[Joanne; male → transgender (i.e.neither male nor female) or genderqueer; 44; preoperative] Joanne's decision to come out publicly shows that ze transformed from not accepting hir transidentity to embracing and affirming it.

A cat about to kitten, must not be spoken of by its name, but called a witch. (Madagascar.)

Ready for some barneymugging, bird? Thirt asked.

The Russian trials were Stalin's purges, with which he attempted to consolidate his power. Like most people in the West, I believed these show trials to be the arbitrary acts of a cruel dictator.