Unwaivering

    You may have noticed that I've done some writing concerning political issues; especially concerning those surrounding the trans community.  But, also, concerning tyranny and fascism.  While I agree that a country should have a strong moral foundation, I disagree with the notion that being LGBTQ+ is immoral.  Neither is it a mental illness!  We are who we are, and although we differ from what you've been told is "normal", we're usually good people.  By the way, "normal" does not mean right.  Normal does not mean sane.  It does not mean just!  After all, there are many wrongful, ill-tempered lunatics out there who are "straight".  Normal, in this context, simply means "majoritive".  Now, spell-check tells me that's not a word.  (Fuck you, spell-check!)     For the most part, LGBTQ+ members care deeply.  Most of us (I mean, when we're not having to fend off the straight-hate and the "im"moral majority) tend...

      In recent decades, presidents have pushed supposed laws on the people.  Whether Republican or Democrat, they've all signed Executive Orders to impose what they wanted to be the law of the land.  The only problem with that is that Executive Orders were only supposed to be used to create emergency, temporary laws while Congress is in recess; like funding disaster relief, ordering military action necessary at the moment etc...  Why Congress hasn't challenged the over-use of EOs in the Supreme Court is beyond me.  Someone needs to challenge this trend and make it stop!     Recently, it's gone around online that Trump has vowed to impose a ban on gender affirming care for adults and minors.  Personally, I agree with the ideology that minors should not be transitioned and believe that should be a law. (More on this later)  But, I don't believe it should be imposed by Executive Order any more than a Democrat imposing gun laws in this...

    As you may know, I've been struggling with the question, "should I go through with my transition, or not".  Personally, I don't think it's either immoral or mentally ill, and I have great disdain for those who do.  Yes, there are some disturbed people transitioning from one to the other gender.  But something I've noticed is that there's also very disturbed people involved in every major religion in the world, as well... including Christianity.     A while back, a nutjob (I don't give a damn how politically incorrect that might be) who lived in the same area that I do left to travel half-way across the country because, he said, God spoke to him through scripture, telling him he needed to go to Washington, D.C. to kill the president of the United States.  Hmm... God told him to go out and commit murder, after specifically telling EVERYONE not to do that?  That doesn't sound right.     Do you get my point?  Just because someo...

    Okay... so, maybe you've read that I have my doubts about going through with my transition.  It's true!  But, this is a HUGE move!  I said I would move forward with the plan, right?  Well...     There's a lot to take into consideration.  While I'm thinking it over, I'm going to continue taking my t-blockers because if my final decision is to continue, I don't want to have to start all over again.  When it comes time to start taking estrogen, I'm sure I will.  It's the progesterone that might hang me up.  If I haven't made up my mind definitively by then, it just wouldn't be a sound idea to go further until I do.  Right?  I mean, why start growing breasts if I decide to keep faking like I'm a masculine male?  No, it's not as if I think I can take some pills, get an operation and, tada , I'd be a woman.  Well... not a biological (real) woman, but a transwoman, yes: which, of course, isn't the same.  F...

     Yesterday was a really bad day.  I mean... there weren't any disasters, no one was sick.  Nothing like that.  It's what was going on in my head that was the problem.  It seemed like every social media platform I logged onto yesterday morning was filled with anti-trans propaganda.  It didn't take long before I started thinking, "I really shouldn't be doing this."  I almost called the clinic to tell them to take me off their patient list, but I'm pretty stubborn so I resolved to hold off on that.  I didn't say anything to my wife about my doubts.  I thought I had kept it pretty well to myself but I forgot, my wife knows me better than I know myself.     This morning, I decided to mention it to my wife who looked at me and said, "I know.  You forget I know you."  Well... yeah... sometimes I do.  She told me that no matter what I decide to do, she would be here to support me.  But, the way the negativi...

      It amazes me how hypocritical people are when they talk about their religion, or political ideologies.  I'll take on their religious views another time.  Right now, I think it's more important, especially for the trans community, to take a look at the hypocrisy of the political Right.      The Right tout how important it is to them to be free to live their lives as they see fit, as long as it causes no harm to another.  However, they fought like hell to block same-sex couples from marrying, and now they're using every resource at their disposal to rob the trans community of their constitutional right to pursue happiness.  We're causing no harm to others in this pursuit!  They will probably say that we're harming society as a whole, but is it really the job of the federal government to shape and direct society?  According to the Constitution of the United States of America, the federal government's job is to protect our ri...

            This is a piece I wrote in my former blog. With all the anger, hate and outright vitriol in our society these days, I thought it would be good to re-post it here. America... the land of brotherly love. We even have a city nicknamed “The City of Brotherly Love”. Brotherly love allows us to be tolerant of those we may disagree with. Such a precious human commodity, yes? Yet, if you were to question people on the street, it's doubtful if many could describe brotherly love for you. But those same people could probably tell you in great detail how pissed of they get at such-and-such group of people for whatever reason. Of course, there has always been intolerance, but America hasn't always been an intolerant country. That's a more recent development. And it can't really be blamed on either side of the political spectrum... Left or Right. We have to lay the blame where the blame is due... US. You know, in the past several years, ...