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#1
Last post by Paulie - Today at 01:05:31 AM
Chatter
#2
Last post by Paulie - Today at 12:03:14 AM
The good;
The company I work for is in the beginning stages of merging with another. It's due to be completed near the end of this year or early next. All the managers are putting together presentations of what their teams are working on. So, one of the managers got the bright idea of putting together slides of each team member with their education, projects, and a picture. I've never been thrilled when my employers try to do this. I've been a microwave communications engineer, mechanical engineer, software, and a firmware engineer; I don't have a degree in any of them. Not having a degree to list leaves a gap in my profile that other don't have. But this time it wasn't as much the degree part that bothered me, as much as the photo part.
I tried to make up a few tongue-in- cheek excuses why I couldn't get one for him, hoping he let it go. Well he found a very recent picture somewhere, sent it to me and asked "how's this one, it's a little fuzzy but it looks good". Surprisingly I liked the picture he found. Recently I had started trimming my eyebrows and getting my hair cut a little more on the feminine side, and the fact that it was a little fuzzy softened my looks some. I was feeling good about how I looked.
The bad and the ugly;
Today I had to submit a background check that included finger prints and a photo. The gentleman processing the background check took care of the paperwork (online forms), fingerprints, and then stood me in front of a gray wall. He used his cell phone to snapped one photo about as quickly as one could, and off he was to upload it. No "say cheese", no nothing. The photo was close, sharp, crisp, a little distorted from the camera angle, and OMG I looked bad.
Sigh.
It's not like it's going to be on a name badge or anything. The only people that will see it will be the processing agency. But it still bummed me out.
With trying to prep at work for my trip and a pet issue going on at home, it's not been one of my better days. Tomorrow's not going to be any better, (I'll explain this latter this week).
I'm not looking for really sympathy, just venting today, overall I don't have much to complain about and life is good.
Warm Regards,
Paulie.
#5
Last post by LoriDee - Yesterday at 10:12:06 PM
West Virginia's transgender athletes ban discriminates against a 13-year-old trans girl, a US court has ruled.https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/17/west-virginia-transgender-sports-ban-discriminatory/Written by Amelia Hansford, Pink News
Published online: Apr 17, 2024
A court ruling handed down by the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday (16 April) described the proposed law banning trans women from women's sports as the "definition of gender identity discrimination."
The West Virginia law, dubbed the "Save Women's Sports Act," was passed in 2021 and barred transgender girls from competing in girls' teams or sporting events.
It was challenged by 13-year-old transgender school student, Becky Pepper-Jackson, who was 11 at the time, after she was blocked from participating in her school's cross-country and track teams.
The law was successfully blocked in February 2023 and further attempts to overturn the decision have been rejected.
The appeals court handed down yet another ruling blocking the bill from taking effect, saying that the bill violates constitutional rights and the US' anti-discrimination act, Title IX.
"The Act treats transgender girls differently from cisgender girls," the decision reads. "Which is – literally – the definition of gender identity discrimination."------
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear track shoes.
#6
Last post by bread - Yesterday at 09:00:21 PM
Quote from: fair_in_height on Yesterday at 07:32:33 PM@catbug
Yes 100% the Soviets blew it up with the hydrogen bomb in the 60s in a fit of rage after the US beat them to the moon landing. The US government now maintains a series of reflective mirrors to reflect the light back to earth. The regular eclipses is just the government going to clean the mirrors.
Couldn't have been difficult, being flat and hollow after all.
#7
Last post by LoriDee - Yesterday at 08:25:08 PM
I am still convinced that it is all political posturing and bending to pressure. We don't see the same scrutiny over trans men competing against cis men. I am not saying it doesn't happen. But the media continues to fear-monger when "men" compete in women's sports.
#8
Last post by LoriDee - Yesterday at 08:20:23 PM
I had a Coronal Brow Lift over a year ago and still have about 30% numbness. The itchiness I get is the nerves reconnecting and "waking up" from that numbness. Some of yours could be that too, plus the new follicles taking root.
#9
Quote from: fair_in_height on Yesterday at 05:34:37 PMNO NO NO! We all know that the moon is fake! Even if the moon landing IS real!
@catbugYes 100% the Soviets blew it up with the hydrogen bomb in the 60s in a fit of rage after the US beat them to the moon landing. The US government now maintains a series of reflective mirrors to reflect the light back to earth. The regular eclipses is just the government going to clean the mirrors.
#10
Saltine! Welcome to Susan's Place!
I really liked your introduction! I think a lot of us went through something similar, in which we knew ourselves as trans since a very early age, and we might've even shared it with people we trusted, but still started the actual transition years and years and years later!
But, the good thing is that we started, and that now we're living as authentically as we can.
Hope you are able to find great friends and connections here!
Hugs,
Ally
