Milisha Scrapbook

Posted Fri, 11/20/2009 - 07:36 by AllyN
          

Reality

Posted Sun, 02/07/2010 - 15:14 by AllyN

Latest, at least for the moment

Posted Sat, 02/06/2010 - 08:26 by AllyN

As you can tell the site has gone through a few different looks and face changes.  There are some new features including the scrapbook, which I'd just love people to contribute to.  It's really just about having a bit of fun from hear, listening to each other and offering a little bit of light, humour and connection in an otherwise heavy and frustratingly oppressive mainstream.

What you choose to do is really up to you, material will be moderated if necessary, but in the meantime, please enjoy the site.  Still have some problems with the picture galleries, and it may not be particularly user friendly for the time being, but hopefully in time with a bit of expertise, we'll get those bugs worked out!

Love 2 all.
Be it! AllyN

Fun in the Sun

Posted Sat, 02/06/2010 - 08:18 by AllyN

Sex changes are tax deductible, court rules

Posted Fri, 02/05/2010 - 09:34 by AllyN

http://www.smh.com.au/world/sex-changes-are-tax-deductible-court-rules-20100204-ngac.html

WASHINGTON: Costs incurred in sex-change operations and procedures are tax-deductible, the US Tax Court has ruled.

The court ruled that hormone therapies and sex reassignment surgeries were necessary to treat gender identity disorder in the case of a Boston man who became a woman named Rhiannon O'Donnabhain after 20 years of marriage that produced three children.

''The court is persuaded that petitioner's sex reassignment surgery was medically necessary,'' Judge Joseph Gale wrote in a decision for the majority.

The decision is the first to rule that sex-change operations qualify as medical care and overturns a 2005 Internal Revenue Service policy denying medical expense deductions in such operations on the grounds they are ''cosmetic''.

School Blues

Posted Sun, 01/31/2010 - 10:37 by AllyN

It's almost the start of another year at University.  That means another awkward, introverted, evasive quest to find friends, allies and spaces that provide the right kind of support so that my experiences at university are as fair as possible.  I admit though, I'd be lying if I said I could have the perfect University experience, but so far I've managed to survive with the support of Queer departments, libraries and many a good book. 

It's not easive when we don't participate in mainstream activities, it's just common sense.  There are fragile and for most of us, invisible lines which divide safety and danger, and while it might be more than exciting to blur that line, to get through your degree at University, you've really got to have your limits, rather than get drawn out and into the engrossing political slogs, the seduction of being a victim, and all the other things which are so much more relevant t o your life, but will distract you from your degree.

ABC Dating Show Features Transgender Contestant?

Posted Mon, 01/11/2010 - 05:11 by AllyN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQuOszF2Zy8

Anyone watch 'Conveyor Belt of Love' on Monday night during ABC's 'Marry Me' Monday night line up after 'The Bachelor'? No? Just us?

ABC describes their new reality show as "five women [who] take a shot at finding love when 30 men are given the chance to impress them as they pass by on a moving conveyor belt." Why? Why not? Because why should you have to get out there and look for love when it can be brought to you on a fully stocked assembly line? But hold onto that remote -- was one of those men actually a transgender performance artist?

links to Scott Turner Schofield's site
http://www.undergroundtransit.com/Home.html

Amanda Simpson on The Colbert Report

Posted Sun, 01/10/2010 - 07:34 by AllyN

Following the offhanded Letterman skit on the Late Show, there have been a few different strategies employed by TV show hosts addressing the appointment of Amanda Simpson with humour and with respect in regards to her qualification and the integrity of her appointment

Photo FAIL!

Posted Sat, 01/09/2010 - 17:06 by AllyN

Ok so the images won't be viewed easily, its being a little more stubborn than I anticipated.  I'm probably going to have a look @ the code and I'd rather not, but to be honest I think it probably needs to happen, needs to be fixed, needs to blah...work.

Otherwise things are great and running normally, everything appears to be fine.  So please enjoy your stay!

Trans woman seeks uterine transplant

Posted Sat, 01/09/2010 - 06:38 by AllyN

http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12349.php

THE COLONY — Each of us has a story or a script that we fashion and live our lives by. When it takes us down the wrong path, we rewrite the script from a wiser place, and navigate closer and closer to our truth. Sarah Luiz says she knows in her heart of hearts that she’s living a life true to her being — which is why she feels confident she’ll be the first transgender woman to give birth.

Luiz knows it won’t be an easy path. She knows there will be resistance all the way. But she’s a strong woman shaped by life trials very few have endured, and she believes it’s her rightful place and time, at age 44, to become a mom.