LGBT Life Comes with Built-In Solutions; some Assembly required! Melinda Porter, MA. What if I fit into both genders or none? Transgender teens struggle with being able to do day-to-day activities because they can not get past the basics in their head. When parents and friends ask you to ignore who your head announces you are, it seems confusing. What are the guidelines to be who they want you to be? Tiptoeing around the .

Harem Pants, Version 2. All pleated up and ready to be assembled. So yippie, my costume is pretty much done with one day left to spare. Done since I still have to add some hooks and eyes and .

Next to the Marsha Sharp Freeway. The corner of the Guthrie Theater. Some of the exhibits at the Newseum.

Original Poetry by Melinda Tanner Written From The Heart. Feel free to drop by and visit for a while! Wednesday, July 02, 2008. That you were taken away from me,. My one and only precious daughter. Murdered by some cruel soul now free. Being brutally stabbed to death. On that dreadful July day,. It breaks my heart more than anyone could know. And with each breath I take.

I have also been somewhat avoiding typing this entry. I guess seeing it in black and white will just make it all too real. I feel so selfish and horrible as I type this.