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Yesterday Was Transgendered Pride Day


Sally

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OK, yesterday was Transgendered Pride Day here at Laura's and I decided that it should be celebrated in a different manner than last year.

Last year we had a party in the General Forum and asked everyone to drop by and take part - many of us did.

But a year later and a lot bolder for me, I felt that the best way to celebrate Transgendered Pride day was to go out into the world and enjoy live as my true self and feel the pride of having come so far in my life as well as my transition.

Lizzy and I joined her two daughters and sons in law for a very nice lunch at a local Pizzeria, then we shopped for my new desk chair and I further celebrated my 'new' outward identity by asking the young man if he could take it to my car and put it in the trunk for me, he did, he smiled and he said, Have a nice day, Ma'am."

On to the grocery store and more of no one really taking any more notice of us than any other people in the store.

I celebrated Transgendered Pride Day quietly but respecting the most important element - PRIDE!

I no longer hide in the shadows or avoid any place (other than the mall where I work in male mode - soon they will know and I will have no restrictions at all) I live in the same sunshine and world as everyone else and I am proud to be me.

What did you do yesterday?

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest Donna Jean

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I ate a vanilla/chocolate/strawberry ice cream sandwich in celebration of the day (rainbow colors)

And spent my time helping others here on Lauras...

Donna Jean

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Guest sarah f

I started out my day here on Laura's. I then went to church followed up by spending the rest of the day with my family celebrating my daughters 4th birthday. Not any time as myself but a good day anyway.

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Does painting my nails count? Cause I so painted them black, toes too. Pigtails for hair all day :3 I lerves em.

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Guest Micha

I had a drink and a cheer for all of us. ^_^

Other than that, it was an easy day with my family. Seeing as I can live as I am anyways, doing what I wanted and love most seemed the most appropriate.

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Trans Pride weekend wasn't for me. On July 31st I celebrated my Nana's 70th birthday, and on Aug 1st I spent time with my Grandma who has cancer. Though I was also with my Mom and Dad, and dropped a lot of hints with them about myself without really even trying... like when my dad complained about there being two occupied unisex bathrooms in the book store, I said I like them (good job Lakeland, there was one in Starbucks too that I gladly used), and we were discussing dreams after seeing Inception and I told him I've dreamt I was a man (which I never knew was odd; what I didn't say: or flat chest female, or ftm, or neither, or switching one to another during the dream, or most of the time I'm another character entirely so it doesn't really matter what gender/sex it all seems normal enough). And when my mom asked if I was intentionally trying to look like a boy, I said, "I don't have to try." Because it's true... I wasn't try to pass... I was just dressing how I like...

So maybe not anything specifically for Aug 1st, but this weekend was definitely interesting... and my grandparents were happy to see me...

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My plan to put a plastic bottle with a message in the lake wasn't possible since I couldn't get there yesterday. I still want to do it.

Maybe tomorrow when the new printer arrives

otherwise I wasn't able to celebrate-it was just too hot

JJ

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My plan to put a plastic bottle with a message in the lake wasn't possible since I couldn't get there yesterday. I still want to do it.

Maybe tomorrow when the new printer arrives

otherwise I wasn't able to celebrate-it was just too hot

JJ

Make every day your own personal transgeder pride day. ;) How do you celebrate? Be who you are, and do what you like ^_^

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