When talking about your gender identity is there a difference between using comfortable and not uncomfortable?!?!?

When I'm working on "Angel of..." stories I keep having ideas for the next Masks story, and vice versa.

His Department of Education, a misnomer if ever there was one (especially in light of who he chose as his Secretary of Education), has apparently opened an investigation into whether or not Smith College has violated Title IX by admitting transgender women.

Perhaps we should rather be reminding people that on this day in 1970, some 56 years ago, 4 college students were killed and nine wounded at Kent State University in Ohio while protesting the US involvement in the Vietnam War. Members of the Ohio State National Guard discharged 67 rounds over 13 seconds into a crowd of unarmed protestors. Eight of the shooters were charged with depriving the students of their civil rights, but were later acquitted in a bench trial.

When I got online today, suddenly this site is displaying a shrunken version of the screen. It is roughly one third the size of the normal screen.

Any clue as to why this is happening? Is anyone else seeing the same thing? Any ideas on how to resolve the problem?

Something a bit personal from QueerDispatch this week.

The latest Under the Rainbow story is called
The Times I Got Caught.

Before I talk about the time I didn’t run, I needed to talk about the times I got caught.
This story goes back to high school, to hidden pieces of myself, to a painful moment with my family,
and to the kind of words that stay with you long after they are said.

RE: Unfinished Projects:

Several years back, I started writing a story about a beautiful young transgirl who moves in with her wealthy "uncle" while attending art school. At first they get along fine, but then he begins demanding unusual "favors" in return for food and board:

So today we realized there were a bunch of stuff that hadn't been done around here since I went into the hospital, and since i was in manic mode, I decided to try and reduce the list a little.

I did pretty well, but at some point the manic fog lifted enough for me to realize i had pushed myself as much as I could, and for once I actually listened to my body and called it a day.

It probably doesn't seem like much, but I'm a little proud I could override the manic and realize when I needed to stop.

Good Morning Y'all.

I forgot to post this yesterday, sorry.

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/110426/gamma-girl-life-4

of 2026 gone already!

A short snipped from chapter two:

The Clffhanger: Chapter Two

for some of the UK!

well, I survived my time in the hospital, and I am home safe.

I had a lot of crap in my lungs, and it was no fun, but I had some wonderful people looking after me.

I am really glad to home!

Yesterday was truly nice despite the Oklahoma "gentle breeze twenty nine mph" and several doctor's visits. People, I'm nothing special. IF you, guys and gals rise above the clothes hamper and the Debby Downer attitude, you may receive the positive attention and comments. Dark chocolate, long sleeve, satin smooth polished polyester blouse, soft pink, polyester, knee length, swing skirt were the basics. The extras were a thin gold necklace, multi rings silver earrings, Rodeo Queen jeweled belt, black felt cowgirl hat.

Part 3 of Gamma Girl Life has been posted :D

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/110358/gamma-girl-lif...

debuting today!

my brain has been rotting with a story idea for a while now and its been difficult to sort of visualise one of the main leads but I think i've probably got it....

Not sure it's worth mentioning but today I've been a member of the site for 20 years! Or as the system is displaying it to me 19 years and 12 months :)

WOW!

I met up with Mike (my angel) who takes Leeanna out into the big bad world. We first went out on short walks after dark only. Last year this progressed to being out in the day in quite out of the way locations. Then late last year going to places where the were a small number of people.

Last weekend, we visited a small WW2 Museum and a very busy castle.

The Trump administration has settled out of court after being sued by multiple organization over the removal of the Pride flag from Stonewall. The flag has been restored, and under the agreement it cannot be removed by any administration going forward for any reason other than maintenance.

Now all we need is to get the “T” and the “Q” restored to the historical references. They were also removed by the Trump administration due to the Orange Asshat’s executive order declaring that his administration recognizes only two genders, which are defined at birth.

Hey,

I’ve got something new coming this Saturday, April 18.

Riftbound Flesh is a prequel set in the same universe as The Aeldstorm Saga. It sits at the beginning, the event that sets everything into motion.

This one leans more heavily into the science fiction side of the story.

It’ll be available first as a short early-access release on my site, before I open it up more broadly.

If you’ve read Fractured Rune, this builds toward some of what comes later. If you haven’t, it still stands on its own.

A bit off our usual subject but if you live near Milwaukee WI, here goes

It's a gamer, sci-fi, anime one day convention run by the students of MSOE, a major private engineering school.

Runs until 10PM, 25 bucks for non-students.

Parking is problematic

They have a webpage.

I hope everyone here has a fun and safe weekend.

Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)
Dwight and Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall
1025 North Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202

o last night I had two very different dreams.

In the first, I was a performer at some award ceremony. I started at the back of the audience and came down the stairs toward the stage, singing what seemed to be the choruses of a group of songs. And even in the dream I was amazed at beautiful my voice was, how amazing I looked in a dress and heels.

The first chapter of Taylor's second book, Gamma Girl Life, has been posted. I hope everyone enjoys!

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/110235/gamma-girl-lif...

I posted a new chapter over the weekend and I just had to add this little tid bit

I police shooting and weapon jam I described in my story, it really happens about 2 years back in Chicago, it was captured on 2 body cams and 2 cameras watching the street and my depiction of it is tamer than the "Keystone cops" real world version that happened....yes the female cop was that incompetent!

but have fun reading and PLEASE leave comments and questions as some of them make me thing and add to stories!

Is there anything more delicious than spending the entire day in your prettiest undies?

Click image to enlarge.

She wanted to watch it as it was Savannah Guthrie’s first day back. Apropos of nothing, I was sitting and reading as she watched the show, and a segment with Terry Crews and his wife, Rebecca King-Crews, came on; she suffers from Parkinson’s and underwent a new procedure to treat her illness.

"You okay?" asked Gadgetive.

"Rat," gasped Energia. "Giant rat. Giant, fire-breathing rat! Giant, fire-breathing, exploding rat!"

You don’t own what you ‘bought.” Amazon Kindle, etc, but Apple too.

On April 9, 2004, I “purchased” a digital copy of a Ton Koopman / Amsterdam Baroque Choir performance of Bach’s Easter Oratorio. I downloaded it to iTunes. I have the receipts.

After being blocked for months, I finally finished Luck be a Lady.

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/110175/lucky-one-luck...

I forgot to post this blog earlier. The last chapter of Gamma Girl is out now. Next week I'll start posting the first part of the second story.

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/110161/guess-im-gamma...

to this week

So...over the past few decades, TG fiction has gone through several distinct phases, and one of the most striking changes is the near‑disappearance of what I'll call the old "coercive discipline" trope — the strict guardian, the melodramatic punishment, the exaggerated authority figure who pushes a character toward transformation. In the 1990s and early 2000s, these elements were everywhere. They weren’t treated as realism; they were part of a larger tradition of heightened, symbolic storytelling.

at least on alternate days!

bad day today it would have been my 33rd anniversary if my wife and i were still together .coming out has cost me so much .my wife my son and 3 daughters ,was it worth it im not so sure anymore. I used to be living before i got so sick now im just surviving .

Here's the next chapter in TAYLOR's story :D

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/110096/guess-im-gamma...

"I messed up"

Apparently those are the words of an air traffic controller in New York, after a plane collided with a firetruck.

Can you imagine how this person feels now? To know one mistake led to death, destruction?

Well, I don't have to imagine.

I know, because I made a mistake that caused the death of an elderly woman.

I was working in long term care, and I and another person were trying to lift the woman using a machine called a Hoyer lift when I made a mistake, she slipped off, and cracked her head on the base of the machine, and died.

I'm in the process of getting HRT. I've seen the psychiatrist, and my doctor is submitting the referral for the endocrinologist. I'm a happy girl!

Yessir, good ole’ Donny has that tar baby right where he wants it!

Trump started a war with no true justification and no real goal in mind. Nothing beyond distracting voters from all of his other problems and scandals, plus the ability to thrust out his chest and brag about how “no one has ever done anything so great before”. His usual claim to fame.

And now every time he hits the Iranian tar baby, he just gets stuck deeper and harder and has no idea how to get loose.

It is getting worse over here on our side of the pond. https://www.them.us/story/federal-prisons-are-beginning-to-f...

I was a little late posting Part 5. I have had 3 blood draws and 3 vaccinations this week. Oog... Never tell a new doctor you're tired.

If you follow me on Bluesky (@ScaerieTale.itch.io) you already know about my current projects, but I know BigCloset is its own microcosm too. I wasn't going to announce anything yet because, at first, it was just one book I was working on. But I finished it and needed to occupy my time and creative energy with all the ideas that I didn't use in that book, so now, I'm writing a second one while the first one cools and awaits final editing. There's also been some family medical drama but I won't drag this down yapping about all that right now <3

When they're ready they'll both be available a chapter at a time here on TopShelf, or as an e-book for anyone who wants to skip ahead :)

Hello All,

I have had to go back through and change my new story title from "A New World" to the current one "A World To Give." As this story progresses, you will hopefully see why I had to pick this new title. I promise it will become apparent to you soon.

Clara

Clara has written me that she is ready to start posting another story here at BigCloset TopShelf first

When I checked the site today, I found a message sent to me regarding an attempt by multiple anti-trans organizations to get the FDA to create restrictive regulations on the prescription and use of estrogen for the treatment of transgender women. The request is of course based on pseudoscience, and when reviewing the petition it becomes readily apparent that many of the justifications for their petition are being twisted to reflect a viewpoint not originally cited within the referenced materials.