found a quote I liked.

[Daphne Renee]

Found this quote online and thought I would share..
“People changed lots of other personal things all the time. They dyed their hair and dieted themselves to near death. They took steroids to build muscles and got breast implants and nose jobs so they'd resemble their favorite movie stars. They changed names and majors and jobs and husbands and wives. They changed religions and political parties. They moved across the country or the world -- even changed nationalities. Why was gender the one sacred thing we weren’t supposed to change? Who made that rule?”
― Ellen Wittlinger, Parrotfish

[Angela Campbell]

I have wondered about that myself. Why? Why is it such a big deal?

[rachael.davis]

because it's nothing, and everything

[KayleeTaylor]

Very true, thanks for sharing that. :)

[Jorja]

One of my favorite quotes is this,

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” Henry Ford

[Jonianne]

I love these Bob Dylan song quotes of encouragement, of just being who you are in the face of adversity.

"Well, I try my best
To be just like I am,
But everybody wants you
To be just like them." From "Maggie's Farm"


"And they, they look at me and frown
They'd like to drive me from this town
They don't want me around.......

They show me to the door
They say don't come back no more
'Cause I don't be like they'd like me to
And I, I walk out on my own
A thousand miles from home
But I don't feel alone
'Cause I believe in you." From "I Believe in You"


"Shake the dust off of your feet, don't look back.
Nothing can hold you down, nothing that you lack." From "I'm Pressing On"

[Cynthia Anne]

Nice quote indeed! Perhaps someday we will know why!

[Angela Campbell]

One of my favorite quotes is this,

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” Henry Ford

He was really good in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Didn't like him as much in "on Golden Pond".

[BeckyW]

I saw this outside a cafe while going on a dysphoria-fueled walk:

It's never to late to be what you might have been.

-George Eliot.

Ironically enough George Eliot was a woman who wrote under a man's name.

[Jorja]

He was really good in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Didn't like him as much in "on Golden Pond".

Um.... I don't think Henry Fonda built as many cars as Henry Ford did.:)

[rachael.davis]

“Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite.”
Robert Heinlein "Time Enough for Love"

I'm starting to discover how true that is.

[MarciManseau]

He was really good in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Didn't like him as much in "on Golden Pond".

LOL! Thanks for the laugh :) Very funny and very pretty.

[Daphne Renee]

Um.... I don't think Henry Fonda built as many cars as Henry Ford did.:)

lol true.. and I am not sure Harrison Ford built any.. :)

[I Am Paula]

You two are both confused. That was Gerald Ford. The only actor president that also built cars.

During the coarse of a very eventful 2013, I discovered that changing sex holds much less of a stigma than we ourselves believe/fear. I lost one friend, of the huge number that found out. I deal with a few teenagers. Every single one of them knows someone with gender issues, or is in transition.