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The Library => Haley Center Basement => Topic started by: wesfau2 on May 07, 2012, 11:57:31 AM
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I'm going to look away, because the carnage will be too great.
Alabama Fan First, Transgender Second
December 1, 1990. A lot of people talk about unforgettable days from their childhood. Their first day of school, the day they move into a new neighborhood, the birthday they got the brand new bike. December 1, 1990 was my unforgettable day. It was the day I attended my first Alabama football game. The Iron Bowl is one of the fiercest rivalries in all of sports. Nothing else you do the entire season matters if you don’t win that game. The rivalry splits families and separates friends. Auburn had won the previous four meetings and it looked as though they’d win a fifth. My mother, by what many in the state would consider a miracle, was able to get two tickets the day before the game. Back then, the Alabama vs. Auburn game was usually played at Legion Field, which was the largest stadium in the state. We rode up to Birmingham, from where we lived in Daphne, with a bunch of friends in an Auburn RV. Every time we passed an Alabama vehicle Mom and I would hold the Bama logo of our sweatshirts against the window, so everyone would know our allegiance wasn’t to the tiger paws on the side of the RV.
Legion Field was like nothing I had ever seen. We were seated high in the end zone, just below the announcer’s voice booming from the scoreboard. Just a few seats away was the Alabama student section, which is the loudest and rowdiest spot in the house. I had heard Alabama football and Bear Bryant bedtime stories for the entire nine years of my life, and I was finally there to see it in person. The Crimson Tide played solid the entire game. I remember yelling “Defense†and my mother responded with surprise: “Hey that was pretty good!†I remember seeing how proud she was that her 9-year-old daughter understood this amazing game that she had been following for decades. Together, we cheered our hearts out for the Tide, hoping to bring home a victory. And at the end of the night, with a score of 16-7 Alabama broke the Auburn winning streak.
Now, 21 years later, my days as a student at The University of Alabama have come and gone. I have two degrees and a lifetime of memories from the Capstone campus. Alabama now plays its home Iron Bowl games at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. Other than that, not much has changed. Mom and I still try to attend games together when I can make it down to Alabama. We still bleed Crimson, we still cheer our hearts out and we still love bringing home ‘the W’ for the Tide. The only difference now, is that we share those moments as mother and son, rather than mother and daughter. That small revision never changed our love for the Alabama Crimson Tide, or for each other.
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Eli Strong is a 30-year-old post-operative transman. He was born as Sara Strong into a large Catholic, Italian-American family in Alabama. At the age of 23, he embraced his transgender identity and decided to transition to life as a man. In 2008, he began his physical transition, undergoing top surgery in July and starting testosterone therapy in September. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s in social work from the University of Alabama. Eli now lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife. They have been together since May 2006 and were married in May 2011. Eli is an avid University of Alabama football fan and enjoys music, wine, cooking, playing pool, going to the driving range, camping, hiking, watching movies, sports, TV, and staying connected via social networks. He is on the executive board for the D.C. Area Transmasculine Society (DCATS) where he is a mentor to two ‘little brothers’ and helps them navigate their own transition.
http://tvblogs.nationalgeographic.com/2012/04/28/alabama-fan-first-transgender-second/
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:rofl: :puke: :rofl: :puke: :rofl: :puke:
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:rofl: :puke: :rofl: :puke: :rofl: :puke:
There are pictures if you follow the link.
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Well, how do you expect him to teabag anyone with a vajiner?
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I just looked Eli up on teh facebooks....he apparently has a taste for pork.
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I just looked Eli up on teh facebooks....he apparently has a taste for pork.
Que'?
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Que'?
His wife. Geezus. If I was going to jump the fence, it wouldn't be for a woman that looked like that.
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I just looked Eli up on teh facebooks....he apparently has a taste for pork.
And teh cats....
http://www.facebook.com/stron003/photos
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(http://www.tigersx.com/images/steve_trans.jpg)
You shouldn't judge others...
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(http://www.tigersx.com/images/steve_trans.jpg)
You shouldn't judge others...
When I went to contacts, it really changed my whole appearance.
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She's pretty hot now.
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She's pretty hot now.
Wow Change really is A Coming.
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Wow Change really is A Coming.
She really looks like she cares now anyway...
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Damn it....I'm not a she..anymore.
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Damn it....I'm not a she..anymore.
Sorry, darlin...I know how sensitive yall can be.
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Now we know why she has no balls. And all this time I blamed Kay.
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Now we know why she has no balls. And all this time I blamed Kay.
he said they were contacts.
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Sorry, darlin...I know how sensitive yall can be.
Thanks man. It's just really a touchy su....wait, I see what you did there.
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(http://www.tigersx.com/images/steve_trans.jpg)
You shouldn't judge others...
The guy on the right - he looks like the kind of guy that would drink Landshark...and care. I'm glad there is no one on this board like him.
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The guy on the right - he looks like the kind of guy that would drink Landshark...and care. I'm glad there is no one on this board like him.
That's a damn good lookin' man.
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That's a damn good lookin' man.
No, the good looking man is on the left.....wait.
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No, the good looking man is on the left.....wait.
He wasn't considered good looking until he dropped the coke bottles and got the contacts. An ugly duckling so to speak.
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It is a shame about that long luxurious hair.
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You know what the main difference is now?
The tie.
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You know what the main difference is now?
The tie.
It def goes with the contacts better than the dress.
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I have a mangina
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I have a mangina
It doesn't matter if you love him or capital H-I-M
Just put your paws up
Cause you were born this way, baby
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It doesn't matter if you love him or capital H-I-M
Just put your paws up
Cause you were born this way, baby
Aaaawww...and you were doing so good around here. I'm sorry you had to ruin it all with a Lady Gaga quote.
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Aaaawww...and you were doing so good around here. I'm sorry you had to ruin it all with a Lady Gaga quote.
Bad that I used it or bad that you knew it?
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Bad that I used it or bad that you knew it?
Gonna leave a mark
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Gonna leave a mark
As if this thread hasn't scarred me for life already? I can hardly go out in public as it is. I know everyone can see how hurt I am so I have to keep a p-p-p-poker face p-p-poker face.
My my my my
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Bad that I used it or bad that you knew it?
fuck me... like your hair that shit will not buff out!
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fuck me... like your hair that shit will not buff out!
You're only sucking up to the new girl because she has a vagina
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You're only sucking up to the new girl because she has a vagina
There's a better reason?
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You're only sucking up to the new girl because she has a vagina
No, I want to suck on the new girls vagina. See the difference.
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No, I want to suck on the new girls vagina. See the difference.
Wait.....now I do. :tongue:
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That's one hell of a welcome wagon y'all got around here.
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That's one hell of a welcome wagon y'all got around here.
It's kind of our gift...
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That's one hell of a welcome wagon y'all got around here.
We fight but all get along. It's like some bad romance.
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That's one hell of a welcome wagon y'all got around here.
Just be glad we didn't ask if you wanted a ride on our disco stick...
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That's one hell of a welcome wagon y'all got around here.
Beware though, we tend to follow the new kids around. You know...kind of like...
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No, I want to suck on the new girls vagina. See the difference.
Which Lady GaGa song is that?
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Which Lady GaGa song is that?
Probably on her next album...a duet with Madonna.
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Beware though, we tend to follow the new kids around. You know...kind of like...
Seriously? Nothing?
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Seriously? Nothing?
I don't get it, Big Dan.
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Seriously? Nothing?
Whooooo Ohhhhhh Ooooooooo Hangin Tough?
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I am ashamed that you knew that.
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I am ashamed that you knew that.
Skillz that killz friend.
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I don't get it, Big Dan.
Youuu're despicable!
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Beware though, we tend to follow the new kids around. You know...kind of like...
I just thought you meant like a pedophile....
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I just thought you meant like a pedophile....
Frankly I don't pay attention to 90% of what he says.
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I just thought you meant like a pedophile....
Like a virgin, touched for the very first time. Like a vir-ir-ir-ir-irgin...
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That's one hell of a welcome wagon y'all got around here.
Well, it's usually fisting. I guess you got lucky. Or unlucky, depending on how you look at it.
:civic:
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I really think the Apocalypse might be this year...wtf is going on with Society?
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Gabel, the lead singer of punk rock band Against Me!, says he's becoming a woman.
The 31-year-old tells Rolling Stone that as a kid he felt disconnected from his body and has a condition called gender dysphoria. He plans to take hormones and undergo electrolysis. He also is considering gender reassignment surgery.
Says Gabel: "Growing up, my experience with transsexualism was nothing but shame."
Gabel says his new name will be Laura Jane Grace. He says he's not attracted to men and will still be married to his wife. They have a 2-year-old daughter.
Against Me! is best known for the song "Thrash Unreal." The group will hit the road for its tour with The Cult later this month.
The June issue of Rolling Stone hits newsstands Friday.
http://news.yahoo.com/against-tom-gabel-becoming-woman-013552291.html
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So they hit the road with The Cult. I think the fans will be very accepting of Laura Jane Grace as the front man...
:facepalm: