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Dear Chrissy, Interesting that you bring that up, as I am giving a talk about "community," at Fantasia Fair in two weeks. As a cisgender Lesbian, I watched the Lesbian community become absorbed by the community at large (assimilated). Feel strongly this disempowered the Lesbian community, as evidenced by the disappearance of Lesbian bookstores. Sadly, I have to seek community by attending transgender support groups and conferences. Am very grateful for the outreach of the transgender community. In Florida, as well as in New York, I have observed some people who transitioned, leave the group. Feel the group's job is to empower people to go on to the next step in their lives. Hopefully they keep the friends they made in the group. Don't think it is healthy to remain in any kind of support group for a lifetime as this shows the person made little or no growth. What concerns me is when there are no support groups when people need them the most. Feel that people need face to face support and that online support should be secondary to face to face support. When I moved to trans and homophobic upstate New York, I am grateful to find a welcoming transgender support and conference group. Why am I not in a Lesbian in a transgender support group? There is none convenient to where I live (I do not drive). I find support wherever I can find it! Thank you, my dear friends in TGGuide and Fantasia Fair, for being there for me when I most needed it. Will always be grateful for your friendship! Your friend, Monica

Happy anniversary!!!

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My bad. Can Monica see my comments?

I assume you meant this for Monica 😛 I have no impending social plans

Just a quick thought on your comment about moving things around for awhile to get it right - that was something I needed (perhaps still need?) to learn, I would go into organizational projects like that expecting that I could make it perfect the 1st time around - that rarely happens, so I had to learn that I was going to make an effort and see how it works, then make other changes until I felt good about it (ok, I think that just turned into a comment about living in general)

Many (most?) of us have much more stuff than we need or want. We are choking on it. A recent book suggests that as you go through your things, if you don’t love it, toss it. We all worry about doing this but the freedom from stuff overload is... Fantastic!

Chrissy, Thank you so much for that. I've met some of the most amazing women on this blog site. It is extremely terrifying and amazing but I'm looking forward to just living my life as me and if people don't accept me for who I am then that's their loss. Ciao for now. Liv

Hi Chrissy, I'm a little out of my element as a fashion consultant, but how would some dressy pants--loose and flowing-- with a blouse and a little fashion jewelry for one. For the second, why not do a ball gown? It doesn't have to be expensive. You could even look at a thrift shop. Might just look and feel good on you. You don't know until you try. ​I take it you don't have a lot of time to put things together. Not sure I was much help. I wish you the best and hope you have fun.