I am so sad for you. My deepest condolences. :cuddle:

Pinging @khizuo@hexbear.net as a subject matter expert, but I have questions for the community in general.

So, for decorating my black leather jacket , I am thinking of stencil-painting the 72 demonic sigils of the Ars Goetia up the sleeves (36 wrapped around each sleeve), and then painting either the magic circle of the Ars Goetia, the Secret Seal of Solomon, or stenciling the Preliminary Invocation text. This would all be in red or gold paint.

My questions:

• First, general vibe / aesthetic check: cringe or potentially based?
• I'm neither a practitioner or really a believer in Goetia or other magick practices, so I am a bit concerned about this sort of display being appropriative. -

Pretty sure the regime change window has passed. This is just for cruelty at this point.

I am so sorry for you. It was very clear that you loved him so much, and he loved you back.

Got the passport application turned in. Was nervous about the postal clerk saying something about the gender marker change, but he was nice and didn't even mention it. The process was fast, although it was a bit expensive. I opted for the expediated service to ensure that it's processed within the next couple of weeks.

I don't think this is correct. Trump cares a lot about not looking weak, and reporting from the 1st Trump administration indicates that he cares a lot about what the media thinks about him, with him watching TV almost constantly to see how he was being portrayed. That's why he held off on the Afghanistan withdrawal, despite his administration opening negotiation with the Taliban, and while he continued to funnel weapons into Ukraine during him admin.

I see. I want booba, so that makes sense that it wasn't brought up.

Yeah. I may call back the clinician tomorrow to double check. I wanted to go oral to start because I think I might get nervous/put it off if I started with injections.

Are SERMs common for a femme transition? I hadn't heard of them before, but taking a look I can see a lot of benefits (at least from the run down on the Cleveland Clinic website).

Are you taking the pill sublingually?

I'll see the instructions, but I think it will be oral as opposed to sublingual for now.

The appointment went well. I was super nervous, but everyone was supportive. I really liked my clinician, and she said that PP was taking steps to try to get its patients stockpiles of treatment if it looks like HRT access ends up being threatened by the new admin.

Got my prescription from Planned Parenthood! 2 mg E and 50 mg spiro, both oral. Still nervous, but I am excited.

Well, I fucked up my nail polish, burned a ton of time trying to get it off, fucked up my eye makeup, and I am late to the appointment.

Still excited/pumped tho.

HRT consult is this afternoon!

When was that? Looking at the current rules (online), it says that you don't need to justify gender marker changes.

To clarify, I am not changing my name at this juncture, just my gender marker.

Does anyone have experience getting their gender marker corrected on their social security (US)? I have the passport appointment scheduled, and will be ponying up to get that fast tracked, but I a bit confused on the SSN process, specifically when it comes to ID. It sounds like I'd need to mail in an ID if I want to do it by mail, and I am worried about documents getting lost. Is anyone familiar with the in-person process?

Well, there's a metal show that I really want to go to in a few weeks, and I am not sure how I want to go. I want to dress femme, but it is in a different (relatively progressive?) city and I would be on my own. I would obviously look gender non-conforming, so I am worried about harassment. Probably not at the show itself, but just walking to and from the venue. However, I hate having gone to these shows before looking like a basic-ass white boy.

He doesn't exactly have any political proteges, and he hates his adult sons so it's not like he's trying to make a dynastic play. So, giving his on-again off-again rivals a hope of career progression in exchange for support is definitely an "deal maker" move.

The 2028 primary will be a knife-fight like 2016 between Vance, DeSantis, Abbott, Youngkin and Noem at the very least. The GOP has a pretty hefty bench of Trumpist and soft-Trumpist ghouls to compete for the nomination. Of course, with the inevitable cabinet drama, we could see various political careers squashed in the next 4 years.

I watched the first 3 seasons, loved it, and definitely got into the whole "brony" fandom. Went to a few in person meetups, listened to all the fan music. Read and tried writing fanfiction. It was definitely something that I hid from my parents for a while, then bought some merch. I remember my mom being concerned.

In retrospect, I think it was a way of indulging in gender/feminity in a way that I felt was somewhat acceptable, since it was ironic/post-ironic. I was also really into F/F shipping, which I conceptualized as "male horniness" at the time, but looking back on it certainly has gender implications. It definitely helped me come to terms with my own bisexuality at the least: I had that figured out a long time before I realized I was trans. I definitely identified strongly with the female cast, especially Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna. I wanted a Princess Luna plushie for years, and only now with my egg cracking that I was able to overcome those hangups and finally buy one.

I fell off the show in season 4. I had other interests, and I kinda felt that the fandom had fallen off. There was this vein of alt-right infiltration and weirdness with fandom drama that made me less comfortable with the fandom, or at least with figures that I used to respect.

Any recommendation for makeup tutorials for feminizing contour application?