Clare Flourish
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Moving through the world, making myself memorable. This blog is about Life: everything that interests me, which is everything. And as I am a trans woman, it is about my Trans experience.
Clare Flourish
2d ago
Trans people should not have to pass, but we do. We should not be medicalised, having to undergo painful and dangerous procedures. Trans men should be able to keep their breasts, if they want, for any reason. Trans women should be accepted as women however little effort we devote to our appearance just as all ..read more
Clare Flourish
2d ago
I was fortunate to come across one of the few remaining populations of native English dragons. They are very friendly, and even allow people to pet them. See this cheerful grin. Here is a Coypu, or Capybara, or some other mammal beginning with C that you can’t quite recall what it looks like. Its greeny-yellow ..read more
Clare Flourish
1w ago
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are not just bad stuff that happened; they have been quantified, defined in a list of ten, and subject to research on their effect on adult health. Here’s the quiz. The ACEs list is about violence- fear of hurt, being hit, sexual assault- and being unprotected- feeling nobody loved you, not ..read more
Clare Flourish
2w ago
John Singer Sargent in his portrait of Madame X, or Mme. Pierre Gautreau (Virginie Amélie Avegno), achieves an effect I have not seen elsewhere. I like to sit and look at paintings, and try to avoid the reflection of the spotlights. But here, Sargent uses that reflection to highlight her features. From almost any angle ..read more
Clare Flourish
2w ago
I am looking out of my own eyes. I have rescued something within me, that was stuck or imprisoned. My unconscious sense of what I needed led me. I trusted it, and followed it, step by step, without any idea of where it was going. Kate held the space, in love, without commenting. To contact ..read more
Clare Flourish
3w ago
Should the BBC refer to me as “male”? Should it call any trans woman, or trans women in general, “male”? I find it grossly offensive. It denies the truth and value of my being a trans woman. It reduces me to a gonad. It takes my trans joy, the joy in expressing my true self ..read more
Clare Flourish
3w ago
There is systemic discrimination in Britain. There is wrongful privilege if you are white, male, educated at a private school, cis, straight, not disabled. Employers benefit if they include diverse viewpoints in their work teams; and we all benefit if all voices are heard in society. My freedom increases as others become free. So people ..read more
Clare Flourish
3w ago
I love the doors of Chichester cathedral. They are glass, with the handles in the form of a great cross, symbol of death. Each time the door is opened the cross splits in two: Resurrection. I don’t know if that was the artist’s intent, but it is in the iron, and in me. The Cathedral ..read more
Clare Flourish
1M ago
The Liz Truss Says Trans Is Bad Bill has been introduced to the House of Commons. A debate on the deceptively-named Health and Equality Acts (Amendment) Bill will take place on Friday. Then, a failed prime minister will speak to the nation, demanding that childhood transition be made illegal, and all trans women be excluded ..read more
Clare Flourish
1M ago
Why would Joanne call a stranger she has never met, “mentally ill”? She commented on my post on the conversion therapy debate. In seven comments, she called me or my actions “mental” seven times, “obsessive” four times, “a man” three times, “son” three times, a “stalker” twice, “deluded” three times, a “failure” twice, and “anxious ..read more