Pride 2007

[kengr]

Well, Friday we went to the Trans Picnic. It was in a park across the street from the Kaiser clinics I use most of the time.

It was more genderqueers, trans and friends/allies, but hey.

It was nice, but I spent too much time on my feet.

Yesterday we went to Pride prpoer dwn on the waterfront. We were planning to go to the Trans march (first ever sort in "in conjunction with but seperate from" the annual Dyke march). But Stacy and I were both half dead but 4:30 so we went home.

Had fun though. I got to wear a skirt Lin had found for me for the first time, and it looked nice (I'll post a picture later). Ammong the high spots of the day:

Standing in line with a women with a kid in a stroller and her daughter standing next to her. The daughter made a point of talking to me and telling me I was a girl.

At one booth a couple of people congratulated me on my show the night before. I was all "Say what?" Seems they thought I was a person who performs in the drag show at Embers!!!!

I got a bigger Pride flag. One big enough to stick on a bike flag thingie when I get one for my bike. Now I just need a Leather Pride and TG Pride flag to go with it. :-)

I got a few buttons (gee, big surprise), One says "SLUT in big red letters on a black background (It pays to advertise). I didn't wear that one though. I also got "Charm School Dropout", "I can't even think straight" and "Second Class Citizen".

That last was a freebie from one group. They also have "friend of a second class citizen". I figure I qualify as do lots of folks I know.

Saw lots of fun t-shirts and stuff. SMYRC (Sexual Minorities Youth Resource Center, pronounced "smirk") had several good ones, but not in my size. The standard:

[ ] Male
[ ] Female
[X] Fuck You

But they also had "My boyfriend has a vagina" and "My girlfriend has a penis". And "I support gender neutral bathrooms".

A new vendor has a shirt I ewant, but I'll have to order, since I didn't like the one oin my size. His shirts are *embroidered*, and I want one that has:

"Auntie Em: Hate You, Hate Kansas, Taking The Dog -Dorthy" in pink on a black shirt.

Another vendor had baseball caps. *lots* of them. "Master", "Slave", "puppy", "Got Fur?", and a host of others too numerous to list. I will mention a few outstanding ones. Several varieties that said "Pierced". All of which have a piecing on the hat brim!

And "CIA". "DEA", "Secret Service"...

What I got was one that says "Pervert" and another that says "Girl over a pink & black strip bar with a heart (sort of like one of the take offs on the leather pride flag)

I flirted shamelessly with a few guys. For example, one place was selling the "fancy" cotton briefs (you know, the colored wones with the "seams" done in contradting colors. They had a male and a female modelling them (the girl had on a matching t-shirt).

When they asked if I was interested in anything, I looked the male model over and asked "Is he for sale?"

He got a grin and asked "the boss" if they had a rate sheet. :-)

Geeked out for a bit with a cute (if far too young for me) guy in a fancy "duster" type coat and several buttons (which were what got the conversation started). He showed me the t-shirt he had under the coat "Shirt of Invisibility +2" I told him of several of InstantAttutides fun t-shirts.

I'm still kinda sore from yesterday, but since I replenished my cash supply (I'd stupidly gone there with *way* too little cash) I can pick up a few things I had to pass up yesterday. Plus, the Pride Parade is today, and I can try to get pictures.

I recharged my camera last night and hopefully the battery will last. I'm not worried about menory as the card will hold over a thousand pics.

Oh yeah, to recharge my wallet, I went to the store I live next to last night. Still in full Brooke mode. Nobody seemed to notice. Even a clerk I've dealt with a few times.

Definitely beginning to think that if I didn't have the facial and body hair to deal with, I'd spend a lot more time as Brooke.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kengr]

I'd love to get the treatments. But I can't afford them. If I ever can, I'll get them (and the followup electrolysis that my gray hairs *will* require).

Transitioning *that* far I've got no problem with and I think that even as painful as it's gonna be in some places (if I can stand it, I'm gonna get my genital hair removed too and just have a small triangle of pubic hair) I'll be happier without it.

It's not like be hairy is important to me. And if anybody makes comments, there are lots of answers I can give if I decide I "need" to answer them.

Heck, I've considered breast implants some day. I know someone who has implants but still works as a guy. No intention of transitions. And they look *nice* in their dresses and stuff.

But that's a step I'm not certain about. And it's evem less affordable.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Shaving is very sucky indeed.

[kengr]

Yeah. I only did a half-hearted attempt with an electric Sunday morning because I knew a blade would turn my face into hamburger.

I'll shave again Wednesday. Maybe.

I really hate that about the time I finally decide that permanent hair removal is on the "do it" list, I can't afford it.

Then again, if I had the money, given what I know know about my natural T levels, one of the big potential stumbling blocks for going on estrogen became kinda irrelevant. I'm gonna have to take one or the other "forever" anyway, so I can throw out the "but what will happen if you can't afford it" argument since I'll be screwed anyway.

Just have to figure out if I really want to take that step or if I'll be ok with just the hair stuff. (I know I'm sufficiently messed up mentally that I really *could* be one of the "doing it for the wrong reasons" types)

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

I look effeminate enough I don't think I'll ever need E. As long as I stay clean-shaven, I constantly get called Ma'am.

Gods, things were so much easier just two tiny years ago. I think I might've hit a second puberty. Hoping not, but still... I used to only have to shave once a week. Now I shave and it starts coming back noticeably in two days or less. I don't even bother with my leg hair anymore, except to trim it short once in a while. I don't like my legs anyway, due to my birthmark (think "giant freckle on one knee"), so I wear tights when wearing a dress anyway. (Not so fond of pantyhose, they run too easily.)

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kengr]

Due to circulation issues most of my left shin is this shiny, brownish-purple. But tights are too *hot* most of the time. And a pain to keep up since I don't have a waist.

I used to be able to get away with not shaving for several days. But since I haven't got any foundation (I'm sufficiently pale that the drugstore stuff won't match even in the lightest shade) I have to be careful about it.

I'm more interested in the E for possibly redistribution of some of the body fat, and maybe some breast growth. Heavy as I am, even size 10 forms look too small. :-(

My friend with the implants is a classic "skinny bitch". I believe she only has B cups because the surgeon told her that the skin wouldn't stretch right for anything bigger.

Though it's been long enough (years) that based on what she said he told her at the time she could get them replaced with bigger ones.

But they actually look "right" for her bod.

[kengr]

Well, with my size, I'd need more than "small" implants to look right. And there are other things estrogen *might* do for me. But that's a long ways off...

I know someone with implants who "hides" them at work and the like myself. But they are the classic "skinny bitch" (not model skinny, just minimal curves).

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kengr]

Neither is testosterone.

a cute (if far too young for me) guy

[badriya.livejournal.com]

Why too young? Men are often much older than women and that is accepted. I am a little self-conscious of the fact bluerose is 33 and I am 61. It is less accepted that way. I can't see why m/m partners should not have a big age difference. they often do have, don't they?

Re: a cute (if far too young for me) guy

[kengr]

Well aside from the fact that much of the gay community is worse about looking for partners with "hot bods" that a college fraternities (yes, stereotypes, but far too true too often), the most common older/younger pairings have the older one being the "dominant" one. (Daddy/boy).

One of the *many* reasons I wish that certain "friends" had steered me *towards* the gay (and kink) communities back in my 20s instead of *away* from them.

Re: a cute (if far too young for me) guy

[kengr]

Oh yeah, I'm not sure he was "legal" either. :-)

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

I dunno what cup I am, I prefer sports bras. But I do have boobies. More so than many males. I wish they were a little bigger.

Odd. I love little breasts on women, and want bigger ones for myself.

[kengr]

There are lots of sites with sizing info. You need a cloth tape.

Measure just under the breasts. Write that down, that (or that minus 2 inches, depending on the site) is your "band size" (ie the number part of the bra size)

Now measure again. This time over the nipples (this works better if you are wearing a bra, but for us really flat chested types it's not that big of a difference).

The difference between the first and second measurement is used to get the cup size. I *think* that 2 inches is A cup, 4 is B, etc, but check the sites to be sure.

I do have enough that an xxBCD sized sports bra fits snugly without any forms. It holds the forms very nicely, too.

In fact, wearing the forms with a 2X sports bra was the first time I *felt* that oh so female tug on the chest as I took some stairs too fast.

That's one of the reasons I need to see about buying some medical adhesive for my forms. :-)

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

Thanks!