Recent Entries

• Nostalgia on a Sunday

  by Pauline Smith September 8, 2014
    Yesterday was one of those days where I spent a lot of time looking back, and it was enjoyable and cathartic as I was feeling rather low. My day started in my nightie peeling potatoes and shelling peas for Sunday lunch - which ended up being roast chicken with all the trimmings and a few gla...
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• Selfie Science

  by Pauline Smith September 6, 2014
  Taking selfies is often one of the few ways that many of us can get photos of ourselves in clothes of the opposite gender. I read this blog on the BBC website and there are some useful tip in there about how to take better pix and better selfies. Maybe the best one - is like putting make up on - pr...
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• Making A Difference

  by Pauline Smith August 28, 2014
  I saw this short blog on LinkedIn and read it, initially because I felt it was about the investment choices that Warren Buffet (the sage of Omaha) has made in his life. And I was right - it was about choices, but not about Buffet's choices but about the author's choices As he shows we can make a di...
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• There is No such thing as a Sex Change

  by Pauline Smith August 13, 2014
  I came across this video, by Fred McConnell, when looking at something on Robin Williams. Watch it - in my opinion it's worth watching as a great example of how to behave towards and with transgendered people.   hugs   Pauline xxx   http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/a...
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• Hedwig - TG Musical

  by Pauline Smith July 21, 2014
    I came across this article in today's Guardian, by Alexis Soloski, and thought of sharing it with all of you.     Musicals we love: Hedwig and the Angry Inch   With all the raw spontaneity of a rock'n'roll gig, this show cuts to the core of sexual identity, love and l...
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• Reflections on Sparkle 2014

  by Pauline Smith July 15, 2014
  This year Sparkle was a bit of a curate's egg - good in parts and not so good in others.  The great thing about Sparkle is meeting all your old friends and making some new ones, the bad parts are if you have unpleasant experiences like we did on Saturday night when our dinner was not up to scra...
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• Profile Photos

  by Pauline Smith July 12, 2014
  I do hope that many of you read this. I have just deleted some one's profile from Transtastic. They have been banned for persistently showing cock pix as their main profile photo. They had 2 warnings with Time Outs from the moderators, and yet he/she still persisted in coming back with yet another ...
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• Ramblings from Radcliffe

  by Pauline Smith July 2, 2014
  This is my personal update about happenings in the transgendered world - mainly in Manchester - plus some advice about staying safe over the Sparkle weekend or any other time you are visiting Manchester to spend time in the Village enjoying the freedom to go out and about as a girl.   Debbie'...
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• The Masculine Heart - Military men twice as likely to be trans

  by Pauline Smith June 27, 2014
          Earlier today I was sort of joking with a friend on line about WWII movies and fighter pilots and then the jokes started about Tgirls as pilots...wigs away, etcetera and then I remembered about Roberta Powell - spitfire pilot and racing driver.   So I did som...
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• Loneliness vs Living Alone

  by Pauline Smith June 22, 2014
  I live alone and have for many years - interspersed with marriage and child rearing (I was a single parent for about 10 years - and it's difficult to be precise at which time your progeny truly leave the nest !!!). There is a conundrum about living alone versus being lonely, and it's one that I fig...
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• Speaking Out : Trans Experience of Violence and Abuse, and Help

  by Pauline Smith June 17, 2014
    I received the following flyer from Manchester Concord in my inbox this morning about abuse and violence towards trans people, and I wanted to share it with everyone on the site. If you want to help with Speaking Out then please contact Kate Butterworth   hugs   Pauline xxx ...
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• Paddy Power TG Advert ruled offensive by ASA

  by Pauline Smith June 8, 2014
    I saw this article about the Advertising Standards Authority ruling versus Paddy Power and I figured that it would be of great interest to all the members here. Great to see that it went in favour of the transgendered community   hugs   Pauline xxx     ASA rules Pa...
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