"The other day, for the first time, someone asked me what my preferred pronouns were. I lied- but I feel so inexpressibly happy that they gave me a choice."It's pretty difficult -- I've been trained, sort of, to use gendered terms automatically on the job. It's second nature to me now to say "good morning, ma'am," or "thank you, sir." I never ( Read more... )

I'm still awake, and have been awake for over eighteen hours, because I don't really want to sleep right now. I'd probably be able to, but I'd feel bad for it. We're waiting for news from my mom; she's contacting a veterinarian that specializes in alternative medicine, and depending on what he says we may need to (and probably will need to) have ( Read more... )