 U.S. Trans Survey will become our community’s go-to source for information about the lives and experiences of trans people.

More than 6,400 people took the NTDS, and over 7,000 people have already pledged to take the 2015 U.S. Trans Survey when it becomes available on August 19th. But we’re far short of the 20,000 pledges we need to ensure we double the number of people who complete the U.S. Trans Survey from the NTDS.

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Terminated

Yesterday I terminated my relationship with my VA Counselor of 10 years. It's time I put my big girl panties on and run my own life. I am greatly reducing my relationship with Muslims and the Mormon church.

It seemed possible that there would be a relationship with"Transactive" here in Portland, but because I will not spout the PC agenda it seems like that is off. I was surprised. I will tell anyone that asks more but in a private setting.

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looking for a story

I'm looking for a story, and hoping somebody can help.

It was about a trans girl who had been sexaully abused, and after her transition plans to kill her abuser when he's released from prison Only she's confronted by the man who has come to love her who begs her not to ...

Anybody with an idea of the name of that story?

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Brutal but honest way to test your family.

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.

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an "ah ha!" moment, and compliments from strangers

Yesterday, I went and got my oil changed, and while I was waiting a man came in with a small dog. We sat beside each other, while the dog sniffed around and accepted pets from the people who were sitting and waiting. But if someone was standing up, and tried to pet the dog, he'd back up, unsure of the situation.

Anyway, after I had paid for the service and was about to leave, the man and the dog were approaching the till, and the dog, without any hestiation, went up to me and licked my leg (I was in a skirt).

The man said, "He likes you. He can tell you're a good person."

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Just playing around

I got my DAZ Studio stuff loaded onto my new computer and decided to give it a spin. The scene is from an upcoming series, Shadows of Eden. The protagonist, Lilith Alexander, is an adult, but here she has been regressed to the age of nine by the Queen of the Pixies, so she can experience being a little girl. Click on the attachment for a higher resolution image.

Preteen Lilith & Pixie Queen.jpg

Enjoy!
Bree

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Thanks

I just wish to say thanks to all the authors whom have shed light on my world in the form of entertainment. My life seems so bleak and hopeless at times, i.e. today, and it is such a wonderful thing to be able to escape into a good story and forget the depression and hopelessness. I am reminded of doing the same as a child/teenager because the story always ended in the positive. I know mine won't and today I just don't care!!

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Cynthia and the Queen of the Knight - Finale

Just posted the last chapters of Cynthia and the Queen of the Knight. There was a intentional pun in the next to last chapter. I wonder if anyone will catch it. This was a fun story to write, and I'm sorry that it didn't create the interest I hoped it would. I guess there wasn't enough angst and abuse, and SRU is apparently passé. I would love to hear from the readers.

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Two random thoughts

Two random thoughts came to mind as I was responding to a PM I received, One was about how many lovely readers have told me they have purchased my novel, The Enhanced: TRI from Amazon (hopefully through the Amazon link on Big Closet's main page) that I may actually make a little money from my (pseudo) Publisher this August. Then it struck me... I should give back to the wonderful site that hosts my fiction and attempts at poetry. So, I will donate whatever payment I get from my Publisher in August to BCTS. It may not be huge coin, but it will be something :)

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A great place for inexpensive wigs and clothes

I just found a great place on the web for really inexpensive wigs and clothes as well as jewellry. It's

http://www.sammydress.com/

The prices there are unbelievably cheap. Wigs I've been paying 30-50$ for are under 20 dollars. They also have human hair wigs from 50$!

I don't know the quality of their merchandise, but I have placed an order online and will let you all know how good their stuff is or isn't when it arrives. Check them out. They even have clothes and swimwear for plus sized gals.

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a fantastic story worth reading

There are some amazing stories on this site. We are blessed with so many good authors, who give us their stories for free, when they are as good or better than anything in any bookstore.

I almost hate to list some of my favorite authors, simply because I'm afraid I'll forget somebody who deserves the mention, and they'll feel bad for being left out.

That said, I wanted to say something about a story I just re-read.

Except I don't think I can do it justice, so all I can say is if you've never read it, you should, and if you have, you should read it again.

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