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Visiting Family
I just got back from spending the weekend with my great-aunt who is in her mid-80’s. It had been almost 20 years since I last saw her. She had said that she had some interesting family photos she thought I would like to look at after my grandmother told her how surprised I was to…
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The Houston City HIV Prevention Planning Group & Trans Issues
Okay… okay! No more whiney posts! This last week has really been about rolling with the punches… It was crammed full of high drama, sorrow, fights and even a laugh or two! High Drama: I am not even going to give air time to the drama that Carolyn and I have navigated this last week!…
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HACS
It has been the week from hell. Between folks enjoying the thrill of being jerks a little too much and the Bush Administration’s administration of CDC/HUD $ (ie, jerk social service funding in favor of war), I wanted to pull my hair out. I had to take several breaks this week to spend some time…
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TG Buddhist Nuns
I’m off to USCA tomorrow. I rode my bike to the clinic this morning to get a little work done but was back at the apartment mid-morning because one of the only TG Buddhist nuns wanted to visit for the day. Some of you may remember Kim, (I’m sure none of you have seen her…
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Atthi Suka
Today was a pleasant sort of day. Carolyn and I ate at the Pepper Tree for lunch, farted around Harwin area of town (where I bought a suitcase for my trip to Florida and a new fall skirt), to the TATS meeting, to Academy (where I got a pair of SIZE 10 Levis jeans) and then to…
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The damn chronicle…
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4100819.html Here is the title to the chronicle’s obituary story on Brenda: “Thomas, a leading transgender activist ‘Pioneer,’ 64, didn’t disguise her masculine voice” You know… I just don’t have it in me to write Allan Turner (allan.turner@chron.com) to let him know what a disservice he has done to Brenda, her family, the good work she did…