"...and mostly we ignored the movie, and Lisa whispered jokes about Zack, and I denied them, and she told me about two boys that she likes: a cute one and a nice one, and I said go for nice -- unless he's totally gross. (Right answer for a girl?)"

Easy As Breathing On a Ventilator.
by Angharad.
part:367

I felt like I was floating in treacle. Sometimes the light would be there and sometimes it was dark. I wondered if the darkness finally had got me. Something in my brain kept telling me, ‘it wasn’t over,’ then I’d float some more.

We waved them goodbye as Mrs Rose drove off and then returned to the house where Farah and I went back up to my room. Everything had been left neat and tidy.

‘I hope everything goes okay for Bryony at the doctor’s,’ I said. ‘It’s not going to be easy for her having to pretend to be a boy at school and only being a girl at home and the weekends.’

One-one one-two one-three one-four one-five...

"...Marsh, I mean, I know lots of boys do babysit, but they don't brag about it. They would wear shirts that say "World's Best Lawn Mower," or something. Right?"

Chapters 22 - 23. The continuing story of Jason, a young boy that is coming to terms with his transgender nature, and his mostly supportive family.

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Easy As Hauling Off A Shrike.
by: Angharad
part:364

After I'd managed to catch my errant rodent and slip her back to her babies, and Tom had finally stopped laughing, we set off home. We called in a supermarket on the way and did the shopping for the weekend, so that was one less chore to do while our visitors were there.

The Bard and I A novel by Bronwen Welsh Copyright 2008 An orphan boy is rescued from poverty by England's greatest playwright and discovers the joy of playing women's parts on stage and off

Part Two

Continuing the memoirs of Julian Moss, boy player in the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

Following his success playing Juliet, Julian seeks more than Will Shakespeare's approval and a day of contrasting emotions follows with some long term consequences.

Looking toward Charlene, the judge asked, “You look like a girl to me, but you have a boy’s name. Do you wish to explain?”

“If you felt like a monkey, would that make you swing through the trees like a monkey? I am sorry, but that reasoning is not sufficient.”