December 29th, 2007 by Babe
A persistent injury and her desire to transition to male are the main reasons that German pole-vaulter Yvonne Buschbaum announced her retirement in November.
Saying she had long felt as if she were “in the wrong body”, she is planning a series of hormone treatments.
Buschbaum is the world junior record holder in the pole vault. and finished third at the European Championships in 1998 and 2002 and competed in the 2000 Olympic games in Australia.
“I feel as if I am a man and have to live my life in the body of a woman,” Buschbaum said in a statement on her Web site announcing her retirement. “I am aware of the fact that transsexuality is a fringe issue, and I do not want to be responsible for it remaining on the fringe.”
Buschbaum asked for respect for her decision and urged observers “not to draw false conclusions.”
I wish Yvonne much happiness and success in the new chapter of her life…..
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December 10th, 2007 by Babe
Love Lessons
He Wants Love and You Want Friendship
by Dr. Tim Cline
Dear Dr. Tim,
I have a very good friend who has been in my life for two years. A mutual friend who thought we’d “hit it off” introduced us. We get together several times a week and talk easily. I’m not attracted to him romantically but he’s a very nice guy. He would like nothing more than for the two of us to be romantic, however.
He says what we have is very good but very odd because it’s not romantic. He says his friends frequently asking him if we “moved along” in our relationship. My friends don’t ask. I feel as though he enjoys our relationship for what it is but also holds out significant hope for the chance that my heart will change. After two years of soul searching, I’m confident that isn’t going to happen.
Am I taking advantage of the comfort of this relationship by not curtailing the time we spend together? Am I doing a disservice to him? Am I the one with my head in the sand? Ideally, I want to move toward seeing him less but I’m finding that hard to do since he is disabled and he has come to depend on me. I’m having a hard time extracting myself but also am aware of a growing resentment about this. Again, there’s a lot of good here. I’m just hoping to separate the wheat from the chaff and am feeling pretty cloudy.
Ron
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