TRANSQUOTE

 

SPRING IS COMING!

 

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

BAD NEWS FROM KANSAS

Kansas has sent letters to trans people demanding they surrender their driver's licenses.

See www.lgbtqnation.com

HERE TO STAY

Transgender exist no matter what obstacles are put in front of us. We have overcame much. We have survived and thrived. There's more that needs to be done.

I will not shrink myself because some folks feel uncomfortable. If someone has questions about me I will gladly answer them. Putting the ball in the opposition's court changes the dynamic of the conversation.

OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS

 

Congratulations to the men's and women's teams winning gold medals.

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

LIFE'S JOURNEYS

There are times that I reflect on my life experiences. I ask myself why did I experience this? Why did I not go to that place? Were these experiences a part of my transition?

I remember one occasion in 2010 when I was in the East Village sitting in a courtyard of a church. Memories of all my life experiences flooded into my mind. The books that I read, the first time I attended church dressed  in women's clothing, the people who would become my friends. Alas, I understood that life's journey took me to places I never would have gone.

What helped me was that I was compelled to move forward despite my fears. It was also my knack of being drawn to unusual people and places. I concluded that this was the plan for my life.

Now in my late seventies,  I seek new horizons. I cherish the moments I'm currently in. The free spirit in me must trek on. I'm excited about life will present to me.

3000

 This is my 3000th post.

I started this blog back in 2005. It was during a time when my gender issues. Just writing down my feelings was therapeutic. It brought me closer to my transformation as a transgender person. 

I have shared many topics both relating to gender and non gender topics. I gradually added resources that may be helpful to many. This blog is my contribution to the movement. It has been quite a journey.

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

ROAD LESS TRAVELED

Many times I traveled on roads not many, if any, have trekked.  Sometimes, I have no choice. Other times. I went against prevailing conventions. Just like life, I needed to chart my own course. 

Folks may not understand why I chose this direction but it's the road that I must travel. I became a born again Christian in the 1970s and transitioned in 2005. Two totally different roads which have tremendously impacted my life.

I have tended to go on the offbeat track. I am quirky at times, like weird people and activities. Looking back these things were part of my life course. Looking ahead, I'm seeking more paths that have never been trekked.

ANOTHER GEM

 

I wonder what more we could have discovered if Magnus Hirschfeld's work had survived the Nazi purge

OUR HISTORY

 I read the first book. The top book is the 2nd edition.

SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS

 

CONGRATULATIONS!

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

A CROSSDRESSER SHOWED ME HOW TO LIVE MY TRUTH

 I was riding the subway to work when I saw a woman talking with a man dressed in a woman's pants suit. A handbag hung on her forearm. I was repulsed by this person. This happened in 1993, several years before my gender issues troubled me.

I long believed that men shouldn't wear wear clothing of the opposite sex. What I remembered most was that she was comfortable in her surroundings. That picture stayed with me with me for several years. 

When I came out as a crossdresser in 2005 it was a life changing event. It took me over a year before I felt comfortable in my own skin. Like the person on the subway on that day in 1993 I was out and happy. If I saw her today, I would thank her for living her truth.

REMINDERS

 

SECOND MONTH

 

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

1971

My world was Topsy turvy. Things I hoped would happen, didn't. Things I hoped wouldn't happen, surely did. Emotionally I was troubled.

I took my military physical two weeks after landing a job in a stock brokerage firm. Three weeks later,, I was called for military service (army). This was when the Vietnam War was raging.

Away from the New York scene, I went from New Jersey to Texas to Kansas. To say that Kansas was a culture shock is an understatement.

I believed that the world I knew then would change. I didn't know how but I sensed it in my being. The popularity of huge outdoor concerts, anti-war protests, radicalism was waning. 

In July of that year I read that Jim Morrison, the charismatic front man of the rock group, the Doors, died in Paris, France. The previous year Jimi Hendrix and Janis Jopkin have died. All from drugs and all only twenty seven. I was twenty two when Morrison passed. I was heavy until the music scene at that time. Now my heroes were gone.

The final chapter of life as I knew it was drawing to a close. Two songs captured what I was feeling, "Highway Song " by James Taylor and the Doors song "Riders on the Storm " . Confused, lost, inner turmoil, and nowhere to turn. I just wanted to hop on a bus and ride around the country. 

By the end of 1971, this chapter of my life book was closed. Right back at the starting, I was lost. Didn't know which way to go, but I could not stay where I was What was ahead I didn't know.

REST AWHILE

Give yourself time to rest. Turn off the TV and computer and take a walk. The body tells you to take a break. The mind needs to destress from the troubles of the day. The spirit needs to be renewed.

Sometimes I stop my regular routine and take a walk outside. I have parks nearby so I go there to destress. My mind and body feels much better afterwards. The events in the world'can be overwhelming but it need not to determine our wellbeing. Go out and enjoy the peaceful moments you are in.

HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED

 

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

Some of my best dayswere after someone insulted me. I felt the sting of their wo=rds but I never it disrupted my day. I didn't receive their negativity in my heart. 

STAND UP

 

2025 NCAA DIVISION I FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS

 

CONGRATULATIONS!

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

INSPIRATIONAL

 These two books were instrumental in my journey to transitioning.

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

AGE

 

BE YOURSELF

 

2025 NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS

 

FCS

DIVISION II

DIVISION III

NAIA

                                          GRAND VIEW (IA.) VIKINGS

CONGRATULATIONS!

CARRY ON

As the new year continues, there will be more anti-trans legislation presented and transphobia being to a feverish pitch. The opposition will paint trans people as the cause of the country's ills.

There are bigger problems that need to be addressed. We are NOT the problem. I thought last year we stood our ground despite all the anti-trans rheotoric. We will be stronger this year. If they hate me, it's their problem.

GENEVIEVE'S GEMS

 

NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS