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Stylishly & straightforwardly feminine. Geeky, techy sort of woman, 57 (it's probably the estradiol). Ardeni Lakam is my Isabel. Writes, but can't sight read, music. Plays piano a bit. T1D. Single & pan. UK.
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Ardeni is pain and rage and empathy and love. She is Ishtar and Inanna. She is the traumatised child with the power to turn the world to dust but she just smiles and holds out her hand. She has lived in my head since I was 11 years old, burying every darkness. She is the heart of me. I am Ardeni.

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In my head, I don't look like this. Dysphoria has retreated inside where it still festers and whispers but it has no power over the reality that this is who I am. A selfie is a celebration.

submitted 11 hours ago • 5 comments

It's been one of those days when I listen to Hi Ren and let myself cry. In a good way. And I go by many names also Some people know me as "hope" Some people know me as the voice that you hear When you loosen the noose on the rope

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

I love it when my daughter visits from Sheffield...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Deciding what to watch. Fate/Zero I think...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

They say the pen is mightier than the sword, but the sword is mightier than the penis.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Trans peeps quote with a pic of yourself that you love

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Today's adventure was Anglesey Abbey, which is neither in Anglesey nor is it an Abbey.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

This rose is so beautiful. I want these in my garden.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Aisle 7 for glassware, ceramics, cutlery and cursed dolls

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Had a conversation with someone today about headphones. I said I was going to buy some new earbuds to replace my broken ones. She said she likes her Sony WH1000X phones. Not suggesting Google is listening to private conversations... but Google is definitely listening to private conversations.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Shopkeeper: Hello, how may I help you today. Me: I'm looking for a statue of a dog wearing a recency style coat with a fancy necktie and stuffed into a glass cone, like he's the ice cream in a cornetto. Shopkeeper: I think I have exactly what you want...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Estate agent was showing people around my house today so I went out... But not before I'd carefully positioned my dalek to look as menacing as possible.

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

I remember this time. There was a period of about three months when I was subject to drive-by transphobia. It happened three times: people hanging out of their cars to yell abuse as they drove past. Then... It stopped. Permanently.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

A stark warning to Labour showing that their strategy of appeasing the far right by aping their policies does not work at all. None of the Reform voters have switched to Labour or the Liberal Democrats. Labour is losing votes to the left and not gaining any from the right. The strategy is insane.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

You'd have to be deliberately malicious or delusional if you think that a protected characteristic called Gender Reassignment exists, but that it doesn't actually reassign your sex... despite the definition of the characteristic saying it means undergoing a process to reassign your sex.

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

Why do people who grew up when queer people were criminalised, denigrated or oppressed have regressive views on queer people, while the younger generation who grew up in a more accepting culture are more accepting? Who can tell... it's a mystery.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Dept Q, Episode 7, Cold Open Scene 1 Brilliant. So satisfying. Utterly perfect in every way. Excellent script and wonderful use of the characters.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

If you're doing the consultation on the EHRC's discriminatory guidance you might want to point out that para 2.1.2 says that a person's sex changes based on the processes they undergo to change physiological or other attributes of sex, which contradicts EHRC para 2.1.7.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment