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[tigerwiccan.livejournal.com]

I shaved alot of my body hair last night. I wish I could afford a more permanent means of removing it all, but maybe someday. I feel better with it off. It's not like I had to do it or I would die or anything, but it's nice to look at myself and see a more feminine appearance. It's just one of those things I can do that isn't a drastic change, but that puts me closer to the way I see myself.

Global Pride, Global Action: Empowering the Spirit of Human Rights

[guju-desi.livejournal.com]

Join Amnesty International, Gay Games vistores, local lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trasgender (LGBT) community members for a one day conference exploring international LGBT human rights issues, and way participants can take action to end LGBT human rights abuses.

♦ Date: Saturday, July, 15

♦ Time: 10 am - 4 pm (Registration to begin at 9 a.m.)

♦ Location: Roosevelt University
Loop Campus - 430 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL

* This event is free of charge and all are welcome – although space is limited.

* Participants may attend the entire conference or are also welcome to attend individual plenary sessions, panels, or workshops for which they have a particular interest.

( Human Rights Conference )

( Global, Pride, Global Action: a Fundraising Reception )

*If you have any questions please ask!

Once You Have Found Her, Never Let Her Go

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

Cross-posted from my own journal.

thebritchick and I have been writing and talking back and forth for almost two years.
Most of it very good.
we have learned a lot about each other. What we like and don't like. Who we are. Who we want to be (get to that in a moment).
Yesterday, we reached a plateau. She has known about me coming out and being transgendered for almost as long as I have. However, I have said nothing about G.R.S. (gender reassignment surgery) and my desire for it. I have been half-heartedly saying I would never consider it. I have pretty much been lying to myself. Part of me wants it desperately, with the fervor of a two year old reaching for a sparkley. The adult in me is more reasonable. Knowing the obstructions that American Society puts on it (mostly financial, sure, they admit that gender dysphoria exists, but they won't help treat it).
She has pointed out to me that it is something that the U.K. will screen mightily for, but, if they feel it is justified, they will cover the cost (it's called being civilized, what a concept).
And suggested I consider moving there.
She knows about the roller coaster ride that is my life. She loves me enough to accept it. How lucky can I possibly get?
Have I decided yet?
No, she knows this and understands.
There are aspects of the United Kingdom that scare the piss out of me. It is an Island, and hence is an economy based on scarcity. Things cost more.....Lot's more. I don't know how I will deal with that. I know something about the political system (yeah Vote of Non-Confidence) but not enough, and I absolutely do not drink (so much for fandom in the U.K. from what I have heard, pretty much pub-based) but still I weigh the good and the bad.
How can life be good when it is this confusing?

Shelley

New Community

[spaceboss.livejournal.com]

I’ve started a new community, for sharing stories, pictures, and art about our past and discussing how we relate to what can be enormous change in gender expression and appearance. It’s called transhistories.

The goals of the community include: providing a safe space to share and talk about pre-coming-out/ pre-transition pictures (if desired), discussing ways we have made peace with radical change, and celebrating growth without denigrating our past.

Everyone on the trans spectrum is welcome, regardless of gender or sexual identity or whether or not one is physically transitioning. Come tell your story!

-Joseph

Cross-posted to ftm, genderqueer, and mtf.