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The Other Woman
After 21 years of marriage, he gave me the news. He is finally becoming himself — but I am more lost than everI saw a headline recently reporting how proud Bruce Jenner’s mother is of him (her). While...
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64 and counting
Thank you all for your birthday wishes. When I listened to The Beatles' LP Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967 and heard the tune "When I'm Sixty-Four," I thought that it would certainly take...
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The Competition
When I attended support group meetings, I always checked out the competition. Who passed? Who failed? Who dressed the best? Who dressed the worst? And most importantly, how did I compare?And many...
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Janet’s Favorite Photos (of Janet!)
Top left is what I always thought I should look like, even though none of my sisters look this way. Top right is what I looked like now. My own hair as I have never used a wig. You can see the gray...
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Thank Goddess It’s Friday the 13th
Photo AnxietyI received an e-mail from one of the girls who submitted photos for the Favorite Photo feature. She was a little anxious wondering when her photo would appear here.I am posting the photos...
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Ellen’s Favorite Photo (of Ellen!)
Hi Stana, After seeing all the lovely girls sharing their pictures with you, I finally made my mind up to send you mine and really bring the average down. This one was taken at my birthday party a few...
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Pining for Real World Pins
At least once a day, I check Pinterest to see what's new on the boards I am following. Most of the boards that I follow are transgender-related; the others are fashion-related. Some of the images on...
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Joanna's Favorite Photo (of Joanna!)
Dear Stana,I do enjoy reading your blog and have been working up the courage to share a photo as it has been so affirming seeing others do the same! The photo I have attached was taken aaages ago in...
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Young Marines
"The Young Marines is a youth program in the United States and Japan open to children from the ages of 8 years old through the completion of high school, or their eighteenth birthday." (Source:...
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Weather or Not
This winter has been unusually cold and snowy in my neck of the woods. The radio weather man mentioned that the average temperature for March so far is 4 degrees below normal. Meanwhile, my yard is...
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A fish out of water
By Paula Gaikowski Reading Stana recollections about the growing up transgender and being part of the Young Marines brought back some memories of my own childhood.Oh yes, abusive coaches and youth...
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Friday Means It’s Femulating Time!
How appropriate that Murphy's Law struck on St. Patrick's Day! That's the day I noticed my allergies were worse than usual. Those "allergies" evolved into the worst head cold I've had in some time and...
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Charlotte’s Favorite Photo (of Charlotte!)
Here is my all-time best/favorite picture of my Femulate side as Charlotte. I was born in 1944 so this picture from 1970 was a much younger version of myself. I made the hot pants. This was a few...
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Sarah Louise's Favorite Photos (of Sarah Louise!)
Hi StanaHave been a T-girl all my life and in addition to the normal problems of coming out, etc., I am a very big girl and am 71 years young so these pics are a huge achievement for me.Love your...
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Birdman and Femulating Her
BirdmanSaturday evening, I watched the film Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which won the Academy Award for best picture of 2014. The film has nothing to do with transgenders. There...
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Fly Me – I’m Tootsie
Man loses job. Frustrated trying to find another job, he disguises himself as a woman and lands a job. In this case, the job lost and found is that of an airline pilot. (I would have preferred airline...
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My Son Helen
An e-mail from Patty alerted me to yet another trans-related film; this time a new television movie from Germany titled Mein Sohn Helen (My Son Helen). It is the story of a young man played by Jannik...
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Throwback Thursday: Cross His Heart, Too
Today's Throwback Thursday goes back nearly 20 years when I started doing trans art and posting my creations on my old blog nFem (anybody remember nFem?). I originally created this Playtex ad parody in...
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Got Gifts?
Monica wrote, “I am trying to write a blog/essay on how being transgender is a gift and not a curse. The massive suicide rate amongst transgender people compared to the rest of the population suggests...
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Patri’s Favorite Photos (of Patri!)
Hi Stana, I would like to be in your page Femulate. These are my pics. Thank you and Kisses from Spain! Patri Sánchez Monroe My open invitation to post your favorite photo along with the story behind...
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