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[LGBT] a transformative experience thread -NEW THREAD POSTED-
Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
After the first year where I briefly circled the park and went home, I went to trans pride last week finally. It was kinda neat. The people I was wth wanted to march though which caught me off guard because I didn't really want to do that but I did and I guess I'm glad in hindsight.
Hi I'm Neco I guess.
I am very very sleep deprived which is probably why I feel chatty instead of lurk-y.
I got a lot to say right now!
But I'm going to bed instead, which should put my delirious mind back in order, Yay for keeping the thread going!
Hi I'm Scott, and (*Begin Teen Girl Squad Voice*) I have a crush on every boy/girl/non-binary person.
Realizing lately that I don't really trust or respect basically any of the moderators here. So, good luck with life, friends! Hit me up on Twitter @DesertLeviathan
Hi I'm Paul and I'm a gay mid-40s single weirdo with HIV and a slightly broken brain. Oh and I'm a Brit. And no, I do not live in a castle. Or sound like Hugh Grant. Or like tea (the drink). But I do like tea (the meal).
I love Sense8, and Final Fantasy 14, and bears, and long walks on the beach at night, and...and...
Er, sorry. I kinda wandered off into a different place then *blinks*
Anyways...hoorah as always for this space where we get to just...be ourselves (whatever that may be at any given time) and just...er...be.
I'm also more of a lurker than contributor, but I'm a good listener and like to pop in now and then when I see other folks having issues with broken brain stuff, even if its just to let them know that they aren't alone in dealing with that shit.
It's all saltwater these days:
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
I was also totally going to edit my post to make a confession, but I chickened out at the last minute so...er...*panics*..that Sense8! Great news its coming back right?! *runs off again*
It's all saltwater these days:
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
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FencingsaxIt is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understandingGNU Terry PratchettRegistered Userregular
Whenever you're ready, we're here.
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KayWhat we need...Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered Userregular
I was also totally going to edit my post to make a confession, but I chickened out at the last minute so...er...*panics*..that Sense8! Great news its coming back right?! *runs off again*
I took like five tries posting here before I came out, s'cool.
Hey, ya'll. I'm trans as hell and lesbian as fuck. You? Well, you're beautiful. And that's pretty cool. Me, though? I'm a Debbie Downer. Here, check it out:
Oh hey, looks like marriage equality is too hard for us shitkickers to figure out. Short version: a couple of assholes from Houston sued the city over married gay couples getting tax benefits. A lower court said "uh, yeah, gay people get rights, don't be stupid." The case moved up the chain to the Texas Supreme Court. Today, the TSC has torpedoed that earlier ruling, and said a trial court will need to be hear the case again.
If somebody could kindly please mess with Texas, I'd damn sure 'preciate it.
Psycohed on
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smof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Every time I think I've settled on an answer for my gender ponderations my brain only lets me relax for a while before it starts kicking around and muddying the waters again.
The other day I was sat watching people play volleyball (I am a highly trained spectator), the players of which included a guy I have a thing for. I was musing on how I always feel with absolute certainty that the people I get attracted to will obviously never like me back in the same way. And it suddenly occurred to me "Of course he wouldn't fancy you, he's straight." And that thought just clicked, like I was becoming aware of some obvious fundamental truth. Which, for those viewers joining us in media res, is kind of a weird thought considering I am AFAB.
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MalReynoldsThe Hunter S Thompson of incredibly mild medicinesRegistered Userregular
Howdy! I pretty much just lurk this thread because I don't have much to contribute. Bi, male, just turned 30.
"A new take on the epic fantasy genre... Darkly comic, relatable characters... twisted storyline."
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
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KayWhat we need...Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered Userregular
Oh, oh yeah. Introductions.
I waver between utterly unconcerned with gender to being VERY ANGRY ABOUT HOW SOCIETY THINKS PEOPLE SHOULD ACT so basically in short gender roles can bite my ass and I'm like nonbinary/genderqueer and stuff.
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
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smof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Yay! I was in the process of looking at buying my first lady cut shirts and was being a nerd and found some fun mad Max ones and that's been in my head in different forms for days
I'm not a northerner - but I did grow up in the Midlands, which I guess is Northern-ish (note to non-UK peeps: it really isn't).
As for the confession(s) it was really considering coming clean about some silly forum crushes I've been holding onto for a while - because, yeah, positive reinforcement is good (especially when I read so many posts from folks talking about how friends, family, society, the world at large and often even their own brains make them feel...not-positive). But then my brain goes "no no no freakboy!" and runs off cackling to itself.
Um, yeah, I think I'm in kind of a weird headspace at the moment, so ignore my ramblings about this.
But oh my god so much :heartbeat: for all the folks sharing their different perspectives and experiences. Just from straightforward introductions! So much :heartbeat:
It's all saltwater these days:
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
Every time I think I've settled on an answer for my gender ponderations my brain only lets me relax for a while before it starts kicking around and muddying the waters again.
The other day I was sat watching people play volleyball (I am a highly trained spectator), the players of which included a guy I have a thing for. I was musing on how I always feel with absolute certainty that the people I get attracted to will obviously never like me back in the same way. And it suddenly occurred to me "Of course he wouldn't fancy you, he's straight." And that thought just clicked, like I was becoming aware of some obvious fundamental truth. Which, for those viewers joining us in media res, is kind of a weird thought considering I am AFAB.
i know that feel. I often worry my being super homoromantic is because i feel straight dudes just arent attracted to me ever?? Then i realize no, its just that i dont emotionally connect to men on the same level as not-men.
Posting on craigslist one day ten years ago with only a typed description of myself and my interests made me realize that straight dudes totally want me, just ussuuuaallly not the type id consider knocking boots with. And still not romantically.
Ive also become v frustrated with the idea of marriage because i hate wife and husband and spouse as words applied to myself
Every time I think I've settled on an answer for my gender ponderations my brain only lets me relax for a while before it starts kicking around and muddying the waters again.
The other day I was sat watching people play volleyball (I am a highly trained spectator), the players of which included a guy I have a thing for. I was musing on how I always feel with absolute certainty that the people I get attracted to will obviously never like me back in the same way. And it suddenly occurred to me "Of course he wouldn't fancy you, he's straight." And that thought just clicked, like I was becoming aware of some obvious fundamental truth. Which, for those viewers joining us in media res, is kind of a weird thought considering I am AFAB.
i know that feel. I often worry my being super homoromantic is because i feel straight dudes just arent attracted to me ever?? Then i realize no, its just that i dont emotionally connect to men on the same level as not-men.
Posting on craigslist one day ten years ago with only a typed description of myself and my interests made me realize that straight dudes totally want me, just ussuuuaallly not the type id consider knocking boots with. And still not romantically.
Ive also become v frustrated with the idea of marriage because i hate wife and husband and spouse as words applied to myself
Halos Nach TariffCan you blame me?I'm too famous.Registered Userregular
I'm Halos, I'm trans, probably, I think I've said as such before, but still every time I try and talk to someone about it I end up psyching myself out and keeping quiet, it's frustrating.
I'm certainly very bi though, or pan more accurately, I suppose, I'm glad that that part of me has always been quite clear to me at least.
I always make sure to read these threads, but I am a lurker at heart, you're all good people and it delights me to see so much compassion here.
@Kay To be fair I'm with you on that one. I never use 'tea' in that kind of phrase, but only really in the sense of the meal you have in the early evening. So I'd always use 'breakfast, lunch and dinner' as a phrase, but always do the whole 'what did you have for tea?' as a standalone reference.
As I'm in danger of interrupting all these awesome scenes of internet social connecting if I say anymore, I'll just leave the rest up to the general vagaries and intricacies of the English language as practiced by Brits, with all its legacies from the old class system that are still alive and kicking in modern-day Britain (along with institutionalised racism and sexism, terrifying xenophobia about Europe, and a frankly bewildering approach to imperial vs metric measures)
It's all saltwater these days:
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
Posts
Hi I'm Neco I guess.
I am very very sleep deprived which is probably why I feel chatty instead of lurk-y.
I got a lot to say right now!
But I'm going to bed instead, which should put my delirious mind back in order, Yay for keeping the thread going!
I used to like, obsessively shave my legs twice a week and now it's like every 5 weeks
I should do it more.
ineedmayo.com Eidolon Journal Updated
or Cassy
or Cass if you're feeling spunky
I have some DIY waxing stuff from someone and I'm afraid to use it but I want those good smooth legs
3DS: 2019-9671-8106 NNID: RamblinMushroom
Twitter/Tumblr
Shaved legs feel SO GOOD
If you get some moisturizing lotion and slap that on there too it's even better
I started shaving my legs once a week so that I can wear dresses in this oppressive heat and I'm not confident enough to have hairy exposed legs.
Yeah it's definitely going to be a thing for me for the next while.
Heck yeah! Plus my legs are super hot, seriously, Whoah. Just never really noticed it with all the hair in the way.
Im kochi
Im nonbinary/genderqueer and queer
If anyone wants to talk about nonbinary stuff feel free to shoot me a messageeee!
I love Sense8, and Final Fantasy 14, and bears, and long walks on the beach at night, and...and...
Er, sorry. I kinda wandered off into a different place then *blinks*
Anyways...hoorah as always for this space where we get to just...be ourselves (whatever that may be at any given time) and just...er...be.
I'm also more of a lurker than contributor, but I'm a good listener and like to pop in now and then when I see other folks having issues with broken brain stuff, even if its just to let them know that they aren't alone in dealing with that shit.
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
YOU'RE A NORTHERNER!
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
are you not a dinosaur
also yes in case it had not come up and does at some later point, spool32 is my dad, I am a 2nd gen forum poster
I like sense8 and cute comics and cartoons and also ALL OF YOU YOU ARE ALL SO NICE
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
They call me 21st 'cause I'm an ace and a 10.
Also confused about everything.
Check out my site, the Bismuth Heart | My Twitter
I took like five tries posting here before I came out, s'cool.
That's a pretty baller intro
Also, hey, I guess. I've been becoming increasingly comfortable calling myself bi and being openly interested in guys.
Thanks!
And congrats on coming clean to yourself. When I started realizing I was NB, I really did my best to bury it.
Check out my site, the Bismuth Heart | My Twitter
Oh hey, looks like marriage equality is too hard for us shitkickers to figure out. Short version: a couple of assholes from Houston sued the city over married gay couples getting tax benefits. A lower court said "uh, yeah, gay people get rights, don't be stupid." The case moved up the chain to the Texas Supreme Court. Today, the TSC has torpedoed that earlier ruling, and said a trial court will need to be hear the case again.
If somebody could kindly please mess with Texas, I'd damn sure 'preciate it.
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
I waver between utterly unconcerned with gender to being VERY ANGRY ABOUT HOW SOCIETY THINKS PEOPLE SHOULD ACT so basically in short gender roles can bite my ass and I'm like nonbinary/genderqueer and stuff.
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
ineedmayo.com Eidolon Journal Updated
I'm a trans and bi girl that mostly lurks
Yay! I was in the process of looking at buying my first lady cut shirts and was being a nerd and found some fun mad Max ones and that's been in my head in different forms for days
I'm not a northerner - but I did grow up in the Midlands, which I guess is Northern-ish (note to non-UK peeps: it really isn't).
As for the confession(s) it was really considering coming clean about some silly forum crushes I've been holding onto for a while - because, yeah, positive reinforcement is good (especially when I read so many posts from folks talking about how friends, family, society, the world at large and often even their own brains make them feel...not-positive). But then my brain goes "no no no freakboy!" and runs off cackling to itself.
Um, yeah, I think I'm in kind of a weird headspace at the moment, so ignore my ramblings about this.
But oh my god so much :heartbeat: for all the folks sharing their different perspectives and experiences. Just from straightforward introductions! So much :heartbeat:
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon
Posting on craigslist one day ten years ago with only a typed description of myself and my interests made me realize that straight dudes totally want me, just ussuuuaallly not the type id consider knocking boots with. And still not romantically.
Ive also become v frustrated with the idea of marriage because i hate wife and husband and spouse as words applied to myself
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
Consider: hitchling
I'm certainly very bi though, or pan more accurately, I suppose, I'm glad that that part of me has always been quite clear to me at least.
I always make sure to read these threads, but I am a lurker at heart, you're all good people and it delights me to see so much compassion here.
I'm one of the anarchists here on the forums. Hi hello hi.
Twitch (I stream most days of the week)
Twitter (mean leftist discourse)
As I'm in danger of interrupting all these awesome scenes of internet social connecting if I say anymore, I'll just leave the rest up to the general vagaries and intricacies of the English language as practiced by Brits, with all its legacies from the old class system that are still alive and kicking in modern-day Britain (along with institutionalised racism and sexism, terrifying xenophobia about Europe, and a frankly bewildering approach to imperial vs metric measures)
Ocean, tears and heartbreak soup
Half alive in a whitecap foam
Half in love with a white half moon