She would have been 92 today.
I have known so many people who have lost a parent, some both parents. Some lost a parent at very young ages. My S/O lost both of her parents before she was graduated from university. My heart used to ache for her, knowing that even being older than her, I still had both my parents. I couldn't image what it would be like to lose one parent so young, let alone both!
In the early 2000s, suddenly and unexpectedly, my Mum lost her husband of 46 years. I'
There are a few here that know my Mum is not accepting of my gender identity. Despite this, it was not until just a few years ago that I found she is (unfortunately) also NOT a fan of gay and lesbian people either. I guess I should have figured that in light of what she apparently thinks of transgender people. Now that everyone has some background... lemme share what happened just a few days ago.
I took my Mum to an appointment she had last week. When we got there, we went to the front
"I Am Jazz." I've never watched the show. A few days ago, I saw a commercial for, I guess, the new season. Jazz mentions that she's gained a bit of weight. I glanced up at the TV and thought to myself, "she's grown into a pretty young lady."
Sitting at the computer and drawing tonite, I took a minute to flip thru the on-screen TV guide to see if there was anything on better than what was on the current channel. I decided to check out TLC. I noticed that "I Am Jazz" was going to come o
The above posts came from the thread "International Journal of Transgenderism."
I remember when the term "transgender" really got rooted in here at TGG. Years later, I found out the term was much older, having been coined back in the mid '70's, though if I recall correctly...it was not used as an "umbrella" under which everyone not straight and cisgender would gather. Instead, it was thought that the general public would be more accepting of a term that didn't include the word "sex," an
