The Transcendent Rainbow Cafe - social space for LGBTI members

[Paul]

It would be so great to have a thread here where we can chat about almost anything. We can have fun, tell jokes, share stories, you name it!

There's a "BB Cafe" thread in the general area where lots of people chat daily and have established some nice light hearted conversations, it's treated as if it's a real cafe, there's even virtual baked goods and coffee!

Let's create a chat here for anyone to join, in particular the GLBTIQ community to let their collective hair down and chill out. It's a safe space to be yourself.

We just need a name 🙂

[SoloOne]

G'day everyone!

Very new here, in fact I only just joined BB.

I think it is fantastic that there is a LGBTQI forum as some times our needs are different conce=rning mental health.

A bit about myself:

I live in Adelaide and I am a gay man aged 65.

Been through my fair share of mental health issues but am in a good place now.'

I am going to go have a good look round. x

[mmMekitty]

Hello SoloOne. 😺

It's been ages since anyone has dropped in here, so sorry it's a bit musty & dusty... (I've been slack).

Welcome to the forums.

This TRCafé was intended to be a casual, social place for light-hearted chat. Nothing too serious or requiring a 'trigger warning', to keep this a safe place.

That's a good idea, looking around other threads on the forum. You may see others have made threads about concerns you have had or have some experience about which you might like to share. Or you might have a question or concern you might wish to make your own thread about, to ask more directly about that from people reading.

As for about me, I'm a little red cat, who has had a long & difficult road with a few twists & turns. If I identify as anything (albeit reluctantly), I'm cisgender woman about as asexual as one could be. Since relationships have been so difficult for me over the years, I don't even have an interest in that anymore, either. If I could add a minus sign at the end of the string, after the plus sign, that may be where I fit. For me, even the biological female is pretty much irrelevant. I don't like to use gendered pronouns, titles & such, but I'm so used to having used them for my 60+ years, it's difficult to change now.

😸I can do breakfast just as well here as in the BB Café. Anything you like? Me, I'm having 🥣cereal, 🍳eggs & my usual big ☕cuppa coffee, with lots of 🥛.

Glad to have your company, this rainy day (where I am).

mmMekitty

Always supporting (without enough emojis) LGBTQIA+&- 🏳‍🌈everywhere.

[mmMekitty]

Hello SoloOne,

So good to meet you here! Welcome & please, make yourself at home.

Sorry it's a bit musty & dusty in here - no-one has dropped in for ages, & I've been so slack!

This TR Café has been intended as a place to chat & relax. People tend to start their own threads for serious & deep concerns & questions. For this reason it is indeed, a good idea to look around the forums.

As for a little about me, for the purposes of these forums, I'm a little red cat. Sometimes I'm my 60+ years old, other times I am 'mmMekitten', who likes to play & gets grumpy too. Although I would prefer non-gender identifiers, I feel a little old to feel really comfortable & at ease using the non-gender pronouns, so no matter, except I really don't like being thought of as male. Born female, so I have had 'she' / 'her' follow me around all these years. I live with that. 😸

I dislike gendered titles & really would prefer to avoid them. It irks me when I must 'choose one' & am not given to even have the choice of 'other'.

My history of relationships has been too difficult, & I feel more asexual than ever, & romantic desire too poisoned by my past to take seriously anymore.

So, whether it's a fireside chat, or campfire stories, or garden fence (fictional) gossip, a (non-alcoholic, please) drink over a game of pool, this could be a place to have that. I'll be sure to check-in & see if anyone is around. (If so, this thread pops up on the list, [big button] 'My Threads' up there between some info & the list of forum sections, when you first open 'My Forums' page. (hmm clear or muddy? I hope you see what I mean.)

& it's brunch already! Whip some cream, cut up some strawberries, while I get the scones in the oven! (Something like that 😺)

mmMekitty

[mmMekitty]

Ha ha! I thought I lost that first post I wrote!

Nevermind ... 😺💫I feel happy enough to run around in circles! (mmMekitten) So no matter at all!

mmMekitty