I would like to take this time to wish all the ladies of Cornbury a Wonderful Christmas and New Year. I look forward to the coming year. I hope to keep some of the momentum I built up over the year I am still working on plans to get Cornbury to expand and grow.
HUGS to Everyone!!
Well it’s the day after the Christmas dinner and I wanted to share what a nice time I had. It had been 20 years since I last had the opportunity to dress up and I can tell you I was scared out of my mind. I sat in the car for at least 15 minutes building courage to walk across the parking lot. And just when all seemed safe I stepped out of my car and into the empty spot next to me only to have a car pull into that spot and now I’m in the way, head lights blaring on me like the opening of a vauldeville show. It wasn’t until I walked into the meeting room I finally felt I had arrived home.
Just a reminder that our next dinner meeting is our Christmas Party.
Hugz everyone,
it was a small gathering this evening, Joy, Gail Jennifer and myself. it was a good chance to catch with each other enjoy a little time to discuss our lives.
Joy is is always the lady and Gail is doing well, the move for her to her new place has been good to her. Jennifer amazes me still that she makes her way down to Newton From New west every month. She enjoys her time to get out.
Bill C-279 passes second reading!
Bill C-279 has passed its first vote in the House of Commons. It now goes to the Justice Committee for amendments before a final vote in the House.
This bill would add “gender identity and gender expression” to our federal human rights protections and to our hate crime legislation. Unfortunately, the bill’s sponsor has suggested that “gender expression” might be dropped in the final version to address concerns that the term is not well defined.
A Partial Booklist
Boenke, Mary (ed.) Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones. The only book I’m aware of that includes stories by trans and non-trans people, that is by, for and about families.
Bornstein, Kate. Gender Outlaw and My Gender Workbook. Kate deconstructs gender in a humorous, gentle way. Highly recommended.
Boyd, Helen. My Husband Betty. Very well-written account by the wife of a cross-dresser, covering the various issues she went through in the ongoing process of coming to terms with her husband’s identity.
HOW DO I CHANGE MY NAME?
Many trans people change their names to better match their gender identity or expression. Some may be satisfied with informally asking others to use their new name. Others will want to legally change their name so that records and identification can be changed.
In BC, legal name changes are handled by the Ministry of Health’s Department of Vital
Statistics (http:llwww.vs.gov.bc.ca).
To be eligible for a legal name change, you must be:
I have managed to settle a work schedule that will allow me to continue with Cornbury for the foreseeable future, I have set myself a schedule where I will be able to attend all Cornbury dinner meeting each month with no work conflicts. I will need to work with the Esprit meetings and schedule days off for those but it is.
Cornbury has me for a long while yet!!
Hugz to everyone!
Yesterday I had a one on one with my supervisor and I came out to her and let her know about my transition to become the woman I am meant to be. She suspected, but now its official with her at least. She urged me to let her know if there is any issues with harassment of comments from any of my workmates and that she will take care of those as I work my way through HRT!! This is fantastically liberating and a wonderful feeling.
As some of you know, Marijka was diagnosed with cancer a few months back and while she went on some meds, they haven’t worked and the cancer has grown.