Where Do I Vote?

Actually I can't vote for Janet Rice. She is running for office in Australia and I am running to the store in Ohio.
She rides the "mayorial bike" to work, is a proponent of ending climate change (with a degree) and oh, by the way just happens to be married to Penny.  Penny went through SRS sometime ago and now the two are a happy legal same sex marriage in Australia with two sons:

Cyrsti's Condo "Horror Scope"

I like this one! :


Libra, (September 23-October 22): Your magnetism will be unstoppable, which can throw you into a tailspin, as hotness will surround you too. Whatever, a little heat never hurt anybody, least of all you. So, shift into fearless mode and learn to juggle, as you won’t be satisfied until ever inch of your body and minute of your time gets occupied with danger.


I hope one person in particular doesn't read this!  To read your scope go here to theFrisky.

"C" Words.

Recently I have a couple of individuals who were kind enough to call me courageous because of how I live my transgender life. Here is a portion of my reply to one of the comments:

"As far as courage goes, I appreciate the kind words but courage goes a little too deep in any description of me. While I appreciate the compliment,  to me an act of courage is reserved for people such as first responders and military service members. On the other hand I feel I was simply a member of circumstance."

Then I begin to think the process through and came up with another "C" word -  cowardice.  Well maybe cowardice is a little too harsh. I didn't turn tail and run but for any number of reasons I was afraid to face the obvious in my life. I was transgender. Then, when I finally came to owning being trans , I had to choose what to do.

Choices of course have their own set of issues. How to proceed with HRT was a huge one! Even bigger though was the choice of owning myself and the fact I have always been this way.

Perhaps you have heard the term "you can't love another until you love yourself". Similiarly I learned until I accepted myself as a transgender woman ,  others couldn't chose to do the same. It's a process I still face today.  On occasion I so do want to run away and hide from the public as I did in my cross dressing years. Then again was I really cross dressing or just learning the ropes of my non birth gender?  Doesn't matter, The certainty I know is I have found me and I'm home.

If I was really good here I would come up with some sort of fancy equation such as Courage+Choice+Certainty = Ownership.  Then again it's utterly impossible to even consider pushing us all into the little round or square holes we have so desperately tried to climb out of!

Finally, how can I forget (cause I'm old?) two other "C" words...Cyrsti's Condo!

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.