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• Maya Angelou RIP

  by Pauline Smith May 28, 2014
  Today Maya Angelou - writer, singer, songwriter, musician, cook, broadcaster and amazing woman passed away. Here is one of her famous quotes   "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." for more of her quotes check out this lin...
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• LGBT Day - 17th May 2014

  by Pauline Smith May 16, 2014
  How difficult is it to be LBGT in your country? The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people all over the world are wildly varied. While same-sex marriages were recently made legal in the UK, Uganda this year passed an anti-homosexuality bill. And as Finland decides to use homoeroti...
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• Conchita Wurst - Good or Bad

  by Pauline Smith May 13, 2014
  After Conchita Wurst won Eurovision 2014 my instinctive reaction was Yay, Woohoo - that showed Putin and those Neanderthals in Eastern Europe. Apparently over 170 million people watched the show, and after there were over 5 million tweets on Twitter. Conchita herself dedicated her win to peace and f...
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• The Kinks

  by Pauline Smith May 2, 2014
  Apparently there will be a musical of the Kinks music....Sunny Afternoon....and it has a chance of being a huge hit in the West End. Well why not with all those amazing songs penned by songmeister Ray Davies? As a somewhat ancient tranny who was lucky enough to see the Kinks live at the Twisted Whe...
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• Inspiring Mancunian Women

  by Pauline Smith March 5, 2014
    Esther Roper (1868 -1938) & Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912-)   This is a bit of a cobbled together blog about 2 amazing eminent Mancunian women who have helped shape the ways that we live and led to more tolerance and understanding for Tg people.  The extracts are marked (I hope...
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• The Evolutionary Puzzle of Homosexuality

  by Pauline Smith February 18, 2014
    I have copied and pasted an article from today's BBC website as I think that it gives all of us here on Transtastic food for thought. Its not only about gay people but also looks at the LGBT community that we are all a part of.  I have given the link to the article as well at the bott...
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• Fake Wig Sites

  by Pauline Smith January 29, 2014
  It struck me that almost all of the Tgirls here wear wigs - well over 95% I would guess; some of us are lucky enough not to need to of course. But for those of us who do wear wigs it can be a minefield buying on line - will it actually suit you (or me) rather than the RG model in the photo, and will...
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• Transgender Day of Remembrance

  by Pauline Smith November 25, 2013
    Yesterday (Sunday, 24th November) about 100 of us attended the Transgendered Memorial Service at the new TG Memorial in Sackville Gardens Manchester. The event was organized by Tony Cooper (from Via) and Jenny-Anne Bishop togther with a group of helpers and presenters of all ages fromTrans F...
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• My Transgender Uncle

  by Pauline Smith November 19, 2013
  This story appeared in The Guardian and I have "republished" Sara Davidmans's article as it appeared.  If you need more info please check out the link and maybe go to the Unity Theatre in Liverpool before 25th November.   Pauline xxx   My transgender uncle: A family secret hidde...
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• Perseverance

  by Pauline Smith October 24, 2013
  I was listening the other night to late night radio; Radio Manchester's late programme runs from 10.00 pm till 1.00 am and always has an eclectic mix of guests and some easy listening music ( well easy for me).  The main topic of conversation was honeymoons - which seemed very innocuous. After...
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• That time of year

  by Pauline Smith October 11, 2013
  Its coming to that time of year again when people across Northern Europe and in the USA celebrate.....being trannies...no not really, they have a variety of events and feasts which often involve bonfires, food and lanterns.  Also as the nights are longer and darker there are more trannies out a...
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• The Pentagon's Transgender Problem

  by Pauline Smith September 5, 2013
  New studies suggest that transgender civilians are twice as likely to enlist, and transgender veterans are 20 times as likely to commit suicide.     This blog below is from Mother Jones and was written by   —By Adam Klasfeld and Brett Brownell | Thu Aug. 15,...
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