Cyrsti's Condo "Power Scope"

I guess the stars have been "sand bagging" me the past couple of weeks? Who knows maybe they are stuck in the "polar vortex" too? This week though, the "power scope" has some power!

Libra  September 23-October 22): There’ll be love in numbers, so book a date for every night this week, whether you have to drag your baby out or go at it Tinder-style. Chance happenings can strike-up luck in several areas of your life now. Yes, opportunity and revelations will be your thing this week, so live it up and make everyone want to be you.

Wait a minute? Doesn't everyone already want to be me???? Just kidding! I better book a certain person who I know reads this blog, before she comes "booking" for me!!!

Check out your scope here at theFrisky!

Cyrsti's Condo "Out" at the Oscars

A better title may have been "OUT Of" the Oscars.  I'm afraid the biggest positive impact the Oscar's have on me is the past month when Turner Classic Movies shows simply the greatest motion pictures of all time.  To name a few this weekend were Casablanca, The Graduate, Guess Whose Coming to Dinner and Lawrence of Arabia.  HRT or not, I was sobbing uncontrollably in the final scene of "Dinner" when they showed Katherine Hepburn tearing up because she knew full well Spencer Tracy was done with acting and life. (He passed 17 days after the picture was filmed.)

What also began to bring me to tears was the incessant babbling I heard and read about Jared Leto and the Dallas Buyer's Club.  My tears this time were from anger.  Of course the righteous anger raised by those in the transgender community who said the part should have been played by a trans woman were right.  Once again though, so many hairs were split by so many people that the true reasons for the casting were lost.  If you follow the money and the publicity for a film, you find the real reasons decisions were made.  In the case of Dallas Buyer's Club, I'm fairly sure the lure of having a so called "hetero" guy play a transgender woman meant something.  Was the choice of Leto any worse than Felecity Huffman in TransAmerica? Very simply, we as a transgender nation are developing a small core of actors/actresses who can perform mainstream roles and will most likely be cast in them.

In the meantime, I hope we can move on from Jared Leto. Haven't met but he seems like a decent enough guy, who is so pretty anyway he probably was bullied for his looks. He would be a beautiful woman anyway with just a little effort.  I just don't know why he couldn't have been a bit more understanding about the culture he was portraying. My thought is he just may have more than a couple insecurities about himself.

So far though, I haven't ruined his career. I'm just sick and tired of hearing about it!

The Proof is in the Eyes of other Women!

I have seen several video's by Emma on YouTube and according to her, identifies as a cross dresser or transvestite.  Emma always has done a wonderful job of presenting herself and not trying too hard even though she is fortunate enough to have what I call a "female ready" body.  This recent video I'm presenting on the Cyrsti's Condo big screen was sent along by Lynne.  Watch how accepted Emma is by the public by the passers by who don't turn around and look. Specifically the women.

Cyrsti's Condo "Cover Girl of the Day"

Our feature cover today is Thailand's Kamolrose Thunphirom - transsexual model.

Endangered Species?

In some circles, trans lesbians are held in the same view as trans women male admirers.  For some reason, people can't make the separation between gender and sexuality and think a transgender woman who identifies with lesbians is just a cross dresser trying to invade the "hen house".Or worse yet, you are labeled a total transgender "pretender" if you don't need the validation of your femininity through a man. (I have here)

Of course though I'm biased. As most of you know my partner is a genetic female and yes, a lesbian. But you know, I'm totally fine with what you do, along as it doesn't hurt me-or others.

If you are wondering, I the trans woman on the left is Andrea Scott who I believe is also a transgender vet. 

Cyrsti's Condo "Sunday Edition"

Good morning all and welcome to another Sunday edition here here Cyrsti's Condo. Right off the bat, we will pay homage to Paula's Place and all you other ladies from the UK who used to have paper rounds.  (What we call paper routes here.) Paula mentioned she used to deliver her papers with a pair of panty hose on under her pants! It's a good thing we don't have a paper route or round this morning Paula, we are stuck yet again in another winter storm!

Page One.- Opinion.  It's not as if I don't always have tons of opinions but this week seemed to bring out the worst of mine this week. One of which actually involves a post on labels in Paula's Blog (which you can find above).  I have no problem and even concur with Paula's ideas but an off the wall comment about being called a "lady" in public by a person I have seen writing in many places sent me into orbit- or more precisely almost into on line stealth.  Simply, with all the problems we transgender women and men have in society, all she can bitch about is being called a lady and her botched SRS.  To be sure, I don't think there could be a worse feeling than believing you made the wrong decision to go "under the knife" and change your genitalia and I have had my share of genetic women friends who laughingly recoiled at the "lady" word.  For me though, I still get a case of the "warm and fuzzies" when a stranger in the world calls my partner and I Ladies. Finally, the person who believes she had a botched SRS, she doesn't necessarily mean the surgical work as much as the psychological process.  I just have never perceived her comments as constructive. The whole process reminded me of when a stealth trans woman years ago told me she went underground because she couldn't take all the insanity in our community.  I did get out of the Google Plus group she was in and I wish her well.

Page Two.- Victory!  Same sex marriage took another step towards legality in Texas this week and in Arizona, the governor vetoed a blatant attempt to pass a discrimination law against TGLB individuals.  However, in Mississippi, a similar law is making it's way through the state's legislature.  I did hear though, the one here in Ohio has been pretty much buried. Ironically, a couple very strange bedfellows came together to help squash the bigotry, and timing was everything.  Without expressly saying it, the word was the NFL and the NBA were against the law in Arizona.  Of course very recently, both are dealing with opening gay athletes, with surely more to come.  Unless you are just dense, TGLB business is good business.  We do have two NFL teams in Ohio (although we aren't sure about Cleveland) and Columbus is on some sort of a long list for an NBA team.  Discrimination and hate is simply not a good way to build commerce in your state. The largest exception of course is Fox News and Clear Channel Radio who make a good living with hate mongers.

Page Three.- We Got Mail!  I can normally count on Pat for a comment or two which give me a pause for thought or even a giggle.  This week I wrote a post about what was in the bottom of a purse I was cleaning out - a Tampon. Why? In the past, I have had less than accepting genetic women approach me in not a gentle manner asking if I had a feminine product they could use. I got the distinct idea they didn't really need one but really did need to question me.  At any rate, Pat's comment was "Why would a woman my age carry one anyhow?"  Ha-ha!  I loved the comment and said so, which led to this response:
I know that you present well less than your stated age. I think that one of the lures for my dressing is that instead of presenting as a tired old gray haired guy with the right clothes, shoes, makeup and wig I can present at least 10-15 years younger than what is shown on my license.
What she didn't mention was what she carried in her purse but did write her wife still retained her women's restroom pass, without a hygiene product in her purse. Those pesky genetic women do have a sense of who belongs and who doesn't in their tribe and my guess is the final determination does not lie with what is the bottom of your purse...right Pat?

Finally, Audrey, thanks for your kind comments!

The Back Page.- It's time to attempt to get my old dog in gear to go out in the snow and potty which she has an aversion to.  As always, thanks to all of you for spending another week with me here "the Condo"!

Cyrsti's Condo "Quote of the Day"

"Once Upon a Day"

"Honey, I have heels higher than your standards!" I think it comes from Glamour Magazine. Thanks Liz!

Cyrsti's Condo "Cover Girl of the Day"

Our feature "cover" today is transgender woman Paris Brooke Duvall.

Behind Every Womanless Pageant...There is a Cross Dresser

Back in the day when Halloween was my only real time I could get out in the world and "strut my feminine stuff", the challenge was to come up with other "excuses" to have a costume party.  Of course Mardi Gras comes to mind as well as a few manufactured others which were less than successful.

In school and later in life, I remember exactly no womanless beauty pageant contests where I lived until they became popular with cancer fund raising events.  By then, I was exploring the world as a woman anyhow.  Every so often here in Cyrsti's Condo, we discuss the true dynamics of how some men simply shine in womanless pageants and would those of us who were hidden away in our closets cross dressing been too paranoid to compete?

I know for sure I would have in high school.

Just for kicks and giggles, I'm going to post this picture from a womanless pageant in Dover, Tennessee and ask you to pick the cross dresser out of the crowd. I think he did a pretty good job of not looking too obvious!  Or did he?