Read about it:

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Style/laverne-cox-honored-barbie-...

looking for a story about harry potter changing to femal do to a potion acdent and time travle

has been sweeping the South West, at least its not too cold!

yesterday, I had one of my more frustrating habits show up.

I have a rash on my stomach that goes down to between my legs, and it was hurting me so bad I actually broke down and cried.

Then, and this is the frustrating part, I apologized for crying.

That's a habit I would truly like to break.

I am away on business tonight. It offers me an opportunity to be Leeanna. Normally I would get a quick bite to eat, shower, remove whatever excess hair I have, then dress and makeup. I don't get many chances to be "me" , so usually do it everytime I stay away.

I watch YouTube a lot and just about the only female on it that does not run around in a bikini a lot is Itchy Boots. Many of the women on YouTube wear the skimpiest bikinis and appear to like it a lot. Due to their wider Pelvis women can generally tolerate thong type bikinis very well, while a man would die in pain.

I'm roughly in the size range of a woman with respectable natural breasts and being post op, there is no tackle down below. If I shaved very well and made a trip to a makeup artist, then wore something sexy, I wonder if I would get away with it? Perhaps too risky?

AKA The life and times of Madeline Anafrid

Ten days left in May, and we're still trying to raise money for April. I've been covering some bills from my own accounts. We have currently less than $200 total in all company accounts.

Mid-month bills are due. Money from advertisers and other sources will come in at the end of the month but we need to get there.

Please, if you can help, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hugs,
Erin, Piper, Cat, Amy, Jamie and the elves.

Okay for some reason, this morning I was thinking about how when I was a kid I had a very specific routine when it came to being dressed.
It occurred to me the routine was what would be approprate for wearing some more feminine clothing - underwear, socks, then bottoms and then top being reasonable if you replace the socks with pantyhose.

It seems that I was pretending to dress more feminine as a way to cope with my dysphoria, which would make sense.

not sure what figuring that out now gets me, but knowledge is power, I guess.

He was struggling with the lymphoma he had in the gut and I thought I needed to do something, so I took him to the vet and an hour later I buried him in the garden, so I brought him home.

I shall miss him dreadfully, I'd had him for nearly 17 years but it was awful to watch the cancer eatng him away.

So rest in peace little fellow, you know I loved you.

still sick, just not suffering so much. Thank you all for your kind words.

Dragon's Fang returns!

I just got over being sick, and I'm sick again. Not Covid, thank God, but I am absolutely miserable - fever just short of 102, coughing, congested and lung just don't feel right. Hurt from head to toe. The big problem, though, is it triggers me since I was deathly ill for most of my childhood, I would get sick and then when I got over that one, I would get sick again days later. What would really upset me is I would cry, which helped me deal with it as it was a good release for all my troubles.

okay so today I got a bottle run done, and then took a load to Goodwill and a load to the Eco Station (the dump).

I am totes burned out now.

I came across this on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWu44AqF0iI

The Experiment: Are you sure you don't gender-stereotype children in the toys you choose for them?

Men, (apparently) have better spacial awareness than women. I know my spouse and my mother are useless when it comes to knowing where we are, and directions etc. My mother drives and has got lost a few times. Women are better at emotional related issues and empathy etc.

So I updated the chapter in question, here on BCTS.

I just realized, however, that the evidence in question wasn't discussed. At least not out loud. Bill and Sylvia had copied everything they had found and presumably highlighted certain sections.

Interestingly, one of the two in the office revealed something unexpected to me while I was writing the update, forcing me to update the next chapter as well. Sigh. This is what I get for letting my characters have a certain amount of autonomy, I suppose.

Wendy Marsden is inviting you to a Zoom meeting this Sunday May 15, 2022 @ 4:00 PM Texas time. As always this for Trans woman only. You need not present as female to attend, but no one will care if you don't. If you have an invitation please feel free to share it with other T women.To get an invitation you have but to ask , just PM me.

https://www.time.gov/

Not to offend atheists', I don't care about your beliefs. Those who know me think I am nominally Christian, but in reality my beliefs are radically more wide than that and I am more Muslim than anything. I don't normally bring that up, but in this case the surprise I just received may make a difference. I always thought that Saudi Arabia was the center of Sunni Islam, but according to several sources, its Egypt. There 2 years of counselling, and if Doctors agree, Sexual Reassignment surgery may be performed, both ways.

So, I use the Brave browser when I only want to check for what's new on BC in a quicker fashion (there is a lot higher lag when one is logged in unfortunately) which seems to do a pretty good job of blocking tracking by websites.

Now I am getting this whole recapcha thing which I dislike since I am providing a free service to google to train their AI in image recognition. It also defeats the purpose of my desire to check quickly.

Is BC being that inundated with bots that this is really necessary?

so far this week.

Lately I'm having a sort of cognitive disconnect that is frightening. I've understood and grown accustomed to my rough drafts being embarrassing. Perhaps it would simply be easier to stroke out and die? Mostly I've enjoyed it despite the painful times. Thank you for being part of it. This is not a suicide note.

Gwen

so according to my account, I've been a member here for 13 years and 1 day.

I wish I could feel like celebrating, because I'm super grateful for this place, but I'm struggling with depression.

I have begun the process of trying to figure out what I can take with me to the new place.

Its a bit smaller than what I currently have, so the more I can give away is better, but I'm finding it hard.

Ah, well.

I came out to my mother last night. I'm am currently on holiday with her and her "boyfriend". She's 84 and he's 88!

He has had his driving license taken away, she will only drive very short distances. My brother won't take them as they can be frustrating to say the least. We spent most of yesterday trying to get second hand walking sticks as they had left their's at home.

And guest-starring in the role of

It is Friday again, and there will be another zoom meeting this Sunday, Texas time. This meeting is for trans women only. You need not present as female, but it is a good excuse if you are still in the closet. I always include the government time standard so that you can compare with the world time standard and know when it is on your time zone. Last week we had a popular BCTS writer not including myself, and one European Big Closet user. This is a chance to have a trans meeting without ever leaving your house.

https://www.time.gov/

new chapter of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Dot is up!

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/94023/tinker-tailor-s...

Walmart for milk before I headed to OKC. It's a long drive, I need my milk and Excedrin. Know most of the staff. I received several compliments and hugs. J.... was an obnoxious ass but that's J...., I've known him for more than twelve years. He asked where I got the skirt and if I had been dumpster diving. It is what a lot of the girls run into in their own lives. Let it go and don't get caught up in their bigotry. The world has those people and no matter what we do they will never accept us.

I always get a kick out of the May the 4th deal.

Norma and I were married May 4th, 1991 in BC, Canada, long before May 4th became a Star Wars thing. LOL. So, for those who don't like math, today is our 31st anniversary. LOL!

So after more than a month of looking, with the stress increasing each day, we finally have a new place to live.

We got approval for an apartment downtown, with official take possession date of June 1st.

now the "fun" of getting rid of as much stuff as we can so we can pack for the move . . .

My latest publication!
Please have a look
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Z7S7V5D
Thanks to Doppler Press and everybody involved!
Maryanne

Yep, for some obscure reason the UK celebrates May Day

It was kind of a shock first time I saw this. Each to their own. Who am I to be casting dispersion upon those who want to have fun with a different life style or hobby. Not any different from theater actors and actresses. Teen Drag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqyr2rZElE&t=48s
Hugs People
Barb
Life is a gift, don't waste it.

I hate being in a consistent deep-down. This has been going on for over a week straight now & I am getting rather worried. My techniques, to manage it, is hardly working & most are not doing anything at all. My paranoia is up & my antisocial side is making a comeback. I have thoughts, in my head that are so emotionally focused they are anywhere from logical.
Like, I know people care, but feel the opposite... despite what logic decrees.

What pisses me off is the way they ask the questions.

"biological men dressed as women should be able to use changing rooms with young females." WHY "young" females? Are they saying it's ok with older females. Clearly this meant to cause an emotional response.

"biological men dressed as women" doesn't mean trans women. This could be a pantomime"dame".

I wonder what the response would be if they had said trans women, instead of biological men dressed as women?

Well, here we are again on a Friday. And there will be another zoom meeting this Sunday, 4:00PM Texas time. This meeting is for trans women only. You need not present as female, but it is a good excuse if you are still in the closet. 0I always include the government time standard so that you can compare with the world time standard and know when it is on your time zone. Last week we had two writers not including myself, and one European Big Closet user. This is a chance to have a trans meeting without ever leaving your house.

Quite by accident (while looking to invent interesting but not-too-outlandish names) I came across the Delphic Maxims.

These are epigrams scribbled in antiquity on the walls of the Oracle. No one can be certain who did the scribbling.

Hey there all, just and fyi about The Hands of the Morri.

I have told people before that I write to help me cope with what I am. A trans woman in self-denial too scared to come out. I don't feel it as strong as many of you ladied. I just feel I would lose so much if I did.

I have never considered suicide, well not for that. Depression nearly drove me to it, partly due to gender issues.

Here in Australia we are in the middle of a general election campaign (federal) which corresponds to the presidential campaigns in the USA and the general elections in the UK.

The Cloudflare page that BCTS is being routed through has broken my @Voice Aloud Reader (text to speech) on my Samsung Android tablet again. I can route to and read the stories on BCTS using my eyes just fine, but when I select a story to be read with @Voice Aloud Reader, the text from the Cloudflare page is what gets sent to the @Voice Aloud Reader app. I've tried clearing the history in the browser I'm using (Chrome) with no change/improvement.

Canada carries out a census every 10 years. In the last census, in 2021, they asked questions about 'gender' covering both transgender and non-binary people. The data has now been compiled and released.

See one of many news reports here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-census-data-offers-snapsho...

Lindsay

The title kind of says it all, a Russian Court has dissolved the country's largest GLBTQ Rights organization and the foundation that controls it, for trying to spread a GLBT Agenda

under the guise of a charity and said its activities are aimed at changing legislation, including the Russian Constitution

https://outsidethecloset.com/2022/04/27/russia-contines-to-f...

so I made a serious mistake.

I have been watchin g "Moon Knight", and the main character has disassociation to the point he has a second personality.

Well, today they showed why he became like that, and dam, can I relate.

It makes me wonder - did I invent Dorothy just because I couldn't face what happened to me? Or did I invent the male me to carry a burden Dorothy wasn't strong enough for?

whichever way, I am shaking, and wish I had a way to stop.

Finally, I have sent Invisible off to my editor. I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to have finally scratched out this story to my satisfaction.

What started out as Serious Camouflage and morphed to Camouflage, then got pulled and rethunk until I knew what story I wanted to tell. I've had many wonderful souls looking over the manuscripts and propping me up with excellent constructive criticism. When it comes back from Tom, I will start publishing chapters here.

I'm excited to finally share something here with the people I love and admire.

Leslie