This week-end, my sweet girlfriend flew over from the UK for a week-end at my place in Hamburg. It’s always so wonderful when we can spend some time together and I relish every second I can spend with her. We had a lovely time, doing little bar talking and eating foods we like. It was [...]
Transgender Day of Remembrance We live in a sick society in a lot of ways. It allows racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia… The list goes on! However, today is the day when we remember a segment of society which our culture views as disposable. Trans people. Per capita, there is no other group of people with [...]
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This Monday, I approached my boss to start working with him on when I could have my surgery. I’ve finally put together the money after having lost it twice (with the failure of my company in 2006 and losing my job in 2008) so I am rather sensitive about having this done as soon as [...]
One thing which I am very proud of is how so many of Western Europe’s states maintain a strict division between church and state. Even Italy, the country with the heart of Catholicism at its core, is taking great steps to make laws which match the modern world. So, I’m afraid that I got very, [...]
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Pretty much every Western government has an organisation charged with making sure that what we eat, drink and take as medicine is safe for us. Every time we put a piece of food in our mouths, every time we read the list of chemicals on the side of a can of soft drink we place [...]
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One of the most amazing things with hormone treatments is how differently they affect us all. There are some physical changes which are pretty much standard, namely facial fat redistribution, varying amounts of fat distribution over the body (though this takes a while), varying amounts breast growth (depending on age, mostly) and changes in the [...]
As a half-Brit who has lived abroad for the majority of my life, I have a strange relationship with Britain, almost looking over the fence in bemusement and enjoying the show! One of the things which I like a great deal about Britain is that it is generally quite a bit more LGBT tolerant than [...]
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The strength of doctors and medical staff simply amazes me. The way people faced with trauma and the loss of a loved one react amazes me too. There are some truly wonderful people out there. http://keepbreathing.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/320/ I’m still crying. Possibly Related Posts: How’s this for romantic? Remembering those society allows to be killed A crappy [...]