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Dressing up like a girl
By Paula GaikowskiRecently relocated and retired with a pandemic thrown in to boot, my wife has been struggling to make new friends. Lucky her lifelong friend Mary lives close by and it was the bubbly...
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A Level Playing Field?
By GinaI recently read there is currently a ruckus going on in the rugby world, as a result of transgender players being informed by the sport’s ruling body that they cannot take part in the women’s...
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Surprise!
Breaking Bad Dept.As you may recall, I took a break from the blog last week. I did not have the energy to blog (or do much else) because I was ill. I thought it was a minor thing and I waited all week...
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Gal Friday
By Paula Gaikowski“Gal Friday” is a female assistant, who is capable of many different types of tasks. Today, the term can be considered outdated and sexist. So today, “Gal Friday” is when on any given...
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Bad News and Good News
By Paula GaikowskiLast week, there was bad news for transgender persons and there was good news. First the good news, the House passed the Equality Act, a bill that would extend basic rights to the...
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National Dress Day!
Today is National Dress Day!How to Observe• Wear one of your favorite dresses on March 6th• Follow @nationaldressday on Instagram• Post your favorite dress memory using #NationalDressDayOr e-mail me a...
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Male Woman
70 today and countingToday is International Women's Day. As we prepare to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, our resolve to keep pushing for gender equality is stronger than ever. And we...
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Your Favorite National Dress Day Dresses
On National Dress Day, I invited you to send me a photo wearing your favorite dress. The following lovely ladies responded and I thank them all.Anna Maria (and friend)Dawn WyvernDeeDeedeeJocelynJonita...
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Leolines
By Paula GaikowskiA friend recommended an online clothing retailer that specialized in clothes tailored for transgender men and women. I was immediately skeptical; I had visions of overpriced fetish...
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Young Stana
I do not recall ever wishing I was a girl. I just wanted to do the things that girls did, for example, act like a girl, play like a girl, dress like a girl, etc.Acting like a girl was easy because I...
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Passing in the COVID-19 Vaccine Line
When Connecticut announced that people my age could get the COVID-19 vaccine, I worried that making an appointment would be difficult after hearing the horror stories about people unable to make...
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Validation
Some people seemed concerned that when they receive a compliment about their appearance (“You look great”), the person making the compliment is really saying, “You look great... for a crossdresser.”So?...
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I'm Batgirl
My favorite comic book superhero was Batman. Whereas the other superheroes had all the super powers, Batman had all the cool gadgets, a cool costume, headquartered in a cave and used the bat for his...
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Bagged Cat
Squeaky“That cat wasn't let out of the bag, it was yanked out!” – Fred MertzExchanging e-mails and reading your comments about my Validation post brought to mind more thoughts on the subject.Receiving...
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How Effeminate?
Most of my life, civilians considered me to be effeminate. The more obnoxious civilians let me know it, mostly with verbal abuse, but a few times, physical abuse. I did not believe I was effeminate. I...
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