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...and another thing...
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...and another thing...  Did anyone see the 'Katie Couric Show' on transsexualism this week? It was very well done. Openly addressing helping , and the medical intervention that can stave off secondary sexual characteristics at puberty. They interviewed several young people and their families, as well as Dr. Renee Richards - who is now 78. Starting transition in 1962, she had a landmark legal battle with the women's tennis association to play in a match in 1975. She was reflecting on how much the world had changed.... When I too was young there was not even a term 'transgender', psychiatric professionals labeled us as hopelessly sick, mentally. There was no way for me to access care and treatment, so I engaged a very self destructive and reckless life. They did mention how many trans commit suicide or engage risky behavior... also how are discarded by families. Well I have been looking for a part time job the last weeks... have a few irons in the fire... an interview this afternoon. It has surprised me how interested people are in me, supportive. It feels good. I got so roughed up in early transition with my career, despite my talents, I have honestly believed that aspect of life would be a constant fight. One thing is for sure, I am resilient, strong and tough... not to mention bright and funny. Seems i am edging closer to fitting what i see as the last puzzle piece of my life back in place. I would say with all the changes I have been through these last years, personal and otherwise, I've needed this time to find my way, rejuvenate my strength and resolve. My wife and I were happy for 20 years, and then we met.- Rodney Dangerfield |
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2/27/2013 10:52 am |
Myself I'd love to hook up with you. Your very Hot .
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Colette; So very happy to hear that you have a few irons staying warm,Hope the interview went well for you. You are a very bright,strong and resilient. You look to be happier in all your photos over the past few months. You are still a very beautiful and lovely lady. Alway a friend; Tim
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Good Luck on your interview, hope you like the job!
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Well I survived the interview... 3 person panel for a 50 hour a month job? Can you say overkill? Held at a table in the middle of an open store, with interviewers getting up to help customers mid stream... distracting for a rusty interviewee. Frankly, i'd be surprised if i was hired. I did notice one of the people looking down my blouse... I was dressed in black jeans, black and white pinstriped pressed cotton blouse, grey jacket and swank British made black square toed flats... I felt like my talent and skills... I felt I out classed the opportunity. It was good practice. What was cool was speaking to a friend later... I was honestly oblivious to being transsexual...just a person looking for work. My wife and I were happy for 20 years, and then we met.- Rodney Dangerfield
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The interview seemed more like a contest for 'cool' in a tiny hipster work culture... a popularity contest... very juvenile. But it is their wave, their beach. I move forward to other opportunities, head held high. My wife and I were happy for 20 years, and then we met.- Rodney Dangerfield
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Well Fraidy... I do not know your story... or your commitments...in my case as my normal phony hetero normative life came unraveled about 15 years ago... I was left with a fairly shattered picture... little of which I wanted. I did strike out and live the classic tranny life of vanity, night clubs mingling with people I did not really fit with. Part of the process, I guess. But it was weird running off to the circus and realizing I was not a clown... I was a pretty comical transvestite - such a weird competitive masculine culture, frosted in phony quasi femme niceness... it felt almost as weird as being a dude. I had a lot of fears around becoming an everyday girl... it was the learning and unlearning... the assimilation and adaptation of a million tiny details in personal life... all the emotional crap to go through... not to mention legal hurdles with sometimes hostile judicial figures.... But standing on the other side of it... It is remarkable to think about... but all quite natural and matter of fact for me now... and I have been completely surprised at how the world has opened up and accepted and embraced me... which is why I am so intolerant of lurker type dudes looking to get up my skirt... not a secret or teacher... not after all I've been through. My wife and I were happy for 20 years, and then we met.- Rodney Dangerfield
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Very classy!
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