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 Yesterday I wrote a Cyrsti's Condo post on Nicole Maines transgender character being part of the features in the new DC Comics Pride Anthology issue. At the same time I noticed a post in Femulate from Stana. Without a doubt we all have different distances to travel in our public presentations as we transition genders.  Take Nicole Maines for example.  She gained "passing privilege early in life from her parents when she was accepted for who she really was. She was "allowed" to not go through testosterone poisoning before and during puberty.  Even to the point of becoming a transgender activist at an early age. I am sure most of us would feel so fortunate to have been in the same situation.  Now, let's take Stana from Femulate for example. In her recent post, she described how she was mistakenly confused by an intake person as being a feminine person. She has always written concerning being a "feminine" male. Again, you can see from her wonderful pict

 Nicole Maines (below) , "Supergirl's" first transgender television  super hero  will now be featured in a  DC Pride   anthology comic.   From Wikipedia: " Nicole  Amber  Maines  (born October 7, 1997) is an American actress and transgender rights activist. She was the anonymous plaintiff, Susan Doe, in the Maine Supreme Judicial Court case Doe v. Regional School Unit 26 regarding gender identity and bathroom use in schools" As an aside, Nicole and her identical  twin brother Jonas were adopted at birth  and grew up in Portland, Maine.

 From CNN: Transgender activist and political candidate "Sarah McBride" on Tuesday won her parties' (Democratic) in Delaware for a state senate seat. Which puts her solidly on the path to be the first person  out transgender person in the country to be elected to a similar position! Hopefully Sarah (pictured below) will be the first of many. Thanks to Bobbie for the heads up!

You may be interested in checking out this moving transgender story from the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt. Here is an excerpt: "Malak el-Kashif left home on her birthday seven years ago. Walking into an uncertain future, she was underdressed for the weather and armed with little— except for some makeup, a few women’s accessories and 50 Egyptian pounds (at the time about six American dollars). “I was afraid but I didn’t hesitate,” she said. “There weren’t any other solutions.” That night, el-Kashif identified as a 13-year-old boy. She has since emerged as perhaps Egypt’s most outspoken transgender woman activist. It’s a label that in a largely conservative and patriarchal society has meant battling a war on multiple fronts. “When you declare you are different, you should get ready for war. A big war,” she said. “The society will stomp on you and treat you like you are the enemy.” She has been ostracized by her family and scorned by some who accuse her of tampe

Transgender activist and model Jari Jones:

Transgender actress and LGBTQ activist "Hunter Schafer" who stars on the television show Euphoria:

I suppose if you live in Maryland, or are staying up better with your transgender politics than even I do, you may have lost track of Chelsea Manning. If you have, here is a look at what she has been up to a year after President Barack Obama commuted her sentence. This story comes from the Washington Post: "Manning, who became America’s most famous convicted leaker isn’t taking an extended vacation. Far from it: The Oklahoma native has decided to make an unlikely bid for the U.S. Senate in her adopted state of Maryland. Manning, 30, filed to run in January and has been registered to vote in Maryland since August. She lives in North Bethesda, not far from where she stayed with an aunt while awaiting trial. Her aim is to unseat Sen. Ben Cardin, a 74-year-old Maryland Democrat who is seeking his third Senate term and previously served 10 terms in the U.S. House. Manning, who also has become an internationally recognized transgender activist, said she’s motivated by a desire to figh

Recently, MtF transgender activist Janet Mock began hosting an online show on MSNBC . Then, she celebrated another milestone- a romantic one! This weekend the longtime boyfriend of transgender author and activist Janet Mock upstaged her Friday debut as a host of an online show for MSNBC. He popped the question, and Mock revealed the news — and showed off the ring — to her fans and friends on  Instagram  and Twitter,  declaring, simply: “I said YES.” Here's the juicy  love story from the Advocate:  Tredwell met Mock early Easter morning of 2009 at a bar in Manhattan, and as she described their first encounter in an article on   XOJane,   she caught him looking at her as she twirled on the dance floor. “He's a fantasy come true, and I want him to want me,” she recalled. They went for a walk on Houston Street. Over lattes and a cinnamon roll, they shared their stories: He’s from North Dakota, takes photos, and trains dogs for a living; she’s from Hawaii and works as an edit