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Those are awesome and so are you! Thanks for sharing! <3

If you are the only person in the race you will always win.

:3

Congratrulations :3

Agreed. Sadly there are far too many embellished headlines using words like “Slammed”, “Dragged”, “Clapped Back” etc. to attract clicks.

Good for Victoria. I hope we see more people pushing back on this terribly toxic rhetoric…

I stayed away from articles about this when the news broke. I try to give myself space before reading about serious news. I’m glad I decided to give this article a chance. Thank you, Sunshine.

It’s so hard for me to not have a pessimistic view on the future these days. There has never been a time in my life where I was this happy on the inside but just so devastated about what is happening outside.

Let’s hope this gets proper attention. It’s so important that we continue to have a way to control the representation of ourselves on our own documents.

I’ll be good I promise! :3

And yet you keep replying…

what are you trying to say?

Here are the things I did before I ever bought outwardly facing feminine clothing that helped me pass immediately:

1. Wear a cute hat
2. Colorful reusable face masks to match with outfits (a few bucks on amazon)
3. Cheap but a nice looking purse (20 bucks)
4. Work on voice (Free! Plenty of videos out there to start with)
5. Paint fingernails (about 25$ for a 3-in-1 and a color, be sure to use non-acetone remover)
6. Be well-groomed. (gender affirming barber helps a ton! https://strandsfortrans.org/)
7. Wearing nice undergarments is a huge boon to self image even if no one else can see them!

As for getting clothing when you are ready, I highly recommend Thrifting. The local thrift store changed my life and building a whole wardrobe from scratch is a huge financial investment otherwise. You can get multiple outfits at a thrift store for the same price as one new garment. It’s ridiculous what stores charge for clothing.

When you are really ready, you’ll know. Everyone’s journey is unique and it’s not a race, it’s a marathon. Go at your own pace! You can do this and you are worth it!

I agree completely. The landscape of streaming services for movies and the current theatre prices are extremely distasteful. I was kindly treated to a movie last month with my friend and it was the first time going to a theatre for me in over 5 years and there’s no way I would have gone and paid regular prices myself. Just astounding to see that it’s risen to almost 25$ plus a convenience fee for getting a ticket in advance. Ridiculous.

I do hope you’ll get your chance to see the film however you are able! It looks very well done. :D

I just checked US release dates and a website mentioned it is supposed to have an October 31 opening! I hope it’s a wide release, the trailer looks very funny.

I know that some folks can’t afford to go out to the movies (the prices have become astronomical) but please try to support this film if you have the means. It’s free to sign up for “AMC rewards” and you get a substantial discount for going on Tuesday or Wednesday matinee. That still makes it like 12 bucks + gas but if we pump these numbers up maybe we will get more films like this in the future.

This is unfortunately the new reality. They are going to keep pushing this over and over until something gets through. I really wish this wasn’t the case. And it directly impacts me as I’m on an affected policy. I’m lucky that I’m not completely broke. I’ll manage to pay out of pocket for my meds if I must. I’m worried about being able to afford therapy though. I certainly won’t be able to have as many sessions as I do now and that sucks.

I shudder to think what the future holds for us. But I will never stop transitioning. They think they can force us to not be who we say we are. They don’t get it. They never will.

At that point it’s just click bait then. the media loves to focus on a negative aspect of a generally positive thing to get people upset enough to give them attention. Thank you for the added perspective! I know this game has been super duper looked forward to by so many people and also wonderful that the devs made it at least somewhat affordable on launch. I would imagine they could have easily asked for 10 to 20$ more a copy and it still would have crashed the system.

I started HRT last October. It feels like I’ve come a long way in just these few months and I know there’s tons more to learn and form new habits around and I can’t wait to tackle each thing and figure it out. I was never like this before. I never had this much drive to better myself and live each moment treating life like the precious thing it is. 10 or 20 years ago I couldn’t fathom the level of happiness I feel today since coming out. I never saw how deep a hole I was really in back then until I got out of it.

Aww gee thanks I love flowers :3

Wow. This one took me a minute to process but it hit me pretty hard when it did. Thanks for sharing it.

Is this Little Joel or Big Joel
rip ;(

Good for those nurses. It’s so tiresome to read this type of thing every day, as there are more and more attacks on our rights to survive and more companies just giving in to the demands of terrible people in this world that wish to maintain power by dividing with hate. To see professionals that care and are willing to take a stand is some solace.

oh my gosh is that real? I want that to be real o.o

Just know that if you get to a spot where the medicine isn’t something you wish to continue for whatever the reason, that doesn’t mean you have to stop transitioning and living your authentic self. There are definitely transgender people out there that transition and are medication free and they are just as valid.

I wish you all the best! You are doing great!