Roketsune

Wow, that's a great deal of material in one post, Most of it I don't have a stance on and thus I won't comment on it. However, I definitely have observed the same thing you have about the senior leadership and how they interact with the userbase. One thing I have noticed is, while the sectional and general moderators seem quite involved as regular users, I very rarely see the administrators comment on anything besides official events/functions and moderation. They live in an ivory tower well above and apart from the rest of us, and this is conducive to an aura and attitude of arrogance and rigidity. I have personally witnessed this when speaking with two of them on a major concern of mine, and this was quite repulsive to me and turned me away from supporting the site. As you have said, there are many wonderful features of the place. IIRC, you said this place is extremely lively and is very conducive to rampant interlocution both culturally and through the design. The userbase, despite conflict being sited as a reason for banning this and that, is actually very mellow and rarely becomes combative. However, this major disconnect between the senior echelon in power and its users is a major threat to the well being of the site, and I hope it changes before there is a disaster or severe decline.

Hello there, and welcome to the forums! I'm supportive of adults watching children's shows as well. And, I also identify to a certain degree with multiple ponies. The one I identify with the most is Twilight Sparkle, since I am very analytical and rational and like acquiring knowledge.

Greetings! Pinkie Pie is so delightfully random and insuppressible, isn't she?

Hello there! I'm am also quite friendly unless provoked. A few just make it infeasible to be nice to them and I don't understand why. Anyway, you must be an enthusiast of Rainbow Dash since she's the best there is.

I have two of them, and have seen both transpire here with some regularity. 1.) When staff intervene and curtail discussion because of overblown concerns about internecine conflict or the idea espoused doesn't conform to their morals. 2.) When people are compelled to interject because someone has offended them, but offers no substantive argument for why they should be offended. They're just disgusted and want to tell the person this rather than debate or ignore the topic.

Woohoo, I get to show off my femboy clothes for no reason other than unmitigated vanity! I usually wear this around the house. Outside I'm more resplendent and overtly furry/brony.

There's a saying I very much believe in: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. What you describe is indeed 'safe', but does not empower you or grant you access to favorable interactions, either. I have very heightened vulnerability to anxiety and thus I have to limit my exposure to things that exhaust or distress me. Sexual and gender realizations actually never caused distress or guilt within me. My stance on friendship is, if they don't endorse your gender expressions, they're not real friends. You can 'separate the wheat from the chafe' by using this as a vetting tool. Those who oppose you aren't real friends. If either you are the chief tenant of the apartment, or there are no chief tenants and you all are on the lease as equals, their opinions don't matter at all. In any event, gender expression is federally protected under the Sex category under the Fair Housing Act. If someone tries to evict you for this (I am in exactly this situation), be sure to document it with audio and/or text and then complain to HUD or the local agency they refer complaints to (they do the latter if that local agency offers at least as much protection as HUD). You misperused the site I linked. Both satchels and totes are on that page, and what I have is exactly as you just described you had envisioned.

I don't remember whether I answered this, but... Yes, I am both and am very obviously both with my clothes, though I am predominantly furry. I'm a flaming raccoon in a herd of ponies, muahahaha!

What I meant was, occasionally you'll have people not there for the conventions who, often because of being drunk, will want to accost a convention attendee. It probably happens very rarely, but there might be the incident here and there outside the venue every year or so. As you said, those communities are highly LGBT-friendly, and I have noticed those who are fixated on fictional matters tend to be more progressive in general. I've never had a negative experience from people at a convention, save for one time at Hooters (probably a place that doesn't see many femboys) when some idiot and his family started laughing uproariously upon seeing me and asked me nothing. That was disrespectful rather than actually threatening, though. Are you sure your perception is not distorted? In any case, I believe generally that kind of repression is destructive on a spiritual level, and I would exhort you to end it when you are capable. Heed well my advice on self-defense and related configurations if your environment is actually dangerous. Yeah, I very much value those small bags they sell which I have not seen elsewhere. http://lemonbrat.com/collections/satchels-totes I have the fox one currently. I would be very much screwed if suddenly I was unable to use my satchel bag. It also very much helps that the aesthetical qualities are congruent with my overall themes of color and animals and adorableness.

Wow, that's awfully unfortunate. That probably happens from time to time at any large anime/brony/furry convention. I've actually never felt physically threatened and have very rarely felt it might degenerate into that. People probably assume I'm an entertainer more than anything else. The worst I got was a couple of likely stoners accusing me of being a pedophile. I've only lost spray once, and that might have been a case of theft at a furmeet rather than me having detached then forgot about the holster and spray. Keys are not much of a deterrent and they are an improvised melee weapon at best. You're going to wish you had a distance weapon if someone closes in to cause you harm. I have given great thought to my carrying configurations. I attach certain critical items like my wallet, spray, etc to my shorts under the skirt or a satchel bag. I have carabiners attached to a belt loop over each pocket. The left one is where my wallet strap and the magnetic keychain are fixed, and when I feel the need I can just pull my skirt up and yank apart the spray with minimal frustration. I then just reattach it just as easily. It will never detach unintentionally short of some extremely unlikely event. My small satchel bag from Lemonbrat has a metal loop to which I attach my stun gun and very small first aid kit. Inside the bag I store various things which I need to retrieve often and with little effort, such as cosmetics, my phone, other things, and my pepper foam for use in enclosed environments. The large tote bag contains various large items that I typically need often but cannot store in smaller bags. On the rim at the front I have attached a holster with a very strong clip, and inside is a large pepper spray canister which is ideal in either windy weather or if having to repel multiple assailants. The sprays are from UDAP and the foam from Streetwise 23. These brands I determined had the highest potency and thus the greatest effectiveness. Fortunately, I have not had to use any of these, but I have felt it prudent to hold onto spray on a few moments. The chance of being attacked is pretty low each time we leave the house, but there's a fair chance at some point we will have that one unfortunate encounter. Us femboys need to be particularly defensively minded. I stopped wearing them because my genitals kept slipping free, they were expensive, and I realized that until I find a sexual partner I am not going to impress anyone at all with lingerie because no one will see it.

Wow, you must live in a crappy area. When I hear of things like that, I marvel at the fact I live in a supposedly quite conservative county, yet I almost never get negative reactions to my furry femboy look. I feel I have been spoiled all this time. Anyway, be sure to research and purchase pepper spray, and attach them so that you can quickly grab hold of them. I use a magnetic detachable keychain for my small one under my skirt, and my totebag is where my large canister's holster is attached (my plushie's head rests over the top of it, haha). You don't necessarily have to be transgender to be a femboy. I don't identify fully as either male or female psychologically. I am more feminine than masculine generally, but I also like being a boy and identify as one. So, I'm genderqueer and thus trans. However, some just like girls' clothes and otherwise see themselves as fully masculine, or don't consider the trans part prominent enough to merit labeling themselves as such. Thanks! I actually had an unexpectedly positive development this week. HUD had expedited my complaint after I stated an eviction summons was imminent, and I spoke to the intake person very rapidly as a result. On the day I discovered the eviction summons, I signed the complaint and e-mailed it back, and now it's being given urgent status in the investigative department's queue. This should get that arrogant buffoon's attention.

Wow, this was inactive for over four months. Anyway, I'm actually facing eviction due to my crossdressing. The landlady fails to realize even femboys have rights, and trying to trample over a strategist/tactician femboy the way she has is not a great strategy. HUD and Lambda Legal hopefully will call me today and I will finally have others to help in directing this defensive. Also in the works is some clothing upgrades which should be done any day now. If she was upset over me being seen in colorful girly clothes, she's gonna hate the hot pink furry skirt and cuffs I will get soon. Also will have a new tail!

I have some decisions to make about housing because of very adverse decisions made by the landlady of where I am living now. There are many routes to go and innumerable variances in various traits, and one of them is to rent a house or apartment myself and then seek out roommates, rather than the other way around which I have been doing for years. I am utterly inexperienced with this and thus I ask you all for advice. I have been living in a house with up to 5 occupants for over two years here, renting out a room for 350/month (including utilities). I have been very complacent and unimaginative with regards to housing, but I was forced not to be when she decided to evict me due to the supposed effect my gender non-conformity has on her business there (the effect is pretty much zero). There is a wildly unpredictable legal component here which will affect costs and timetables since I have to fight in court even for the 60 days she must give me, and to raise the discrimination issue (this is illegal under the federal Fair Housing Act and HUD's interpretation of the protected Sex category, in case anyone is in a similar position). Do I rely purely on state law and try to leave by 28 December, or do I rely on federal protection and appeal a loss which seems likely (I might get a judge who agrees with a pro-trans interpretation, though) after the state's statute is followed? Is turning this into a protracted siege worth the costs financially? Will HUD or any organization assist me with appeals? However, the other component is even more important, the housing strategy. Do I look for low-income subsidized housing (I'm disabled and get benefits for that), or do I look for a room? What filters do I use to prevent both information overload and endangering myself with a bad situation? What is my cut-off financially and with regards to public transit? Yesterday and today, I had a rather important realization, one that is late and I am rather embarrassed about given my identification as a strategist and tactician: I could rent a 3+ bedroom and then bring in roommates to sustain that, giving me control and saving me from having to rely on the tolerance and whims of other people. Of course, I have never done something like this in my life, and this is the largest public place I am a member of on which such a question is within decorum. I also would be preferring bronies and furries in such a circumstance, so it's also somewhat relevant to bronydom. I have minimal knowledge of this process and thus need advice. Are such places usually furnished? Are there costs involved that I am not aware of (beyond utilities or having to suffer if a room is vacant)? Is there a high likelihood even with proper vetting and precautions, I will have to contend with bad roommates? Will finding suitable roommates take over a month usually? Is it considered reasonable to lower my share of expenses and increase those of the others (like, if there are 4 of us, have them pay over 25% each and me less) if I oversee the place and pay the landlord? Should I actually look more towards buying a house with some sort of home loan instead (I have nothing for collateral and am already 6k in debt, but have decent credit ratings), and then rent the remaining bedrooms as I would if I was only renting the place to pay for the mortgage and utilities? I thank you all in advance for your assistance. I hope I can pursue this option so I can for once be in charge of things and provide a suitable place for upstanding bronies and furries and others to live.