It still exists today to some degree. Transgender people still have higher amounts of unemployment and underemployment than the general population. I ...an think of many friends I have known over the years with great experience and education that had to flip burgers at Mickey D’s. There’s nothing wrong with doing that work. It’s just sad that being trans can close doors when you have the credentials. I think STEM is a bit more removed from that problem because the demand is high, but the supply. Then suddenly she asked if I have a girl friend to which I said no. She replied that is unbelievable as I was a caring person and also decent looking. But I told her that I did not invest time to find someone suitable for me. Slowly the effect of alcohol started to take over her and me. She started to get emotional again over her recent break up and started to cry. I tried to convince her by patting on her back. Suddenly she rested her head on my shoulder and told me that her boyfriend should. Did you insert your diaphragm?”“Yes, Jonathan.”When she had hung her clothes in the closet, he brought her three packages wrapped in Christmas paper. Two of them were the same odd shape, the third was long and thin. “This,” he said, “is the third day of Christmas. The song calls for three French hens.” He handed her one of the odd-shaped packages. “The first French hen.”She unwrapped a ping-pong paddle. It had rubber on one side and sandpaper on the other. She knew instantly that this was how. “You mean why did I wait or why this change?”“Both? You have never hidden me, especially lately. We have often been seen in public in this most populated of towns. It could be smaller, more unsophisticated places could have problems with my youth and your different race, but I doubt that would bother you. It certainly wouldn’t bother me. And yet you remained. With me. Hardly impregnating anyone except me.” They chuckled and rubbed her belly.“Getting tired of me?” Nick asks.“No. Never. I do not.