Jamie Clayton Classic Video

Quality not the best but worth another look on the Cyrsti's Condo big screen:

The Switch

Over the years you have probably seen this title used in many different productions. Now is there is a new one in the works which features a transgender transsexual woman (Su)  you may have seen before. I'm passing along a link to their Facebook page here. My understanding is this the pilot for the proposed show. Every once in a while when I post a promo such as this in Cyrsti's Condo, I will hear back from the production group with more info. If I do, I will pass it along!

Medicine and the Speed Wrench

For years the mere thought of the comment "Take your medicine" had negative connotations. From Mom's not so pleasant reminders to meetings with bosses over the years following terrible sales or profit periods.

Now the whole idea is not so negative as I am finally back into my HRT groove. Again I'm busy lining up all the little guys, aided by different shapes, sizes and colors. A few, I wonder if I can even swallow and others are so small I can barely believe they do anything at all.  Plus the really good news is I can afford any of it at all.

Ironically,  my biggest struggles now are the containers themselves.  I almost had to take a screwdriver and speed wrench (hammer) to a very tough little pill container which looked like one of the old birth control containers. All in all a very male response to a very female problem.  But then I did calm down and actually read the instructions, figured it out and opened it correctly.  Maybe the hormones or socialization is working?

It's true that life is a circle from birth to death.  Perhaps the transgender circle isn't perfectly round? If it isn't, I can fix that.  Get me my "speed wrench! No, bring me the small one. The original one became entirely too heavy!

"Taking my medicine" must be working!

Britney

On the Cyrsti's Condo big screen:

Now We Went and Did It!

More than likely when you were a kid, you were told not to do something and off you went to see if the consequences were going to be as bad as predicted.

Sure thing! That hot stove burner did hurt!

Are we now in a similar situation as the transgender nation? Recent developments may indicate yes. During the past week, names such as Don Ennis, B. Scott and now Phillip Porter have made the headlines as some sort of former or current transgender women.

To start with, I don't believe in a former transgender person. If you are-you are.  I certainly do believe however,  in those who don't understand their inner gender and eventually change. Free choice is good choice if it's your choice.

All of this new transgender "news activity" does lead me to wonder though how it individually effects me and others.  Just as we were starting to turn the corner with positive public information, will I now have to deal with those who think I'm doing all of this as some sort of a lark?  When I'm done "playing girl" like Ennis or Porter, will I just go back to my "comfy" life as a guy?

No it won't. If it keeps up, what it could do is change my educational approach as a public transgender woman. Interestingly (or not) I actually have transitioned from my part time cross dresser status to my current self in front of more than a couple people who have followed the process without knowing or asking much about me. Right or wrong I believe much of what they see in the media possibly could reflect on me..."Hey is Cyrsti like that? Will we all of the sudden see him in the future?"

One way or another all of this totally out of my control. I was just wondering if that burner on the stove is still hot?

Lists that Should be Listed

Following is Princeton Review’s list of the 20 most TGLB-friendly colleges and universities in the U.S.:
 1. Emerson College (Boston, Mass.)
 2. Warren Wilson College (Asheville, N.C.)
 3. New College of Florida (Sarasota, Fla.)
 4. Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.)
 5. University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, Wis.)
 6. Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio)
 7. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham, Mass.)
 8. Smith College (Northampton, Mass.)
 9. New York University
 10. Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.)
 11. Wellesley College (Wellesley, Mass.)
 12. Bennington College (Bennington, Vt.)
 13. University of Chicago
 14. Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
 15. Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.)
 16. Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, N.Y.)
 17. Macalester College (St. Paul, Minn.)
 18. Pitzer College (Claremont, Calif.)
 19. Marlboro College (Marlboro, Vt.)
 20. Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa)

NOW: 
 The list of most LGBT unfriendly schools is largely a repeat of last year with 16 returning schools and four replacements (in bold):
 1. Grove City College, (Grove City, Pa.)
 2. Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, Va.)
 3. College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, Mo.)
 4. Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.)
 5. University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Ind.)
 6. Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)
 7. Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
 8. Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
 9. University of Rhode Island (Kingston, R.I.)
 10. University of Dallas (Irving, Texas)
 11. Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)
 12. Baylor University (Waco, Texas)
 13. Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.)
 14. Auburn University (Auburn, Ala.)
 15. Colgate University (Hamilton, N.Y.)
 16. Wofford College (Spartanburg, S.C.)
 17. Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, Mich.)
 18. Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.)
 19. Pepperdine University (Malibu, Calif.)
 20. University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyo.)

** The Princeton Review reports the top 20 colleges in these and 60 other categories in the 2014 edition of its book “The Best 378 Colleges,” published annually since 1992.

Transgender Heroines and Monika

To discover a wonderful selection of international interviews with various transgender iconic women and more, check out one of our international "blog link sisters"  in Cyrsti's Condo Monika Kowalska! Or go here.

True!

Phillip Porter and the Privilege Game

I just saw this story this morning (Sat) and assuming it's all true, Phillip Porter may have played one of the most classic privilege shell games ever.

The headlines just scream attention: "Phillip Porter former Transgender Woman and NFL Cheerleader". Phillip just happened to also mention he was a topless dancer too. So if you consider living a glamorous public life as a beautiful woman as "privilege" he had it all.

Why the change? Phil's self proclaimed "mid life crisis". As all genetic women know, at a certain point NFL Cheerleader looks will fall behind and menopause moves into the lead - and as you guessed, Phil decided he probably didn't want any of the hot flashes and fun effects of being a mid life woman.

No gold stars are given out here kids. I'm guessing Phil jumped from a very bleak male privilege situation while the getting was good (and doable evidently) into the female situation and when the going looked to be rough jumped back.

Why? Because he could I guess and I'm fairly sure there are a number of us who would take the easy way out and do the same thing. Let me pull out my SheZow ring and say the magic phrase and I'm a girl until the fun stops and then i'm a guy.
I think the cheer leading photos of Phil's will be interesting when they appear. If they do because of NFL copyrights.  So far I have only been able to find this video and article on the Huffington Post Gay Voices. for you to see.

Who knows, the story could be as interesting as Phil dancing topless?