LGBT

When I first self realized I coveted another woman’s touch and companionship, I had the hardest time trying to find the local scene; and I live in Los Angeles. You would think it is a mecca of gayness, lesbians around…
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So, you want to make a baby! Well, you have the equipment, and you’re ready. The next step used to be – the baster. Not these days! The best way to approach insemination is often the formal route. Using a…
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Explaining butch and femme classifications Classification is dangerous for all involved. Pushed further, there are subcategories that people fit into, but rarely does one person fit one traditional stereotype. To assume that a woman in one category prefers another is…
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Politics As Usual Male-pattern history, like male-pattern baldness, can expose in the owner thereof a motley mix of genetic flaw, bad habits, and overall inertia up above. In the case of society and politics, this tendency leads to chaos. And…
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Lesbians: First date etiquette and red flags First dates are first dates, period. Blind dates, on the other hand, can be awkward. Not only are they the first (and possibly only) chance to make a good impression on each other,…
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As society continues to become more accepting and less judgmental, there is an ever-increasing percentage of lesbian women who are becoming more open about the implications of leading life as a homosexual woman. Many women often dream of becoming mothers…
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The title itself has a strong impact on my being. It’s a blunt way to express the ideas of the emotional status a lesbian has of herself which is, in any case the hardest part.I am a lesbian. I don’t…
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The New Alternative Lifestyle For Lesbians Are you, like me, not into the bar scene? Are you tired of on-line searches? Take the bitch for a walk instead. No, I’m not talking about your latest ex, I’m talking about your…
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I’ve read quite a few articles on dating for heterosexuals and homosexuals. Online dating is the new bang flashing across homes everywhere. However, what we seem to be missing is information on what happens when you fall for the girl…
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Same-sex marriage has enveloped this nation in what has become a heated debate over the morality of the issue. Whether it is religion, the sanctity of marriage, or even the effect on potential children, this issue has exploded upon our…
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Threatened, ridiculed, and isolated, lesbian women in America struggled with a dual identity as members of a misogynistic and patriarchal post World War II society. They had to face an onslaught of challenges brought about not only because of their…
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The Sound of Silence Silence is very loud. In the world of lesbian dating, it is a scream. In every sense of the word. Silence speaks volumes, which, if it is anything like speaking tongues, is very scary indeed. Silence…
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Drag queens and transvetities appear quite similar on the surface, but the underlying motivations for their cross gender appearance are quite different. It is not uncommon for these two categories of people to be confused with each other and the…
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The Benjamin Standards of Care (BSOC) have served as a long standing safety net for transsexual persons either male to female (MTF) or female to male (FTM) to help make sure that a person is truly suited to gender reassignment…
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The title of this article makes me giggle. It sounds like either a bad pulp novel, or a lifetime movie. Yes, I am a lesbian, and there are probably a lot of interesting things that can be said about both…
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The Case of My Indisposed Disposition Lesbians, in general, are very individualistic for being such a small part of the population. This can make it difficult to find common ground, other than our sexuality, to bring us together, thus leading…
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Raising any child is difficult, but raising a child dealing with GID (Gender Identity Disorder) presents a unique set of challenges for not just the parents but the entire family. A child with GID (For the purposes of this article…
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Flirting tips for lesbians Well ladies, if you’re like me and most of the other lesbians I meet you would prefer to sit there and look pretty. Hoping that the beautiful stranger from across the way will work up the…
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Imagine waking up one day and feeling that you were in the wrong body, although the one you are in is indeed your own. Gender dysphoric children know who they are by that simple ticking in their head and heart…
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The human psyche and spirit are androgynous or bi-sexual. Each of us combines elements of male and female, masculine and feminine. Jung introduced the notion with his theories of aniumus and anioma, and popular culture adopted it back in the…
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Transitioning is never easy, and in some ways more difficult from the male-to-female perspective. I’ve learned a few things about the art and craft of going from male to female, and I’d like to share them with you. Overkill is…
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While defining transsexualism is actually a very easy thing to do, helping someone understand the transitional process, especially someone that will never go through it, is not quite as simple. For starters transsexualism is more accurately described as GID (Gender…
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I wanted to address a letter I received from a reader in regard to the email I sent two days before Halloween – listing parties, contests and places I thought might be fun spots for people to attend. I listed…
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So you’ve found yourself stuck in this place and you’re not quite sure what to do about it. You’re biologically or anatomically one gender, but mentally and psychologically you feel another. How can you tell your parents or your siblings…
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It is paramount to the health of a transgender child as well as to their physical safety that their parents be educated on all the issues that surround the life of their trans child. The first cardinal rule of parenting…
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The term transgender is tossed about quite a bit these days with few people really understanding what it means. Like many words, it once had a very specific meaning that over time grew to cover more and more ground, While…
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Transsexualism is a condition which is greatly misunderstood by people everywhere, it isn’t just one country or region of the earth, but a universal phenomena. Transsexualism is defined as one of two things in most mainstream dictionaries which is either:…
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Is gender a biological or mental identity?  With advances in medical technology, doctors can determined which gender a pregnant woman’s unborn child will be.  Also, you can argued that premise further by knowing how to distinguish between nature and nurture. …
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Transsexuality is something most people don’t really understand which has created a swarm of myths around these people which is both irresponsible, often hurtful, and leads to easier marginalization. In most cases people accept many of these myths because at…
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Had the title of this debate been “nature vs. nurture,” the answer may be more clear-cut. As it is, the argument implies that the human body can somehow be partitioned into self-sufficient departments, getting together for quarterly meetings. The mind…
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