LGBTQIA+ Daily Vibe II

[liqueur]

this past couple of days has been rough! Got my first ever round of covid. And in the best part of summer!

Here's hoping for a quick recovery

 

[nostuff]

I went looking for this on Netflix and Max but no luck. Maybe that's just a regional thing tho?

Not sure, but I think I watched it on AppleTV.

 

[pleasuremodeloneten]

I'm a Boy! 1966
Well who'd've believed The Who?

At some point, in the 90’s maybe, Pete Townsend came out with a statement that he was a woman trapped in a man’s body. At the time I was shocked and kinda disappointed… my point of view has done a 180 since then.
I speculate that he might have had a bit of an infatuation with Roger Daltry and I feel the same way when I look at old band pics of Pink Floyd.. Roger Waters often seems to be looking at David Gilmour in a certain way… maybe it’s just the way we all kind of idolized those lead singer rock gods, who knows…

 

[stickygirl]

At some point, in the 90’s maybe, Pete Townsend came out with a statement that he was a woman trapped in a man’s body. At the time I was shocked and kinda disappointed… my point of view has done a 180 since then.
I speculate that he might have had a bit of an infatuation with Roger Daltry and I feel the same way when I look at old band pics of Pink Floyd.. Roger Waters often seems to be looking at David Gilmour in a certain way… maybe it’s just the way we all kind of idolized those lead singer rock gods, who knows…

I don’t know them so I can’t comment except I think terminology hadn’t been defined so well back then. Maybe wishing he’d been a woman was shorthand for saying he was gay without actually saying he was gay. Being trans is pretty niche but who knows? Wasn’t he charged with kiddy porn viewing and claimed it was ‘research’ ?
Testosterone does weird shit to the brain ….

 

[DaisyDonado]

I don’t know them so I can’t comment except I think terminology hadn’t been defined so well back then. Maybe wishing he’d been a woman was shorthand for saying he was gay without actually saying he was gay. Being trans is pretty niche but who knows? Wasn’t he charged with kiddy porn viewing and claimed it was ‘research’ ?
Testosterone does weird shit to the brain ….

 

[stickygirl]

I’ll have to check it when I have the bandwidth- crap Wi-Fi atm.

Been too windy to safely leave the dock. Zero wind tmrw
Wearing : shorts and a tube
Mood: happy sleepy
Listening to Tom waits

 

[LovelyLadyLicker]

I've been eating a lot of protein during my luteal phase, and I think I'm seeing improvement in my skin and mood. It's only been a little over a month, so we'll see how it goes.

 

[Zrosey]

Been too windy to safely leave the dock. Zero wind tmrw

Dang weather anyways.....I hope you got some sailing time in over your weekend!

Pretty sure I'm on the mend. This covid thing is no fun at all! Evil little beast!
My fever today is gone, a few body aches, and kinda weird disoriented feeling still tho. It is sooo hard to have this enforced down time, all last week the weather here was amazing and I was on my back.
Today I might go out for a short walk just to see how I handle it.
Whatever, I know there are lovely days ahead

Mood: much brighter, even feeling a little silly!
Wearing: tights n' T
Listening to: very little, this is a quiet town on sunday morn

 

[stickygirl]

Dang weather anyways.....I hope you got some sailing time in over your weekend!

Pretty sure I'm on the mend. This covid thing is no fun at all! Evil little beast!
My fever today is gone, a few body aches, and kinda weird disoriented feeling still tho. It is sooo hard to have this enforced down time, all last week the weather here was amazing and I was on my back.
Today I might go out for a short walk just to see how I handle it.
Whatever, I know there are lovely days ahead

Mood: much brighter, even feeling a little silly!
Wearing: tights n' T
Listening to: very little, this is a quiet town on sunday morn

I’ve had it 3 times now, last time was last summer. I’ve never actually felt very ill but I’ve noticed a lack of stamina that took 6 weeks to clear. It’s weird how it affects people but I hope if it made you feel ill you’ll not have the lingering effects

 

[Zrosey]

I’ve had it 3 times now, last time was last summer.

3 times!?!? I really don't wanna repeat this, but yeah, I know there are folks in town have had multiple cases. I was feeling pretty immune, having been unscathed up until now.
I have zero idea how I even got it? Cannot think of being around any with symptoms, but I've read thats no sure sign. If I continue to feel improved, I think my recovery is fairly fast, maybe because I've had the vaccine? I def know I'll get another vaccine! And I might add....damn the USA Health Sec RFK Jr!
The first couple of days I felt very ill. It was tough to even be upright!

Hope you have no more rounds of this!

Edited to add: It was quiet here...but now I'm listening to one of the pride celebrations happening down in Seattle, live band just burning it up!!!
Happy pride y'all

 

[liqueur]

And I might add....damn the USA Health Sec RFK Jr!
The first couple of

Hear! Hear!

 

[ClockworkCourtesan]

Cooked up a bunch of lunch for some random people I met and been hanging around for the last few days. One of the guys made some daifuku which was excellent. They all inhaled the sweet black rice and spicy tteokbokki and pork belly I made. Getting packed up and headed to Baltimore to do some house shopping. D.C. was fun, but I'm ready to get the 2nd part of my trip underway. When I get back home I start training for my new position at work, I get to build my own department. Going to be fun, and stressful. I need to schedule my 6 month doctor visit and get some blood work done to see how my hormone levels are doing, going to see about adding finasteride and minoxidil pills into my regiment, gotta try and get some of the lost hair back. Not much else to add, haven't been following any politics, current events, or anything, just buried my head in the sand. Avoided all the pride stuff this year, just feeling awfully antisocial lately.

 

[Zrosey]

going to see about adding finasteride and minoxidil pills into my regiment, gotta try and get some of the lost hair back.

My doctor added finasteride in my scripts last April. I'm not loosing hair up top, but she commented it could help with my desire to do away with body and facial hair.
She was very clear that it wouldn't totally stop my facial hair ( this is one aspect I'm pretty dysphoric about) but may help slow it down. Sadly there is no one in state that does electrolysis, and as it takes more than one visit to clear growth I'm kinda screwed.....

It has def slowed body hair, I wasn't very hairy to begin, but I never even need to shave my legs at all! Facial hair? I'm having a hard time seeing much effect, but noticeable changes can take three months to manifest. I'm just now going on three months with this.

If you start, good luck to you!

 

[stickygirl]

The ruler wannabe dictator/president of Hungary declared the Pride march was illegal and 400,000 turned out in the capital to march for Pride ( and much more ).

 

[AlexBailey]

The weekend festival I went to was so much what I needed! It was laidback in every good sense.

I got to talk with the writer of a song that’s been my favorite for years. I saw some old friends on stage with their touring bands who I’ve known since they started playing. Got my mind blown by the music many times over.

I played and sang a lot off stage, joined some pros and got recorded by lots of random people. I feel like I’m finally able to play some pro-level stuff.

There were lots of visibly queer folks of all ages and genders. I’d been planning to go full femme but I ended up being comfortable as they/them. I met one artist face to face who I’d always thought was she/her but found out they ID as a femme boy. I always love that, not as objectification but as validation. It seems so rare that someone leans into the ‘both’ category - what I relate to most.

The venue was on private land along a river. Queer skinny dipping is beautiful, especially when it’s just casual and fully accepted.

Looking for YouTube videos from the event and learning lots of new songs!

 

[ClockworkCourtesan]

I just found out my offer on the house was rejected. Put in an offer, for their asking price and closing costs, and they still said no. Ok? Apparently they want more and where/are hoping for more interest and a bidding war. Yeah, no. I had the highest offer they've had in months, not days or weeks, but months, and still said no. Oh well, guess I keep looking. They pressed me hard to raise my offer and I had to say the same thing, no. So, my search will continue. I get to look at 2 more tomorrow. Kinda hoping the realtor calls me asking to reconsider so I can say no all over again.

 

[liqueur]

They pressed me hard to raise my offer and I had to say the same thing, no.

Kudos to you for standing firm.

 

[Zrosey]

I just found out my offer on the house was rejected. Put in an offer, for their asking price and closing costs, and they still said no. Ok? Apparently they want more and where/are hoping for more interest and a bidding war. Yeah, no. I had the highest offer they've had in months, not days or weeks, but months, and still said no. Oh well, guess I keep looking. They pressed me hard to raise my offer and I had to say the same thing, no. So, my search will continue. I get to look at 2 more tomorrow. Kinda hoping the realtor calls me asking to reconsider so I can say no all over again.

Home buying doesn't sound easy or much fun.....I hope you are able to find something with a minimum of pain.

Welp, pretty sure most of you out there have been through this already, but it is my first time so here we go! A while back I posted how I finally got my first round of this nasty bug covid.
I am no longer ill, but dang my energy levels are scraping the bottom. I wake up feeling good, but not long up and I feel like curling up all over again.
Dragging myself off to work has def been a struggle. In spite of how my body feels, mentally I'm still a happy girl,
even if this weariness has cut into my spontaneous dancing!

Wearing: shorts , tee
Listening to: Oracle Sisters, Blue Left Hand
Mood: see above ^^^ I feel like dancing

 

[stickygirl]

Home buying doesn't sound easy or much fun.....I hope you are able to find something with a minimum of pain.

Welp, pretty sure most of you out there have been through this already, but it is my first time so here we go! A while back I posted how I finally got my first round of this nasty bug covid.
I am no longer ill, but dang my energy levels are scraping the bottom. I wake up feeling good, but not long up and I feel like curling up all over again.
Dragging myself off to work has def been a struggle. In spite of how my body feels, mentally I'm still a happy girl,
even if this weariness has cut into my spontaneous dancing!

Wearing: shorts , tee
Listening to: Oracle Sisters, Blue Left Hand
Mood: see above ^^^ I feel like dancing

Yup that’s viruses for you. Years ago I had proper flu; after I thought I was over it I went indoor climbing but my battery was only 30% - I ran out of energy so fast. It was 6 weeks before I was back to normal. After that I paid for a flu shot each winter.

 

[stickygirl]

Give it time. You will heal but … patience is key

 

[stickygirl]

Urgh. I should've known better. I got into an argument ( I hate arguments ) with a friend from way back. She's a scientist ( well a pretend scientist because biology is just looking at bugs and beats ) talking about gender and sex. She even got to raise phenotypes so I ask how often shee asked other people to describe their phenotype at the supermarket.
It was hopeless because she was repeating her opinion and not looking at th science. Science is not about absolutes, it's about keeping your mind open to possibilities.
I've been pondering it since and I feel deflated - disappointed by her intransigence. We need smart scientists, but if they turned into blinkered binary thinkers, we're stuffed.

Wearing: light top with sea shell patterns, shorts
Mood: Oh well
Listening : Ben Harper, Happy everafter in your eyes

 

[Zrosey]

Urgh. I should've known better. I got into an argument ( I hate arguments )

It was hopeless because she was repeating her opinion and not looking at th science. Science is not about absolutes, it's about keeping your mind open to possibilities.

God....I hate these arguments so much also...in this age we are living in if a person is an ally or a trans person themselves, they need to have some serious pocketful of data to back up their view.
I have no advanced education in biology or sciences relating to variations in the gender binary.
But I have read and understand enough to know this discussion is not simply a choice between 'one or the other', nature confers many variations on chromosomal makeups.
I sure wouldn't be able to debate this in a daily conversation though!

I really wanted to give a reaction to this convo you had with your friend...and the reaction might best be illustrated as....

 

[stickygirl]

God....I hate these arguments so much also...in this age we are living in if a person is an ally or a trans person themselves, they need to have some serious pocketful of data to back up their view.
I have no advanced education in biology or sciences relating to variations in the gender binary.
But I have read and understand enough to know this discussion is not simply a choice between 'one or the other', nature confers many variations on chromosomal makeups.
I sure wouldn't be able to debate this in a daily conversation though!

Thanks hone and I hope you're feeling better now?

Yeah, she had no challenge, but kept circling back to her opinion about surgeries and hrt and then chucked in some sports bans as well. I asked her if her opinion was a sound basis for trans-folk to be legislated against when Elon Musk had a hair transplant and several mutual friends have had boob jobs.

There comes a point with a friendship where you have to decide if you can carry on ignoring their opinions... who is gas-lighting who? Should I simply let the old ties slip or continue to entertain her opinions with my tongue-bitten silence? We need people around us who support not undermine. I'm tired of the games.

 

[Zrosey]

My little corner of the world has been having a kinda prolonged heat wave! For most of y'all out there you'd probs laugh at us, but when it gets around 21c-26c here everyone wilts.....
My home is sweltering! I'm just wearing shorts, no top and dreaming of snow.....

Mood: giggly, wondering about my day
Listening to: construction across my street, and also Black Whales, Man of the Midnight Moon
Wearing: as little as I can

 

[liqueur]

Urgh. I should've known better. I got into an argument

nature confers many variations on chromosomal makeups.
I sure wouldn't be able to debate this in a daily conversation though!

Scientific American, which is a widely respected science journal, has published a number of helpful articles on the science behind gender variations. It's worth taking a look, if you want to have some documentation on hand.

Although I have had people just scoff and say “Oh, that's just fake science.” Willful ignorance is self-sustaining.