Now itās a party! [Runs to grab the twister gameā¦]
Fun song. I donāt think I have heard it before.
Thereās a lot more where that came from.
I know of the series but havenāt read any of it. 
Thank you for the link.
It looks like a form of dance to me, with the ballet-style uniforms and the slow-motion video replays.
I envy you: so many treasures yet in store!
It took me forever to dip my toe in because Iām intimidated by long, epic series. Fortunately thatās not what discworld is. These are works of humor, with bits of the authorās opinions poking through, and, generally, each book stands alone.
Where I live we have two football (soccer) teams.
Gas heads and shitheads.
Thank you for the guide. I too am a bit intimidated. 
That guide is missing The Shepherds Crown off the end of the Tiffany Aching books.
My advice would be pick one of Mort or Guards! Guards! and read the rest of that series. When the BBC did their Big Read survey in 2003, Mort came in at 65 and Guards! Guards! was at 69.
I grew up in Carlisle and you usually ended up supporting Carlisle United because it was something to do on a Saturday afternoon.
Last week I discovered the YouTube channel of Infamous Sphere, who does some great reviews and analysis of (mostly) queer cinema. I have done a crazy binge watch of these over the past few days. Discovered several interesting-sounding movies I had not known of before.
Okay, hereās my question.
We hear a lot about trans issues but it all seems to be transgender. Where do transvestites fit into the picture now?
My perspective is that all ātrans-ā means is moving from one place or state to another, so everybody is trans in some sense. It conveys the reality that life is always in flux. Movement through time is overlapping series of transitions.
The idea of transvestism requires buying into the notion that clothes code a gender binary - basically one would need to buy into that, and also have some consensus as to what clothes represented what. In some areas of queer culture, that gender binary is never assumed, so just as gender can mix and match traits associated with any gender, something analogous is done with clothing. I myself have never bought into the notion of clothes being sex nor gender specific.
One thing I have noticed people have become more vocal about is establishing that many (most?) of those who consider themselves to be cross dressers are not gay. I guess people often used to assume that they could predict a personās sexual orientation by the gender-coding of their clothes. But that doesnāt work very well.
My impression is that a transvestite is one who tries to convey a specific (often hyper-exaggerated) sex/gender performance. Trying to pass within the conventions of what is expected of an idealized man or woman. But the genderqueer will often mash things up without trying to pass as either pole on a continuum. Such as wearing a tuxedo jacket with a skirt, or other more subtle combinations.
Transvestites may or may not be transgender depending on which definition you use. I use the inclusive definition introduced at London Pride in the mid 90s, because transphobes rarely distinguish between people with gender dysphoria and people who just choose to dress in clothes of the opposite gender. There are other reasons why the inclusive definition offers more legal protection to everyone involved, but Iām not really in a good state to explain right now.
The original and now nearly obsolete definition of transgender actually excluded people who had dysphoria and wanted confirmation surgery, and was only used by full time transvestites. Most of those people will now be in their late 70s at least.
Social conservatives are steadily running out of media willing to pretend that homosexuality doesnāt exist.
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CBSās The Young and the Restless may finally be going where it has long feared to tread. In recent weeks, a slo-mo attraction has been brewing between Tessa (Cait Fairbanks) and Mariah (Camryn Grimes), two supposedly straight women who are in safe but unsatisfying relationships with men. Until now, this potential romance has mostly consisted of longing looks, meaningful pauses and a tender touch here and there, but the Sapphic action suddenly escalated in the August 3 episode when Tessa and Mariah locked lips.
One might assume weāre off to the races with a Teriah (so much better than Messa!) affair, but not so fast: Sources at the soap tell us that execs at CBS are being super skittish about this storyline. None will comment about it on the record and thereās also a gag order banning the two stars from talking about it to the press.[/quote]
This happened to me ā though not with forms, alcohol, hotels, and cars, but in other ways. I developed Crohnās disease at age 9, in the mid-60ās. In elementary school, it wasnāt too bad; I was given permission to just get up and go to the restroom without a word. But in middle school it was awful ā I had to raise my hand, ask permission, get a hall pass, go to the rest room where there were no doors on the stalls on purpose. And this was several times a day. People noticed, and worse, I felt so different, weird, and inferior. So I feel for you.
When older, and hopefully happier, we have to look at such early experiences as things to learn from, if possible. I think it gave me a more open-minded viewpoint, even before I was able to deal with the early trauma.
Gah.
I remember how they used to do that in the 80s because of the War On Drugs, but Iām surprised they did that way back in the 60s.
Terribly sorry you had to go through that, regardless of the stupid bureaucratic reasons for taking the doors of the stalls.
Late 60ās but yeah.
Hey, LC.
Hi.
I didnāt know you were here. Welcome.