I've just awakened and the tea hasn't hit my brain yet. Isn't the neologism "femmephobia" just a new wrapper for the term "misogyny?" That's how it seems to me at a glance, at least.

The parallels are there. In both cases it simply boils down to the prevailing view that it is good to be a man or man-like, and bad to be a woman or woman-like. (And of course, man-like and woman-like are social constructs. What is a "masculine" or "feminine" trait or action are different in different cultures.)

From Profiles > Characters, which takes me here:

http://stonewallfleet.com/profile/characters

And that screen says:

You don't have any characters listed yet.
Click here​ to add your first character.

The second sentence is a hotlink to http://stonewallfleet.com/add-character

Episode 626 - Voyager - "Author, Author" - 04/18/2001

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=4720

The Doctor writes a holo-novel to be published in the Alpha Quadrant, featuring characters who closely resemble - but do not flatter - the crew.

Enjoy!

Episode 625 - Voyager - "Q2" - 04/11/2001

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=4719

Q leaves his son (Q2) on Voyager, to learn from the crew.

Enjoy!

Episode 624 - Voyager - "Human Error" - 03/07/2001

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=4718

Seven practices her social skills, on the holodeck.

Enjoy!

Where did you get that link from?

Hal

http://goodmenproject.com/uncategorized/on-femmephobia/

I didn't care for the way the article ended, with the presumption that trans women "want" to be girls--as opposed to being girls, or, dare I say, women.... But otherwise, SPOT F'N ON.

Also, I'm sure the author would agree that even "bad Trekkie novels" are awesome in their own way.

I've never used that url, but if you mouse over "Profile" at the top of the page (next to Forums) you'll see "Edit Profile" and "Characters". Click on "Characters" and it will bring up a "form" where you can add your toons. When you click "Submit" you will get a "Wait" box that won't go away. Just click on the "refresh" icon along the bottom of the form and it will then post the information you added. To get rid of the wait box just click "close" that is down near "submit" and it will close the form for you.

The "Edit Profile" is bugged at the moment. :pinch: You can make changes but it won't save the changes...when you click save it will change the info back to what you had originally. I have a message in to Nick about it but haven't heard anything back as of yet. :whistle:

Arenanet has announced the dates for the next Beta Weekend Event! (finally).

Beta Weekend Event 2 will begin on Friday, June 8th, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and will run until Sunday, June 10th, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7).

Really hope they fixed the guilld/grouping issues which crippled us last time. Especially the server separation problems.

I got a 404 error when trying to add a character to my profile, using the link http://stonewallfleet.com/add-character -- does anyone know if this URL should in fact work, or if there's a different URL I should use? Thanks!

Well, in all fairness, I only ever experienced one side--mine. :) I may have been granted provisional male privilege at times but not consistently, and it's been well over a decade since I even had the option. I was feminine well before I realized I was trans. Would I change bodies if I could choose what kind of body it was? Probably--but I wouldn't presume the body itself was gendered. I have a gender, not it.

*Subject hop* Ohh for something akin to Iain M Banks Culture. Where you can shift between male and female by consulting the Lace in your brain and telling it that you wish to be X or Y now. Then it transitions you over a few weeks. Tot he extent that many in it are Mothers and Fathers several times. Seeing what it is like to experience both sides.

Back on topic. Maybe if people who are Trans support and talk to the creator of this title, then others might get developed. Look at the aspects that were not covered here for one reason or another.

And although I am happy as I am, I would fully support any friend or lover who wanted to undergo such a transition in their real life.

So in reading and looking at 1.3 update ... I see the what I assume they are talking about is a LFG thing but they are not saying if its cross server or not.

One of the issues I have been facing is not being able to pvp cause no one on this server when I am available to play .. it used to take 5-15 minutes to get into pvp now its like an hour or more depending on when I play.

What I have not seen them mention is cross server pvp so we can get these queues moving .. anyone heard anything about this? And mind you I hadn't pvped for over 10 years but found it fun here, but now its rough to find a group.

A cool thing will be moddable slots for your appearnce gear aka social gear, and now maybe with a LFG you can get some ops and social stuff going .. but its kinda the cart with the horse ... but its progress... unless on a dead server like ours... they did also mention server transfers but that is pointless to me since I wanna stay in this guild.

The real issue is no cross server lfg unless that is coming .. its somethign this game really needs for the smaller server populations like ours.

Anyways just my ramblings and thoughts would love to hear yours ...

Quote by RodgerPM

Even your post is a fantastic example of brevity being the soul of wit, nice job. :D

B)

Thanks, but I don't think it's easy on ANY of us. We're not living in the early 25th Century, alas--we've a ways to go before humanity is ready to accept us without question. I'm sure I'm not the only one on this forum who wishes a parent of ours would accept who we are.

Besides, the rest of my family is accepting, and I have lots of friends and lovers to provide the support I need. I'm one of the lucky ones. :dry:

Thanks for your clarification Lilith, I suspected it glossed over some important details in an effort to make it more "acceptable" to the mainstream and keep the video a workable length. I sincerely hope it will help in making people more accepting and supportive because I know how difficult life becomes for those with the courage to be who they truly are. I am sorry for the difficulties you are having with your father though, I know that is difficult for you. :(

Even your post is a fantastic example of brevity being the soul of wit, nice job. :D

It's not bad, but I'm with LesleyA--there are some fairly common elements of the experience of being a trans woman that were left out. For example, the game designer clearly was still talking to her family. Some of us are not so fortunate! I'm lucky that my mom does still talk to me and even considers me her daughter. My father? Not so much luck there. :(

Also, estradiol by itself generally doesn't cause breast development--that's more a function of progesterone. Estradiol does cause hair to become lighter and fainter--and this happens even with facial hair, although said hair tends to be quite coarse and dark to begin with, so one either must shave or, more usefully, undergo some sort of hair removal regimen. (I went with laser and it worked well enough that, while I still shave, what I shave isn't darkly pigmented--no more shadow! YAY!)

Ironically, in the US, the main anti-testosterone drug is also prescribed as medication for high blood pressure.

One more thing: Customs tends to seize hormones ordered outside the United States. The formulations are the same--and often the hormones are made in the same factory, just packaged and sold in different markets. But it's still dangerous because if you aren't careful you can overdose and wind up with renal failure--a fate at least one trans woman of my acquaintance has experienced.

I make bios, but I keep them so short that there's no need to scroll down. Brevity, wit, etc.

I usually create some on the fly small bio for each character. I think there were only a couple I have left blank.

I try not to get too involved with them as the times I do I usually run smack bang into the limits of it.

I usually keep it somewhat simple. Something about their ideals and goals and what led them into Starfleet or the KDF fleets.

For instance I created a Caitian who was at the Starbases where the Atrox was being built for Starfleet and it gets attacked by a KDF force trying to stop the Feds getting carriers. I avoided the classic "Sole Survivor" cliche. Having others also be rescued by Starfleet and it was the rescue and help that sees him sign up with them as well.

Most feature some reference to Sexuality. Not trying to suggest that they are actively persecuted but especially on the KDF side most races there seem like they would be pretty intolerant of anything not classed as their "norm".
This is less obvious on the Fed side although what Lore exists for stuff like Caitians suggests strong links to family and the bonds between family etc.