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[TD1]

Speaking of gay stuff, I (straight guy) went on an accidental gay date with a Brazilian.

Fun times.

[Maximum Spin]

...well, are you going to have a second one?

[Caz]

Might not have used the right term? I mean multi-bed dormitory(/recuperation)-room. And not whole specialist units/departments, if that's what you're thinking.

There certainly is an expectation of these not being mixed-gender (before complicating that in working with trans-gender needs, etc), though apparently not being guaranteed.

(And I don't think I've seen one (other than A&E, which is technically singular cubicles so long as it doesn't overflow into corridors) which hasn't arranged for a male/female split in different areas. Whether that be orthopedics, dementia or wherever else a spare bed has been obtained for the one who requires it. Even as a child (the longest stay in hospital that I ever had, and probably the largest 'open plan' occupancy I've experienced), it was one room (out of several) only of boys, and I must assume that there were girls' rooms elsewhere, with whom I can't remember mixing even in any additional common social area.)


News article on what is being talked about (which says 'wards', so...)

Weird, I've been in hospitals a lot and I've always seen both men and women in the 4-beds. Never even occurred to me that they'd be one gender only.

[TD1]

...well, are you going to have a second one?

No. Though it was nice that he bought the popcorn and drinks.

[Magmacube_tr]

...well, are you going to have a second one?

No. Though it was nice that he bought the popcorn and drinks.

Haha lol.

[Starver]

Weird, I've been in hospitals a lot [...]

Thankfully, not so much for me[1], so I had definitely been hoping some of the actual NHS(ish) forum-members (that I think are occasionally hovering around this parish) would pipe up and be authoritatively "Yeah, we like have to shuffle someone into the 'wrong' ward every now and again, still, but policy is that..." or something. Not that gender-specific (sub)wards are the issue here, save that it creates the situation of what you can/should do once you get into nonbinary territory, and invoke these further inevitably controversial decisions.

Can't speak at all for anywhere at all outside of (mainland) Britain... Nearly went to hospital on the Isle Of Man, but that's another story. (And increasingly irrelevent. I'll shut up now. About this, anyway.)


[1] Apart from various random A&E/non-bed visits, personally one stay "with my nose", one for my appendix (I wasn't even born in a hospital). Visiting, a few more times as family members/other associates have been in-patients for a wide variety of medical reasons of greater or lesser seriousness. But

[Great Order]

Weird question, anyone know any cheap thigh-high trans flag sock manufacturers that sell to the UK? I'm planning on taking a joke stereotypical-as-possible-trans-woman picture. Outside of that, I don't plan to wear them so I don't give a damn if they're so cheap they'll fall apart after one wear.

[Calech]

Weird question, anyone know any cheap thigh-high trans flag sock manufacturers that sell to the UK? I'm planning on taking a joke stereotypical-as-possible-trans-woman picture. Outside of that, I don't plan to wear them so I don't give a damn if they're so cheap they'll fall apart after one wear.

As a UK-based trans woman who is quite fond of appropriately-themed clothing (even if I don't necessarily wear it all that often, as I'm not really socially transitioned yet), the first place I thought to look was Etsy - a search for 'trans flag socks' shows a couple of options, although I suspect only one is about the right length. I should probably note that I don't have any of these myself and so this is not necessarily an endorsement, but could be a good place to start.

[alway]

Sockdreams. Everybody gets them from sockdreams. They've got all sorts of them including for a wide variety of pride flags, and they're pretty darn comfy, especially on a cold evening.

[voliol]

I thought Sockdreams were the quality brand? Or are they affordable as well?

[Frumple]

From a quick check of the website and idle gander at thigh high sock prices elsewhere, I'm not sure affordable is quite the right word? Looks like the actual cheap ones (you can get online, there's probably even cheaper offline) go for under 5 USD; Sock Dream's prices start at 14 (12 pounds, checking that, for reference), so a good 4-5x more expensive than the most affordable stuff.

Which I guess isn't... completely insane, exactly? 15-20 bucks for a pair of socks is enough to give me sticker shock, personally, but it's objectively a meal or two at a restaurant or whatever, one non-discounted mid-line priced video game, etc. It's like a third or fourth the price of actual high-end online-available ones that go between like 45-70 USD.

But I'm definitely remembering lyrics from Thrift Shop looking at it, heh.

[Rolan7]

It's Trangender awareness week for another few days, so like... now you're aware of that! I've been pretty ill but probably recovering. In the process I surprised myself in the mirror yesterday and really liked what I saw, despite getting ready in a rush.

I've been playing with more femme looks but this feels more me, so yay! It's fun to experiment. I am keeping she/they though (both are fine but I feel like an NB woman rather than a femme NB, now).

I guess I'm also butch xD  Which is no surprise when I always dreamed of being a heroine/lady knight. I just gotta beat this pneumonia so I can get back to working out. It's a constant struggle to build strength under E, but I'm still in better shape because I care about myself enough to do the work.

(7.5 weeks sober too- that's been getting easier. Usually. Certainly not going to drink during Awareness week.)

Spoiler: Hi :D (click to show/hide)

[Great Order]

Wanna be a lady knight you could sell a kidney to finance the start of a buhurst hobby.

[Rolan7]

Cute Russian mixed-media short film about the Frog Prince
Said to be more gay than trans but I consider it both.  I am very good at media literacy: I can read trans gender in ANYTHING /j

[Magmacube_tr]

Did you guys see any cute boys recently?