Posted on 04/07/2022 8:19:41 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
When the Government announced this week it would not go ahead with a Bill to ban conversion therapy for trans people, my response was mixed. At 18, I’d been prescribed testosterone by a private GP so I could transition to living as a man. The GP didn’t attempt to explore the possible causes of my gender dysphoria, such as my mental health problems or my difficulties fitting in socially. But even if they had, I might have insisted on going ahead anyway. I thought I knew everything about myself – nobody could tell me what to do.
I was raised in Lancashire, in a very masculine environment. My mum used to work nights, so I was looked after by my dad. I also had two stepbrothers, eight years older. I wasn’t brought up with them, but we did socialise as I was growing up. After my parents divorced when I was 11, I spent a lot of time with my dad because my mum used to work three jobs.
When I started school, I struggled to make friends with other girls. I didn’t care for Groovy Chick, or Barbie or Bratz – I just wanted to play football. There were a lot of social rules to female friendships. Male friendships were just so much easier: we’d fall out, we’d fight, we’d make up, we’d forget about it the next day.
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Appreciate the clarification. I’ve appreciated your insights over the years. I believe you go back to the old Prodigy boards?
This is not like before.
Yes, I was on the Whitewater Bulletin Board over there.
Thank you.
Were you over there? If so, sorry for not recalling.
I miss the days when the worse thing that could happen to you when getting drunk was ending up in a tattoo parlor.
Yes, but under a different user name. I poked around over here when Jim was doing beta. Came on board more fully as Prodigy began phasing out that plat form in ‘99.
You beat me here by six weeks.
I came here and registered on 02/06/98
You jumped in on 12/24/97.
You may not have frequented the place much until ‘99.
I can’t remember my old Prodigy screen name. May have been my user name which was HCM and 4 digits that I no longer remember. Although I seem to remember some real names. Karen Bixman, Missy Kelly, Missy Brown and Ken (although I forget his last name) but goes by Sam Adams now.
There was one older couple from the LA area. His name was Miles. I forgot hers. I think one of them may have passed away during that time. They frequently posted about Ray Briem’s radio show topics. I was thinking about them the other day. There was also a guy who did a radio show from the Antelope Valley. And of CAL and the lawyer who repped Jim in that use lawsuit. Lots of memories.
His name was John Miles. She went by several screen names.
She was pretty careful about identifying herself there.
Sadly, he did pass away. Was so sorry when it happened.
Ray was a great radio host. I really appreciated the guy.
He and George Putnam were very big in Conservative circles
out here. They both kept us up to date on Whitewater/
Clinton stuff.
They let us know how Leftists work. For the time, they
were much more tame that we are today. We recognize the
deep state and what they are up to.
I don’t think many folks could have handled that back
then.
I’ll never forget them.
Good memory there.
I met that lawyer and was really disappointed in him when
he did some of the things he did.
Drawing a blank on his name right this minute.
I actually brought my real name over here at the very beginning but then adopted the SamAdams76 moniker, which I still use today on other platforms.
It took me years to realize if it was on the web, it could be cut and pasted. I too typed many things that could have been more easily posted.
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