...many of us need this bit of 'escapism' that our and each others writing gives us, since so many of us have little or no outlet for this part of who we are. When we have folks in our own lives who are either unwilling or unable to accept or even try to understand why we are who we say we are, the perspectives of all of the members of the TG community continuum make it a bit easier to bear up under the disappointments. In other words, and I say this trying as much as I can not to be exclusive, unless you're somewhere on that continuum of transgender expression and life, you can't know what it's like, and it's vital for us to have that here which we cannot find anywhere else. Otherwise, acceptance merely becomes tolerance; something to withstand or to put up with? My comments have been a bit bleaker lately, and that hasn't been my intent, but I'm really tired of hiding. I get to 'dress up' and maybe even experience those medical procedures when I read here and elsewhere, you know. Thanks for the blog, Lily. Hope to see your work very soon.