tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561337082281128243.post5373910828928230174..comments2023-03-14T11:10:21.785-04:00Comments on Work in progress: Voices...Danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16975813317460009585noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561337082281128243.post-33040441142282055902010-10-20T16:39:03.782-04:002010-10-20T16:39:03.782-04:00"The internet has been a godsend for those of..."The internet has been a godsend for those of us who would otherwise be living life in almost total isolation as we were before the internet when information was hard to come by and connections to others was almost impossible."<br /><br />So true Dani! Being alone and "feeling like a screw-up" is the best way to describe the situation before this world opened up to me. <br /><br />Keep telling your story Hun!Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561337082281128243.post-32058784900444349572010-10-14T06:34:22.707-04:002010-10-14T06:34:22.707-04:00@ Gin: Thank you, I'm glad that you liked it!
...@ Gin: Thank you, I'm glad that you liked it!<br /><br /><br /> @ Amy: Isolated and alone very well describes my situation pre internet. Growing up in NH in the 70's and 80's there was no information and no support and I was truly flying blind. I spent years thinking that I may be gay, and then spent more years thinking that I was a ''transvestite'' but neither definition fit the way that I felt. I finally realized what I was when I saw an episode of Sally Jessy Raphael that featured the very beautiful Sarah Luiz. It struck me like a lightning bolt!<br /><br /><br /> I think that the internet is the reason that we have so many young transitioners nowadays. They have access to information that we never had when we were younger. Oh, to have had the internet in 1983! Thank you, Amy! <br /><br /> @ Leslie: Loud desperation, I like that! :-D I would agree that it's infinately better than the deafening silence of quiet desperation. If you're screaming in a crowded room someone's probably going to answer, if you're screaming in an empty room all you'll ever hear is your own voice echoing back at you. I spent my growing up years thinking that I was some kind of a freak! Later, I found that I wasn't alone and others felt the way I did but it wasn't until the internet that I found, to my delightful suprise, just how many of us there really are! I haven't had any privacy issues...yet! I try to be pretty careful in cyberspace but I'm pretty new at this, too. I think that the connections are well worth the risk to my privacy, so far, anyway. Thank you, Leslie!<br /><br /><br /> Dani xxxDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975813317460009585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561337082281128243.post-45661586118157853692010-10-14T03:45:16.046-04:002010-10-14T03:45:16.046-04:00I think the internet has saved many of us from liv...I think the internet has saved many of us from lives of quiet desperation. Now we have the option of a life of loud desperation, infinitely better. What I have lost in privacy, I more than made up with true friends.<br /><br />Like Amy, the internet opened my eyes to the fact that I was more normal than I ever would've thought.<br /><br />Nice post, Dani!Leslie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373261212549008939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561337082281128243.post-4805587940470100362010-10-14T01:41:59.159-04:002010-10-14T01:41:59.159-04:00You're absolutely right. Where would we be wit...You're absolutely right. Where would we be without the internet? Isolated and alone, for the most part. Heck, I found out what sort of person a transsexual really was back in 2002... on the internet. How surprised and pleased I was when I saw they weren't like the 'Sweet Transvestite From Transylvania' on The Rocky Horror Picture show. Then I began to wonder... y'know, I'm not sure I'm a crossdresser after all!<br /><br />I started by reading Becky Allison's blog, back when they were called "online journals" or something. ("Blog? What's a blog?") Now people are reading my blog, and yours, and so many others'.<br /><br />Information is power. Pure and simple.Amy K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01731056254476935306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561337082281128243.post-44261219214820811022010-10-13T18:11:23.326-04:002010-10-13T18:11:23.326-04:00Well said, Dani!Well said, Dani!-https://www.blogger.com/profile/12678823555927806259noreply@blogger.com