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 A New Year. I do not believe in Resolutions since once they are broken, and that in my case is usually only a few weeks at best, they do not get put back in place. I prefer to use the New Year as a time to take stock and set some aims for the comingContinue reading “Choices”

Nothing seems to improve in the world around us and I am finding it quite difficult to continue to ignore it. I do not think it is just the political chaos that is swirling around us at the moment, I feel it is more related to the uncertainty of how this is all going toContinue reading “Visiting”

I try not to be political and normally I could be classed in the neutral to apathetic group of voters often feeling any vote I cast is unlikely to make any real difference whatever my beliefs and convictions. Yes I have written about transphobia and how there is a deliberate push by our present governmentContinue reading “I don’t believe it”

It has been a weekend when I have been noticing quite a few trans people, mainly trans women expressing their concerns about what seems to be going on around trans people at the moment, with several expressing that they wondered whether or not they would have come out of the closet if they had knownContinue reading “Growing hostility”

For my sins I have been discussing the whole issue of being transgender with a former colleague; he would say “friend” of mine. He is someone with whom I became involved  with through a business venture. This meant I was unable to simply walk away when his bigotry over trans matters started being articulated. His stanceContinue reading “Why did I bother?”

This past week was Trans Awareness Week. On Friday it was Trans Day of Remembrance. It felt an odd week in some ways. There were many positive signs which I would not have expected. Reading Council flew the Trans flag on their flagpole for the whole week. Rochdale Council flew the Trans flag on theContinue reading “Where are we now?”

It has been a lovely weekend. It was my birthday and although I am not sure it is, it feels because of Covid, that it is the first one I have been able to celebrate since I have fully transitioned. Before I have chosen to visit my family in an “androgynous” style….jeans, jumper, no make-upContinue reading “A birthday”

Some years ago, many, many years ago while on holiday in Cornwall having breakfast with the family, we heard a rubber fish, Billy Bass, singing “Don’t worry, be happy”. It was so silly, so tacky, you couldn’t help smiling…be happy. In fact it was so infectious, one Billy Bass was tracked down and returned homeContinue reading “Don’t worry”

This is not just about being trans. Being trans makes you different from the norm, from the binary genders so I take that for granted now. I am different, I am a trans woman. Apparently trans people make up about 1% of the population. Hard to believe it is such a small percentage considering theContinue reading “Is it okay to be different?”

Bad habits are so hard to break. For the majority of my life I have hidden the true me and cultivated a false persona which to my mind made me more acceptable that the shameful unacceptable fact I knew about myself. That seems quite simple, straightforward even. However living a lie, in my case, madeContinue reading “Being true”