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lisa

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My name is Elizabeth but please call me Lisa.

I'm probably best known as the person who started the Safari and WebKit projects at Apple. You may think you know my deadname but... you don't.

Now I'm a retired #transgender woman living in the California Bay Area and just starting her journey.

All #trans, #lgbt and #queer folks as well as their allies are welcome to follow me. No NAZIs. No TERFs.

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lisa, to random
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Today I submitted my name and gender change paperwork to county superior court.

GULP! 😬

Sure, over the last year I've completely rewired my endocrine system, grown breasts, had my testicles removed along with a LOT of my facial and pubic hair. 🤷‍♀️

But this!? This bureaucratic formality seems like a big fucking deal for some strange reason. I'm still kind of numb that I actually went through with it.

So, in about two months I will legally be a female person named Elizabeth Anne Melton. 😮

Isn't that awesome? 🥰

Then, of course, the real paper chase will start with Social Security, the DMV, the State Department, various insurance companies and banks and (Jay-Zus!) I'm already tired thinking about it. 🤦‍♀️

Transition just never stops, does it?

lisa,
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@Alice LOL! Oh sure, as long as I don't have to do any actual "work" in that office. 😂

lisa,
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@mentallyalex Awwww, thank you, sir! 😊

lisa, to random
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@zombierustpunk Did you just message me by mentioning my old account? Regarding Dr Eisenberg?

WrenArcher, to random
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My friend @Alice told a story today about accents and had me thinkin’ about the one and only time I’ve been to Chicago.

So i thought I would use it as a submission for

lisa,
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@WrenArcher First, you sound like such a cute little girl that it just makes me squeal with envy and delight whenever I get the chance to hear you and, second, I hate to break it too you, sweetie, but you definitely have an accent---a great accent! My "people" are from Arkansas and thereabouts so just about any drawl, even a slight one, makes me feel at home. 😊🥰💖

@Alice

lisa,
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@Alice Well, my parents and sister were born in Arkansas but I was born in Missouri, or "Missourah" as we pronounced it. (@WrenArcher will know what I mean by that.)

TBH, I was raised in California from the time I was two months old. Just nurtured by Arkies here in the Golden State. So, my accent has quite a few detours on its way to any sort of normality.

I like to say that I was 10 or 11 years old before I realized the word "wash" didn't have an "r" in it.

But, really, it's the vowels that give me away. I don't think I morph any of them into dipthongs, or drawl, but pronouncing "i" and "e" really raises eyebrows.

If I say "pin" or "pen?" Yeah, that sounds like the same damn word coming out of my mouth. To pronounce those words like a Real American™, I have to actually imagine how they're spelled in my head before I speak.

When I was much younger and going to college, I admit trying to hide my redneck/hillbilly heritage by adopting a more conventional accent. And, for the most part, it's stuck. To my shame.

Oddly enough, doing that was actually harder than training myself to speak in a femme voice. Go figure.

lisa,
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@Alice Oh, I've gotten really good at hiding my sinister birth! Probably the only thing that will give me away now on one of my recordings is if I forget to mute Merle Haggard or Johnny Horton playing the soundtrack of my youth in the background. 😂

@WrenArcher

lisa,
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@Alice Yeah, that's always playing too! 🤣

@WrenArcher

lisa,
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@Alice Prosecco? Daaayuuum, girlfriend! That's the official beverage of The Coven™ here in the Bay Area. 😂

I am in for this dinnertime with you and @WrenArcher! 🍷

lisa,
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@Alice Damn right it does! 💯

@WrenArcher

lisa,
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@WrenArcher @Alice You sound exactly like my auntie from Mississippi saying "beige!" Awesome. Thank you thank you thank you for indulging us! 😊🥰💖

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I took this picture a few days ago while roaming outside. The cloud formation reminds me a bird. A phoenix or perhaps an eagle standing facing the camera with its wings spread, perhaps?

lisa,
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@mentallyalex Hmmmm, looks like the bird is coming in for a landing? Or fighting a smaller bird to the right side of the photo?

Intriguing any way you look at it.

lisa,
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@mentallyalex Yes! And I find the beak and shape of its head so much like that classic pose.

lisa, to random
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My contribution to this week's is story time about some unexpected euphoria, with the transcript in alt text.

lisa, to random
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I'm not a selfie queen. I don't normally like to look at photos of myself, let alone share them with anyone else.

And yet...

My therapist told me I need to take selfies, if for no other reason to document the progress of my transition for myself. And that I can just keep them locked away in my photo library.

And yet...

Sometimes I look at these very unremarkable pictures and feel very "meh" about them. Or I frown in disappointment. Because I don't see the girl. Or at least a girl that could be described as even a little bit pretty.

And yet...

I'm showing you a no-makeup, messy-haired selfie taken from the closet mirror of my poorly lit home server room while wearing my go-to daily outfit, skinny jeans and a not-very-femme T-shirt.

Why am I doing this?

Because this time I did see the girl. And she actually seems girl-shaped. And happy. And I don't think she'll frighten small children.

So, there ya go, now you know what I look like.

Be kind, please.

lisa,
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@the_etrain Thank you! 💖

lisa,
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@DemocracySpot LOL! I love "girlyfab." Gonna use that word a LOT now. 😂

Seriously, thank you so much, sweetie. 😊🥰💖

lisa,
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@anathema_device This 67-year-old here is gonna hold you to that description of me as being "middle aged." 😂

Seriously, thank you so much! 😊🥰💖

lisa,
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@mentallyalex LOL! Oh, don't worry, sweetie, I let my son's cat fall asleep behind the servers and on the keyboard of that PC. Of course, thank god she hasn't figured out how to actually push any of the power buttons yet. 😂

But, seriously, thank you so much! You are a very, very sweet man. And, yes, I do feel whole now. 😊🥰💖

lisa,
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@Alice Thank you, thank you! That's means a LOT to me. 😊🥰💖

lisa,
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@mentallyalex LOL! Your secret is safe with me, sweetie. 😂

lisa,
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@anathema_device OMG, you are so, so sweet! Delusional, but very sweet. 🫂💖

lisa,
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@GottaLaff Yes, ma'am! And I am going to bask in your comment for, oh, several hours. At least. Sister, you have no idea how much I respect you and how much you have totally made my day. Thank you, thank you! 😊🥰💖

lisa,
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@StillIRise1963 Oh, thank you so much, sweetie! That really means a lot to me. Really. 😊🥰💖

lisa,
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@hypolite Thank you. 😊🥰💖

lisa,
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@ljrk Thank you so much! 😊🥰💖

Oh yeah, I forgot the photo is flipped because of the mirror. 🤦‍♀️ Sorry about that! And now it's messing with my head. 😂

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