" Kirsten told me of the beatingsthat some transsexuals, both male-to-female and female-to-male, receiveat the hands of homophobic bastards. "I've had...a black eye or twomyself, and a split lip once."Beau's eyes narrowed as he scowled. It was obvious that he didn't liketo hear that his little sister had been beaten by some Neanderthalpinhead."A few have been killed." Briefly, she recited the story of TeenaBrandon, who was murdered by the young men who'd raped her afterdiscovering she wasn't the. I appreciate it, despite the not easy day you... I mean, we had."Rita answered with a silent, grateful smile.The bear smiled back, but he had to admit that interacting was so much harder than expected.From an apartment, they could hear a song playing loud. Rita recognized it, as she began to mumble and sing along."Ella es curiosa, una nena estudiosa..." So... Latin pop is your bop!?"She didn't answer, at first, but she was about to say something, as she slowed down till her feet stopped.. They dove in and Mary Ann said, “This is so freakin’ good daddy. I love it!”Char agreed, “God damn it sure fucking is.”I turned on the oven, made my own bowl and munched while I made the pizzas. Instead of the traditional cheese and pep I made one that was just cheese and garlic and for the second I made buffalo pizza. By the time they were ready the oven was heated so I put them in to cook and joined the girls at the bar.“So I noticed you have a pretty big television in the living room. I. Not wanting to add to his embarrassment, Julia just nodded but Josh seemed a little worried. "What's wrong, Joshua? It's nothing to be embarrassed about, it'll happen," she said kindly. "No, I know," Josh replied. "It's just that...." "What?" Julia asked. "Well, I'm just worried that if I meet someone at college and I'm still a virgin, well, what if I lose her because I'm not very good at it?" Julia smiled in that way mom's smile when they've had similar worries which now seem quite trivial..