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Within all of us is beauty, regardless of race, religion, religious creed, political opinion, color or ethnic, national or social origin, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Please take time to read through the following writings from men and women in our community.

God's Dilemma

I just come out and say it “God has a dilemma”. He has a book written thousands of years ago called the Bible, which has been misinterpreted by millions of people resulting in grievous harm to innocents. It is not a unified work, rather it is a collection of writings , the inclusion of which were decided on by committee. There are many other writings by saints of the period and historical accounts that were not included in the Bible. For some reason, we are to believe that this most influential of books, is the infallible word of God. Really? God created the most important book of all time through a committee? God's dilemma is that this book instead of helping the Christian understand the mind of God, it has caused untold suffering. How could the all powerful and creator of the Universe with all it's perfection tolerate this book?

Would you walk in my shoes?

As I prepared the day I went out with my new 3 1/2 wedge boots, they are absolutely precious, when I am in them I can not help looking down at my cute feet. I have to be careful, I need to waterproof them or they will get damaged.

This post isn't about my beautiful exquisite collection of shoes, that will come another day. This is about the person who walks in them. My turmoils of everyday life fighting with fears and the unknowns as I have for 36 years.

Overcoming Childhood Scars

Certainly in the time & place I grew up -- a southern state in the 1960's and 1970's. there was no support for transfolk whatsoever. Even the gay and lesbian community was hidden away, in seedy bars subject to police raids, that you could only find by word of mouth. I did find another gay person until age 24. But without an adult understanding of gender identity, the budding queer community was confusing and no friend to transgender persons.

You Aren't Alone in That Tunnel

A transwoman recently reached out to her newfound community, and the welcoming and loving responses were overwhelming. She was talking about the difficulties she is encountering in regards to being able to transition. She made the statement "So for me I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I see myself as having to remain male in a world that I should have been born female into."

Crossing the Border, Coming Home to One’s Self

She sat in the compartment alone, stared from the window as the train flew through villages scattered across the Franconian hillsides like jacks tossed into a circle prior to the game. Grey stone walls, red-tiled roofs and always the spire of the town-church above everything else, cross shining across the fields and the roads where the occasional car wended its way between here and there.