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Retired college professor of mathematics (PhD in abstract algebra, Oregon). Post-operative trans woman. Poet, digital artist. Former columnist for gay magazine. Now living in Southern California (The Valley).
Groups: Pink Clubhouse, What Are You Working On?, Angry Gays, Environmental Foodies, Photography, Milk Men And Women, Readers and Book Lovers, Progressive Policy Zone, Teachers Lounge, The Amateur Left, WYFP?, TransAction, ArtKos-Kossack Artists, LGBTQ Kos Community, Medical Journeys, Good News, RaceGender DiscrimiNATION, Remembering LGBT History, Voices on the Square, LGBT Rights are Human Rights, Classic Poetry Group
Diaries published: 2525 (957 days since last diary on Sun Apr 25, 2021 at 04:30 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 73722 (528 days since last comment on Mon Jun 27, 2022 at 07:13 PM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: Did you notice? Did anyone?, 223 comments, 620 recommends
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LGBTQ Literature is a � Readers and Book Lovers � series dedicated to discussing literature that has made an impact on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. From ...
by rserven
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on Sun Apr 25, 2021 at 04:30 PM PDT
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I am rescuing this old diary of mine for Transgender Day of Visibility, originally published on Friday January 18, 2013. ******* Andrea Ayres at policym1c had an essay up (now deceased) entitled Transgender Rights: Why they matter to everyone. In the...
by rserven
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on Wed Mar 31, 2021 at 12:47 PM PDT
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I’m betting there are members who have been wondering where I have been. It has been a while, hasn’t it. I think we need a timeline. On January 4, I went grocery shopping and had to park on the turb out front, since the garage was not yet parking ready...
by rserven
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on Mon Feb 03, 2020 at 01:23 PM PST
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Normally over the past several years, I have “celebrated” Transgender Day of Remembrance by listing the names of the transpeople around the world who had died as a result of anti-trans ...
by rserven
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on Wed Nov 20, 2019 at 01:06 AM PST
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This piece actually belongs between My Wisconsin Adventure and Road Trips .
The body considers the newly formed vagina to be little more than a wound, so it tries to ...
by rserven
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on Mon Sep 16, 2019 at 10:00 AM PDT
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This piece is not like the others I have posted recently. Posting it now is an indication that I probably need some rest. This "essay" has few words. It was not meant to. In order to keep my sanity during the move last month (much earlier in the...
by rserven
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on Sun Sep 15, 2019 at 12:14 PM PDT
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