PortabelloBelle

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  • A Doggerel Rhyme

    This little doggerel rhyme popped into my head today, I hope it’s original, and not something I picked up from someone else “There’s no such thing as Trans,”Said a man named Franz, “It’d be like a butterfly without wings,”Remarked Damian King, “You mean a caterpillar,”Replied Peter Miller, “I’ve left my cocoon”Rejoined Millie Moon Image credit,…

  • 33% – 66%

    1/3 of the year, 2/3 of my life, it might be more than two thirds of my life that have now passed, but it is certainly a third of 2025, four months that have not been easy. I wouldn’t be fair to say the year has been a total loss so far, I had cataract…

  • Jobs For The Girls

    It has been a difficult week for the trans community. To think that it all started with the Scottish government making it easier for trans people to get a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). It was a move I wasn’t entirely comfortable with. I didn’t like the idea that someone could just declare themselves differently gendered,…