What Made You Both Happy and Unhappy at the Same Time Today? 2.0

[Jayne]

5 yrs since coming out I've only recently had a handful of strangers identify me as female.

Today I went into my local shop, a man accidentally cut into the line infront of me & when he realised his mistake he said "very sorry love, I was in a world of my own", I was over the moon until I got to the till & the cashier called me sir.

What life gives with one hand it takes away with the other "sigh"

[FTMDiaries]

On my local radio station this morning they played a vox pop in which they asked random members of the public: "Which of the 7 deadly sins have you committed most recently?". It's a great question that often gives some very revealing answers. (Y'know, the 7 deadly sins: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath & sloth). I always think about it myself, and my answer is probably 'pride' because I'm chuffed that someone famous in the movie business recently liked one of my tweets.

So anyway, they interviewed a guy from my neighbourhood and asked him which of the 7 deadly sins he'd committed most recently. And he answered... "GBH". In British Criminal Law, GBH = Grievous Bodily Harm, i.e. the felony crime of assaulting another person with the intention of causing them serious injury. 

I laughed out loud in shock and it was a brilliant radio moment... but ye gods, I seriously need to move out of this neighbourhood!

[Dee Marshall]

On the way to our son's we stopped in Lancaster, PA for chicken and outlet centers. The chicken was wonderful and the shopping was productive (shoes!), but it made us late and we had to make lesser dinner plans. But shoes!

[King Malachite]

Happy:  After about a 5 minute standoff with the giant cockroach in my room, I finally killed it.

Unhappy:  I hurt my cuticle in the process.

[FTMDiaries]

Happy: Went to see Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the theatre. It was fantastic.

Unhappy: When the bus was sprayed with a nasty homophobic slur, the woman sat to my right burst out laughing. And she laughed heartily at every homophobic moment that happened in the first half of the performance.

So what did I do? During the interval, I casually mentioned to the lovely lady on my other side (loud enough for the other woman to hear - and yes, she was listening) that it's really disheartening to hear members of the audience laugh at people being subjected to homophobic attacks, when this is the sort of thing that actually happens to good, decent people in our city. Because if they're laughing at those sort of attacks, what will they do to people like me when they've had a few drinks? Will they attack us too? Because they think that's funny, right? I mentioned that there are quite a few gay people in the room right now, and a couple of trans people too (I spotted two trans women, but didn't mention them directly) - and it hurts us all to hear people laughing at acts of violence against us.

No further inappropriate laughter was heard from the woman on the right for the rest of the performance.

[Cindy]

Happy: Went to see Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the theatre. It was fantastic.

Unhappy: When the bus was sprayed with a nasty homophobic slur, the woman sat to my right burst out laughing. And she laughed heartily at every homophobic moment that happened in the first half of the performance.

So what did I do? During the interval, I casually mentioned to the lovely lady on my other side (loud enough for the other woman to hear - and yes, she was listening) that it's really disheartening to hear members of the audience laugh at people being subjected to homophobic attacks, when this is the sort of thing that actually happens to good, decent people in our city. Because if they're laughing at those sort of attacks, what will they do to people like me when they've had a few drinks? Will they attack us too? Because they think that's funny, right? I mentioned that there are quite a few gay people in the room right now, and a couple of trans people too (I spotted two trans women, but didn't mention them directly) - and it hurts us all to hear people laughing at acts of violence against us.

No further inappropriate laughter was heard from the woman on the right for the rest of the performance.

Should see this in Aus, it is the new Rocky Horror Show. We all know the songs. It is just fun.

[FTMDiaries]

Should see this in Aus, it is the new Rocky Horror Show. We all know the songs. It is just fun.

I'll bet it is. Out of interest... in Oz, is the music pretty much all Kylie? Or is it ABBA like the movie was?

We were singing along too, especially at the end: a standing ovation, with the entire theatre singing 'I Will Survive'. I certainly have, and I certainly will.

[Cindy]

Kylie but the sound track. I the main cities being gender diverse is pretty normal to be honest.

[V M]

Feeling a bit stiff, sore and tired from working in the garden

[big kim]

Feeling a bit stiff, sore and tired from working in the garden

I worked as a landscape gardener's assistant (at 41!). I felt like I'd done 15 rounds with Mike Tyson at the end of the day. 1 summer of that was enough!

[V M]

I worked as a landscape gardener's assistant (at 41!). I felt like I'd done 15 rounds with Mike Tyson at the end of the day. 1 summer of that was enough!

Ah yes, when I lived in San Diego I had a part time job installing tropical gardens along with other gardening and landscape jobs

Also did various construction and cabinetry side jobs as well

That stuff will definitely help with falling asleep at night

[V M]

While doing my usual nightly walkabouts to make sure all is well at my apt.s I noticed a rather expensive necklace laying on the floor of the lobby

Having an eye for quality I examined the materials and craftsmanship, oh how I'd love to have such a beautiful piece

But I knew it probably belonged to one of the retired women residing here and probably held more personal value than anything, I knew it would not be right to keep it so I turned it in

The woman posted a thank you note on the bulletin board saying - To the "Person" that found my neck lace "Thank you" and then she had flowers delivered to some of the other women here

But when it was found out that I was the "Person" who had found the necklace the note was taken down and thrown away

But hey, why give credit where credit is due especially if that "Person" is someone who she has vehemently made hateful and bigoted comment upon?

Okay, so I got kicked in the face for doing the "Right Thing"    So what's new?

[Cindy]

What we do?
We live our lives as decent people.

That is what is important.

[Kylo]

My little sister is supportive. Which is great. She might be the only one in the family who "truly" is.

I don't want to seem ungrateful. But she's the sort of person who is robotically optimistic about everything. Brexit? We'll get through it. Recession? Things always work out in the end somehow. UK protests about trans in the bathroom? Cross that bridge when you get to it.

She fields every issue like a tennis player, just knocking them out of the court with this bizarre dismissive optimism. I mean optimism is great if you're surrounded by miserable people, but sometimes I wonder if she even believes this stuff she says or it's just some reflex action due to her own anxiety. As someone who doesn't think the outlook is that great, it's disconcerting.

[V M]

What we do?
We live our lives as decent people.

That is what is important.

True

It just kinda hurts

I was seen as and praised for being a kind, respectful and helpful person that people would come to for help until they figured out that I was...

"One of them queer people"

Suddenly things changed

Oh well, Haters gonna hate

[Cindy]

I think we are not the queer people, we are the understanding people.

The others are the strangest ones they hate for no reason. They do nothing for no reason.

What you do is love.

Makes you very special.

[V M]

Thank you

Just feeling kinda flat right now

[WarGrowlmon1990]

Unhappy: Went through another situation where my partner is being unsupportive and not understanding-- this time about my mental illnesses. I came on here first thing in the morning and talked about it on a post. I was miserable when I first posted it---

Happy: ---But I've calmed down now and have decided to do what's right for me. This website is amazing when you're waiting for therapy or don't have any other resources. I just wish I had some offline resources and trans friends in the city. If there were a transgender parenting group that would be perfect...

[FTMDiaries]

This is a tough one... but somebody who was once quite cruel to me & one of my kids has landed himself in very hot water. I won't go into specifics of who he is or what he does for a living, but he's a professional who works with children... and he's just been arrested on child pornography charges.

I'm horrified that this guy managed to worm himself into a position of authority over children. And my thoughts go out to the poor kids who this guy is alleged to have violated, who are at the core of this entire debacle. I'm relieved that my kids weren't directly affected by this, but that hardly matters because at the end of the day someone's kids clearly were involved.

And yet? Whilst the circumstances are awful, I must admit I'm delighted to see this toe-rag finally get his come-uppance. I never liked the man. There was always something 'off' about him, and whenever I met with him, he would always dismiss my concerns with an arrogant sneer.

Well, he's not sneering now, is he?

[WarGrowlmon1990]

This is a tough one... but somebody who was once quite cruel to me & one of my kids has landed himself in very hot water. I won't go into specifics of who he is or what he does for a living, but he's a professional who works with children... and he's just been arrested on child pornography charges.

I'm horrified that this guy managed to worm himself into a position of authority over children. And my thoughts go out to the poor kids who this guy is alleged to have violated, who are at the core of this entire debacle. I'm relieved that my kids weren't directly affected by this, but that hardly matters because at the end of the day someone's kids clearly were involved.

And yet? Whilst the circumstances are awful, I must admit I'm delighted to see this toe-rag finally get his come-uppance. I never liked the man. There was always something 'off' about him, and whenever I met with him, he would always dismiss my concerns with an arrogant sneer.

Well, he's not sneering now, is he?

Too many people who harm children get away with it. It's good to hear about somebody like that getting caught.