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Thread: LGBTAI+ #52: Aces High
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2014-07-29, 02:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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You cannot have hugs! You get cookies instead, and like it! *hugs* oh noes! my arms are acting of their own accord! what sorcery is this?!
I get to see a doctor next month, so yay!
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I like that idea! Quick, everybody, make Juniper famous!
We're going to need a zeppelin, twenty rubber duckies, jam, a pound of bananas, a pantomiming monkey named Jeff, a French-speaking monkey named Steve, a banjo, and a complete encyclopedia of world history. That should be enough to make a celebrity, if your awesomeness is not enough on its own.
*All the hugs*
That sounds like as difficult situation, but healing is very important, no matter it wrecks things. Hope it goes well.
Being the common narrative, it may be that it's the one that gets referenced the most. I've seen a few bloggers (Zinnia Jones, Quinnae Moongazer/Katherine Cross) talk about not fitting the narrative, and about how problematic the narrative is, so it's definitively not everybody who knew. I think a lot of it comes from media attention being on the stories that confirm assumptions, or possibly pressure from media and society to conform to those stories. Doesn't make the thoughts go away, though. v_vTreasured Quotes
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2014-07-29, 03:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm in a rare moment of self confidence right now, so I want to share it with the world.
Spoiler: Golentan from ElsewhereYou know what? I deserve love. I am a nice, smart, occasionally funny person, and I deserve to find someone with the same qualities to share that with.
Mind, nobody owes me love. This is not an entitlement thing. This is not nice guy syndrome in action, I don't expect anyone to throw themselves at me and sex me up just because I'm not an awful human being. If someone doesn't love me, it's nobody's fault and I'm not going to throw a tantrum or resent them for it: most people don't love me, most people are incompatible, and I don't want love from anyone, I want love from someone special who happens to feel the same way about me.
But I'm actually feeling good about myself right now. I respect myself, and I know that love is one of the things I want from life. And someday, god willing, I will find a man or woman who is like minded and who also deserves love, and we will build something beautiful based on mutual respect and affection. And until then, I can respect and love myself, because I deserve it.
So, future husband/wife, wherever you are, I hope we meet at a time when we both know what we are looking for, and with enough time left in our lives to really make the most of it. I'm willing to wait.
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I didn't figure it out until I was almost 24, New Year's Day 2000. I had only seen the one episode of Night Court (mentioned in the other thread) that there was any such thing as a Trans-Person. Keep in mind, I was only 9, so I didn't fully understand what was going on, and in fact had forgotten about the episode completely until the debate about trans-people in hollywood. Until that point, I had thought my first exposure to the idea that someone could be a woman inside was Boys Don't Cry, starring Hillary Swank. I had even blocked out the aweful depiction of Trans-hate in Ace Ventura. I just didn't connect until I saw Boys Don't Cry. And I evidently had to get drunk before I woke up to the truth. And it took another 14 years before I had the bravery (with the help of some really awesome co-workers/friends) to really step out of my shell and be who I am.
*Many hugs* I hope it helps you heal, and with not too much family drama/wreckage. *Hugs again*
Congrats! I hope you find the love you are looking for. *Hugs for you too*
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Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.
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2014-07-29, 08:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yay, Nope-thread!
From last thread:
I know not of what you speak, but I am a bi woman.
I think I am not alone in the Closeted Bisexual Association that friendship and attraction is super blurry when you're not sure what's going on in your brain and also you're trying not to come across as excessively gay. I think I have a People spectrum and an Attractive People spectrum (which would be a subset, if plotted as a Venn Diagram), and the Attractive People I am friends with, I would "upgrade" to romantic affection, given the chance.
You ARE nice and smart and funny and you deserve love and a doctor! ((hugs))
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I, as an eighteen year old, only consciously, definitively realised I earnestly wanted to be female and not male just a little over two months. Like, only one iteration of this thread ago. And I definitely know what you mean about not feeling 'trans enough' and like you don't really have anything to say, too. But I think the responces in this thread have definitely indicated that the whole 'knowing I was trans since forever' narrative is by no means universally representative, and every trans person has definitely not known since they were young.
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A guerrilla post, from quite some time of... well... melancholic times of dysphoria, family matters, etc. And some illness and some back-to-back-to-back typhoons. I admit, lethargy and some amount of shame at have let some people down are some things I deal with as well.
But whaddaheck. Alive is what matters.
Hallos and hugs to those who want or need them. Offers of virtual beverages otherwise.
To ma'am Comrade, glad you're still relatively young that you've come to that realization about yourself.
To ma'am KenderWizard, agreement and congratulations.
To ma'am Skeppio, hey-ho, everybody needs to be weird and stupid and crazy sometimes. As long as it's on your own terms. Own your crazy, be at peace with your crazy. And like said earlier, nice that you're still young and already dealing with your gender and sexuality issues. Better sooner than later.
To the good Golentan, great, great, glad for you.
To ma'am Lycundari and ma'am Astrella, sorry to hear that, and wellwishes to both of you.
That's all the time I've got for now. To those I missed, apologies. Y'all are all wondrous and beautiful. Live In Hope.Avatarcred: HELL YEAH to THE Oneris! Ma'am, thank you, ma'am.
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Avatarcred: HELL YEAH to THE Oneris! Ma'am, thank you, ma'am.
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My thoughts exactly. When my now wife proposed to me, I told everyone - quite loudly!
Young pup!
I was 30 before the idea of transition occurred to me. And it isn't as if I didn't know trans people exist. I'd been an out lesbian for 10 years!Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
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I think Kristen Beck (aka Senior Chief (SEAL) Christopher Beck, USN (Ret.)) may beg to differ with you.
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Witty sig here nosey, aren't ya?
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Good argument. Kristen Beck looks almost nothing like Christopher. Makes me feel better, a little. Hope it works for me.
Sounds reasonable. Hindsight is 20/20, they say. Looking back, I sometimes wonder how I didn't see it sooner. Sometimes, I feel... braindead for not recognizing it sooner.
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Hum, no.
Video. (This one inspired my gf, so maybe it will help.)
Anyway. It works.
Possibly. However, some express openly the desire to be girls/boys since childhood too.Last edited by Miriel; 2014-07-30 at 07:58 AM.
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2014-07-30, 08:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Thanks for all the kind words and hugs. I finished the letter yesterday and posted it, though I was standing in front of the post box for several minutes with shaking hands, wondering if it wasn't better to just try to forget everything that happened. But I managed to post it eventually. Now I can just wait and hope for a
gooddecent reaction from the recipient.
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These all sum up my fears and the reason I haven't done anything about it yet.
There has to be some kind of hidden catch in there. Must've had a big stash of cash (heh, cash stash...) sitting somewhere.vape naesh
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2014-07-30, 04:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thank you!
I thought people might get distracted and not read my other news?
Many thanks!
Yeah, apparently they do! Thank you!
Well, you corrected it before I came back, so we'll pretend like this didn't happen. Thank you!
Edit: Oh, I got distracted by everyone being lovely. I found a Coming Out Simulator. Might hit too close to home if you have/had unsupportive-to-the-point-of-abuse parents, but I found it really moving and I wanted to share. It's not a real simulator, it's an interactive story of one bisexual kid coming out to his very narrow-minded parents.Last edited by KenderWizard; 2014-07-30 at 04:36 PM.
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I somehow missed this like three times, but congrats on the engagement!
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