I’ll have a blue Christmas without you
I’ll be so blue just thinking about you
Tumblr keeps blocking my spicy selfies post as my goodbye to the good tumblr :( But below the cut, I might have a breadcrumb trail for those interested
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[day_glo_wave]
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crash of worlds.






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npr:
If you just happened to be in the crowd at a super featherweight bout in Indio, Calif., on Saturday evening, you might not understand the importance of that particular boxing match.
But for Patricio Manuel, it represented 12 minutes of triumph. With that fight, Manuel, 33, became the first openly trans man to compete in a professional boxing match in the U.S.
It was moment of joy following a long journey after Manuel first stepped into the ring as a high schooler in Gardena, a small city south of Los Angeles.
“The first week I fell in love with the sport and never looked back,” Manuel tells NPR. He was drawn by boxing’s rigor — “the specific, very grueling training from boxing, as well as the opportunity to compete consistently is what really attracted me to the sport.”
Boxing entered his life at the same time as another fateful event for Manuel: puberty.
“I had always seen myself as a boy, even though society basically kept telling me no,” he says. “And when I started going through puberty, it was like nature being like, no — you actually are a girl, no matter how much you don’t want to be.”
Manuel trained hard, developing a high-pressure style, throwing lots of shots at his opponents. He worked up the ranks of women’s boxing, winning five amateur championships – and qualified for the 2012 Olympic trials, the first time women’s boxing would be in the games. But after sustaining an injury in the first round at the trials, Manuel had to withdraw.
It was a career setback, but it forced a personal reckoning.
A Trans Man Steps Into The Ring – And Wins His Debut As A Professional Boxer
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