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    Kitty Hello cat! *pets cat*

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enrico Dandolo View Post
    Yep, it can be. Apparently, getting one letter from a professional and a declaration under oath is not enough for them. I need a diagnosis of GID AND proof that I'm on hormones. Which is pretty ridiculous. I AM on hormones, I swore an oath to that.

    I'm stuck between wanting to fight them to the deah and crying my heart out (actually, I don't think I have any ears left to cry, my eyes hurt a lot).

    Oh, and for added insult, the salutations: "Nous vous prions d'accepter, Monsieur [= Sir], nos salutations distinguées." It's a standard formula, but the gendering is totally useless and hurtful, especially in a rejection letter.
    Offers pile of hugs. It's absolutely ridiculous, I needed both of those two and a whole bunch of other stuff like proof of nationality, crime register, etc...

    And yeah, the gendered thing really hurts... I'm not looking forward to getting letters addressed to "mister" Lena lastname when my name change is done.

    *hugs again*

    Hope you can resolve it in time. :s
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    Most definitely. With girl training it was hard for me to even imagine just putting my hair up in a ponytail without a brush or at least valiant attempt at smoothing. And no part! Well that's just messy.
    There are some words that will never steer you wrong when you want to use male hygiene techniques.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Astrella View Post
    And yeah, the gendered thing really hurts... I'm not looking forward to getting letters addressed to "mister" Lena lastname when my name change is done.
    It happens to all women. It's just sexism, if that's of any comfort to you.
    (I even got a letter that addressed me as Mr [lastname] when I cancelled my subscription to a feminist magazine. A feminist magazine. Just imagine that. And they had the chutzpah to ask why I didn't want to read that magazine anymore.In that very same letter. And my first name is very obviously female. )
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    Quote Originally Posted by WarKitty View Post
    Most definitely. With girl training it was hard for me to even imagine just putting my hair up in a ponytail without a brush or at least valiant attempt at smoothing. And no part! Well that's just messy.
    Eh. Parting depends on the hair. Slick it all back, it looks suave or severe, both of which are tones that get more effect on the other side of the gender spectrum. Whether my hair was back in a loose braid (with part) or pulled into a severe, Mitsurugi style dear-god-large puff, is the difference between being seen as a concerned party or an authority figure respectively.

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    It happens to all women. It's just sexism, if that's of any comfort to you.
    (I even got a letter that addressed me as Mr [lastname] when I cancelled my subscription to a feminist magazine. A feminist magazine. Just imagine that. And they had the chutzpah to ask why I didn't want to read that magazine anymore.)
    I signed up for a free magazine sample. The sign-up email asked me for my payment method, which I listed as 'payments' instead of credit card (because if I write 'cancel' on the payment stub, I get my free magazines but no subscription). The confirmation email asked me for my credit card info to guarantee fast delivery. Just this week I got an invoice asking for payment or payment information.

    I have yet to recieve my free magazine...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Astrella View Post
    Offers pile of hugs. It's absolutely ridiculous, I needed both of those two and a whole bunch of other stuff like proof of nationality, crime register, etc...

    And yeah, the gendered thing really hurts... I'm not looking forward to getting letters addressed to "mister" Lena lastname when my name change is done.

    *hugs again*

    Hope you can resolve it in time. :s
    I'm glad I didn't have to send all of that... I did have to give ID and a proof of citizenship, I think. And a proof that I'm using that name. I don't remember really, it's a bit of a blur. But yeah, no crime register.

    On the gender thing... much awkwardness to come. (Why can't they let you choose how you want to be called? It's like if they checked marital status to settle on Miss/Mrs.)

    Quote Originally Posted by Themrys View Post
    It happens to all women. It's just sexism, if that's of any comfort to you.
    (I even got a letter that addressed me as Mr [lastname] when I cancelled my subscription to a feminist magazine. A feminist magazine. Just imagine that. And they had the chutzpah to ask why I didn't want to read that magazine anymore.In that very same letter. And my first name is very obviously female. )
    ... that's pretty horrible and typical.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Snark View Post
    Well.

    That sounds needlessly complicated, and intrusive.

    I don't understand why they need a justification at all, much less such stringent demands for proof; "because I feel like it" seems like a perfectly acceptable reason to change your name to me. I can't help but think they've got it backwards, and that the process ought to assume that you can change your name unless there's a specific reason to forbid it (i.e. legal issues).

    I'm sorry you have to deal with that, and hope you can get it sorted out. Caroline is a lovely name.
    It is so much easier in England. To legally change your name, you have to... start using a different name. That's it.

    Various places may want proof of your name change, in which case you need to write a declaration, sign it, and get it witnessed by two people. There is no Central place you have to register it with, and it's up to you to inform everywhere that needs to know of your new name. Most places will also change your title on request (though not all - I think the department for work and pensions has me on file as Mr Tamsin <last name>).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Heliomance View Post
    It is so much easier in England. To legally change your name, you have to... start using a different name. That's it.

    Various places may want proof of your name change, in which case you need to write a declaration, sign it, and get it witnessed by two people. There is no Central place you have to register it with, and it's up to you to inform everywhere that needs to know of your new name. Most places will also change your title on request (though not all - I think the department for work and pensions has me on file as Mr Tamsin <last name>).
    The DWP is a joke though, so that's hardly a surprise.

    As for all of the above that is accurate, for the most part. Sometimes, and especially, i believe, for a GRC (gender recognition certificate) a change of details has to be witnessed by a legal professional, such as a solicitor or magistrate. (Magistrates aren't legally trained but they count).

    However, if a court system has you involved, as a witness, apellant, accused or anything, then they will change gender references, pronoun usage, and titles upon request.

    Sources: I work in an appeals tribunal, and have previously worked in a magistrates court.
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    Found this little story game about what it can be like to be outside and trans. (warning: transphobia)
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    Also, a few observations on ponytails from my project tomcat annals:
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    A low ponytail is an acceptable unisex style, but there are differences. For one, men almost never part their hair putting it up. Women brush their hair smooth, whether it's parted or pulled straight back, while men tend not to except with very formal things. Women also put the ponytail tight, even at the nape of the neck, using hairspray and clips and such to control and loose hair. Men tend to have looser ponytails, and stray hair is generally ignored. A male style seems to be created by simply running fingers through hair and pulling it back, while women's styles take more careful brushing.

    There's a certain segment of men's styles that seem to cater to very carefully trying to look like you don't care in a specific manner. And this seems the easiest for someone like me to hit.
    Thaaaaat... actually really, really annoys me. The messy-headed ponytails on guys, I mean. I desperately want to go at them with a hairbrush.

    This turned up in my facebook feed: a photoshoot of non-binary people, including that kid who got set on fire a while ago.
    (would it be really, really bad for me to say "unf, that Rain person"?)
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    Found this little story game about what it can be like to be outside and trans. (warning: transphobia)
    Very true content.
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    Thaaaaat... actually really, really annoys me. The messy-headed ponytails on guys, I mean. I desperately want to go at them with a hairbrush.

    This turned up in my facebook feed: a photoshoot of non-binary people, including that kid who got set on fire a while ago.
    (would it be really, really bad for me to say "unf, that Rain person"?)
    Well I think most of them are attractive. I'd love to cuddle them. Also I have fairly messy hair. >.>
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    Well I think most of them are attractive. I'd love to cuddle them.
    Same, but then I guess I do have a bit of a thing for androgynous people. Most of them look way too young for me, though. But very interesting people.
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    Also I have fairly messy hair. >.>
    *approaches menacingly, brandishing a hairbrush*

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    *approaches menacingly, brandishing a hairbrush*
    I can say, with every fibre of my being, that Eldest is thinking of something else right now...

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    *approaches menacingly, brandishing a hairbrush*
    Nuuuuuuuuu! *flees*

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    I can say, with every fibre of my being, that Eldest is thinking of something else right now...
    That's later tonight. Hopefully.
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    Hello!

    You can call me Rain! I'm gender-fluid (slightly leaning towards female.) I didn't know this thread existed; I saw it in Friendly Banter and thought I would say hi!

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    Also, a few observations on ponytails from my project tomcat annals:
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    There's a certain segment of men's styles that seem to cater to very carefully trying to look like you don't care in a specific manner. And this seems the easiest for someone like me to hit.
    Quote Originally Posted by Serpentine View Post
    Thaaaaat... actually really, really annoys me. The messy-headed ponytails on guys, I mean. I desperately want to go at them with a hairbrush.
    As a guy with long hair, I tend to have a mix of "messy" and "neat" styling of my ponytail. As well as a mix of higher and lower placement for it. But I tend not to care if a ponytail makes me look more masculine or feminine, because so what either way, ya know?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Serpentine View Post
    Thaaaaat... actually really, really annoys me. The messy-headed ponytails on guys, I mean. I desperately want to go at them with a hairbrush.

    This turned up in my facebook feed: a photoshoot of non-binary people, including that kid who got set on fire a while ago.
    (would it be really, really bad for me to say "unf, that Rain person"?)
    Gorgeous photographs, but... goddamn is that website obnoxious. It can't just be a page with some pictures and words explaining the pictures, there's always got to be all this other crap popping up and dropping down in front of it.
    ... I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kindablue View Post
    Gorgeous photographs, but... goddamn is that website obnoxious. It can't just be a page with some pictures and words explaining the pictures, there's always got to be all this other crap popping up and dropping down in front of it.
    1)Completely agree. Love the fact that I have no idea who is what, which just makes it all the better.

    2) and yes I hate websites that do that crap. scroll *stop everything to close something*, scroll *stop everything to close something*, scroll *stop everything to close something*, scroll *stop everything to close something*........AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

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    ...really? I get no pop-ups, though I might've gotten one when I first opened it

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    Found this little story game about what it can be like to be outside and trans. (warning: transphobia)
    Yeah, that was so accurate it's scary. Didn't notice I was picking at my nails through it and now my thumb's bleeding.

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    (would it be really, really bad for me to say "unf, that Rain person"?)
    I hope not. *looks awkwardly at new person upthread's name*

    And here's a couple of (kinda low res) photos my sis-in-law took when we went to the Miss Fisher costume exhibition:

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    Still fighting depression, had a few like panic attacks and such, still not working but I'm on benefits now at least (been about 8 months since I was in hospital). My daughter moved away but she comes down and stays for a weekend every month now and a week during holidays, and she's using female pronouns with me so life's kind of going well in some ways.

    Biggest problem is I sleep far too much, like 16 hours some days, just have no enthusiasm to get out of bed some days.
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    ...really? I get no pop-ups, though I might've gotten one when I first opened it
    The whole screen gets covered with other news stories if you pass the cursor over any of the category boxes at the top of the screen, which on my monitor take up enough of the screen by themselves that you can't see any of the pictures completely without scrolling back up to see the top of the person's head that that box is cutting off, and when you do scroll up another larger box falls out of the category boxes telling you about other stories, and then there's the Facebook, Pinterest, whatever things on the side that move around as you scroll down the article.
    ... I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.

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    I hope not. *looks awkwardly at new person upthread's name*
    Hee~

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    Biggest problem is I sleep far too much, like 16 hours some days, just have no enthusiasm to get out of bed some days.
    ... Yeah. Like, I follow my basic routine – I go to work, I come home, I eat – but it's... Hard. Doing anything is hard unless it's a lizard stimulus. I'll deal with things in front of me, but I won't seek them out, y'know? Music helps, though.

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    Yeah, that was so accurate it's scary. Didn't notice I was picking at my nails through it and now my thumb's bleeding.
    Yeah... I noticed my anxiety ticks flaring up while playing it myself. It is scarily accurate.

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    Aaah, you're just so frickin' cute! And I adore that outfit, very jealous.

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    Still fighting depression, had a few like panic attacks and such, still not working but I'm on benefits now at least (been about 8 months since I was in hospital). My daughter moved away but she comes down and stays for a weekend every month now and a week during holidays, and she's using female pronouns with me so life's kind of going well in some ways.

    Biggest problem is I sleep far too much, like 16 hours some days, just have no enthusiasm to get out of bed some days.
    Yeah, I recognize the sleeping a lot, just existing feels so tiring a lot of the time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SiuiS View Post
    Wow, damn.
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    ... Yeah. Like, I follow my basic routine – I go to work, I come home, I eat – but it's... Hard. Doing anything is hard unless it's a lizard stimulus. I'll deal with things in front of me, but I won't seek them out, y'know? Music helps, though.
    Yeah, I get up (sometimes), shower (usually), eat, computer, sleep, repeat. Been doing some drawing at least.

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    Get lucky? though I presume you mean the first verse hehe

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    Quote Originally Posted by Astrella View Post
    Yeah... I noticed my anxiety ticks flaring up while playing it myself. It is scarily accurate.
    Think I'll send it to some people I know.


    Aaah, you're just so frickin' cute! And I adore that outfit, very jealous.
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    Yeah, I recognize the sleeping a lot, just existing feels so tiring a lot of the time.
    Existing is hard >.<
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zorg View Post
    Yeah, that was so accurate it's scary. Didn't notice I was picking at my nails through it and now my thumb's bleeding.



    I hope not. *looks awkwardly at new person upthread's name*

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    Still fighting depression, had a few like panic attacks and such, still not working but I'm on benefits now at least (been about 8 months since I was in hospital). My daughter moved away but she comes down and stays for a weekend every month now and a week during holidays, and she's using female pronouns with me so life's kind of going well in some ways.

    Biggest problem is I sleep far too much, like 16 hours some days, just have no enthusiasm to get out of bed some days.
    Holy crap that picture Zorg!!!! I don't even want to wear feminine clothing and I want to wear that dress. Though I definitely could not pull it off anywhere near as well as you did.

    I am sorry for the negative cloud following you right now, though. Silver lining though, are the female pronouns, so maybe focus on that and it might help dissipate that storm. Hugz if you would like them (I can't ever remember who likes them and who doesn't, so please don't take offense!)

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    Aye, I've tried converting all my hobby urges into perfecting my Kung fu (currently, basic fitness) but small things, easy things, like drawing for a while, or a quick stretch or some weights for five minutes during a good, amped song, or maybe just some writing, can really help. Anything to keep the momentum going. To find the flow again.


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    Default Re: LGBTAI+ 51: Lay That Hammer Down!

    *Gives Caroline big hugs*

    Quote Originally Posted by Stinkweed Imp View Post
    Hello!

    You can call me Rain! I'm gender-fluid (slightly leaning towards female.) I didn't know this thread existed; I saw it in Friendly Banter and thought I would say hi!

    ...Hi?
    Hey~

    Quote Originally Posted by WarKitty View Post
    New thread: kitten request line now open.

    Also, a few observations on ponytails from my project tomcat annals:
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    A low ponytail is an acceptable unisex style, but there are differences. For one, men almost never part their hair putting it up. Women brush their hair smooth, whether it's parted or pulled straight back, while men tend not to except with very formal things. Women also put the ponytail tight, even at the nape of the neck, using hairspray and clips and such to control and loose hair. Men tend to have looser ponytails, and stray hair is generally ignored. A male style seems to be created by simply running fingers through hair and pulling it back, while women's styles take more careful brushing.

    There's a certain segment of men's styles that seem to cater to very carefully trying to look like you don't care in a specific manner. And this seems the easiest for someone like me to hit.
    Hey Kitty~ *Hugs* ^_^

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    Hmm... I've been kind of meeting that in the middle by brushing my hair, then pulling it back from the sides into a loose ponytail with my normal part. Sometimes a bit will stick up until I smooth it out, and there's almost always a bunch of hairs at the base of my skull that stick out that don't get entirely covered up because the tail's higher. If I'm doing it because I just feel like it, though (instead of just needing it out of my face and/or something I'm working on), I like to leave a bit loose at the front and keep it behind my ear. X3

    *Wonders if you have any advice on handling those base-of-skull hairs? Has been considering laying on her bed so gravity pulls it back, isn't sure if that'd work very well*


    Quote Originally Posted by SiuiS View Post
    I signed up for a free magazine sample. The sign-up email asked me for my payment method, which I listed as 'payments' instead of credit card (because if I write 'cancel' on the payment stub, I get my free magazines but no subscription). The confirmation email asked me for my credit card info to guarantee fast delivery. Just this week I got an invoice asking for payment or payment information.

    I have yet to recieve my free magazine...


    Capitalism. n.n


    Quote Originally Posted by Zorg View Post
    And here's a couple of (kinda low res) photos my sis-in-law took when we went to the Miss Fisher costume exhibition:

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    You look so fancy and cute. :D

    And a life update:

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    Still fighting depression, had a few like panic attacks and such, still not working but I'm on benefits now at least (been about 8 months since I was in hospital). My daughter moved away but she comes down and stays for a weekend every month now and a week during holidays, and she's using female pronouns with me so life's kind of going well in some ways.

    Biggest problem is I sleep far too much, like 16 hours some days, just have no enthusiasm to get out of bed some days.
    *Hugs* It's good that your daughter's using the right pronouns.


    ~Bianca
    Thanks for existing.

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    Default Re: LGBTAI+ 51: Lay That Hammer Down!

    Ok. This is a bit awkward to come out and ask, actually. I've made a new account just for it. This seemed like the best place for it, and I've been told that you guys are pretty knowledgeable. Just going to start it out slow.

    How does one know if one is asexual?

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    Default Re: LGBTAI+ 51: Lay That Hammer Down!

    Quote Originally Posted by Wasteland Exile View Post
    Ok. This is a bit awkward to come out and ask, actually. I've made a new account just for it. This seemed like the best place for it, and I've been told that you guys are pretty knowledgeable. Just going to start it out slow.

    How does one know if one is asexual?
    There's no checklist of criteria for asexuality, of course, but as someone who identifies as asexual myself, I'd recommend looking at this page.

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