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Rated: XGC · Book · Biographical · #448811
A place to keep notes, observations, and scraps of writing about New Hope, PA
Hello! I am a 30-something transsexual living in New Hope, PA.

New Hope, affectionately known as "No Hope," is a quaint little artist's colony located about an hour north of Philadelphia along the Delaware River. Every summer our little town of only 5 streets is overrun by tourists from Philly and New York City. We're famous for our antique shops, good restaurants, the Bucks County Playhouse, and our acceptance of alternative lifestyles. Here, just like in the garden of Eden, where the lions lay down with the lambs, motorcycle gangs, grunge boys with mohawks, the last of the hippies, and limp wristed fags, all coexist in tolerant harmony.

There are only 500 permanent residents in New Hope, 50% of whom are gay/lesbian. Sometimes I think the tourists come here not for the antiques or the good food, but just to gawk at us.

I suppose I get my share of stares. There was a time when there were a number of transgendered grrls living in New Hope, but not any longer. There's just me and Mary Margaret, who works the door at the Cart Wheel. Sad to say, most of our dearest friends, the best of the best, Danee Russo, Monica Rae, and Mother Cavellucci have all died. Others like Gabrielle have had their sexual reassignment surgery and simply blended in with the landscape.

So I've become a bit of an enigma in this town. Because I am transgendered, my mother tells me, I belong to a minority of a minority, which is true. Mary Margarent and I are like the white tigers in the zoo.

This journal holds some of my observations of life within the gilded cage of New Hope, PA.
#15. The heart that mirrors my soul
ID #271047 entered on December 30, 2003 at 10:51am
#14. You turn to me
ID #271043 entered on December 30, 2003 at 9:47am
#13. If I had a wish
ID #270968 entered on December 29, 2003 at 6:44pm
#12. Dear Janet
ID #270923 entered on December 29, 2003 at 6:48pm
#11. I Miss You (poem)
ID #270612 entered on December 25, 2003 at 3:26pm
#10. I Love You (poem)
ID #270609 entered on December 25, 2003 at 3:27pm
#9. Falling in love, erections, and other things
ID #269101 entered on December 29, 2003 at 7:26pm
#8. The Thigh Master
ID #246432 entered on December 29, 2003 at 7:01pm
#7. A door closes
ID #239768 entered on May 1, 2003 at 5:35pm
#6. It's raining men - or is it just raining?
ID #184159 entered on August 21, 2002 at 5:55pm
#5. 15 minutes of fame
ID #179886 entered on July 17, 2002 at 9:07am
#4. Party at the Wishing Well
ID #174535 entered on June 20, 2002 at 11:52am
#3. Mistress Marlena
ID #174306 entered on August 16, 2002 at 1:28pm
#2. Garlic breath and breaking hearts
ID #174124 entered on June 18, 2002 at 12:19am
#1. Steven leaves for Costa Rica
ID #174119 entered on June 17, 2002 at 11:40pm

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