AKRON PRIDE FESTIVAL, Y’ALL!!!
Saturday was a very busy day. There were a lot of things going on, and we had to pick and choose carefully. However, one thing that...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Aug 15
- 3 min
SELF-PORTRAITS
I do not consider myself an artist by any means; although I do like to dabble in photography, and I did do a self-portrait a few years...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Jul 10
- 3 min
A POET'S VOICE
At my featured poetry reading on Saturday at the long-running “Uncloistered Poetry Live” in Toledo, Ohio, one of my fellow poets paid me...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- May 15
- 4 min
CATCHING UP!!!
Things have been happening so fast that it has been hard to keep up. Most of the things have been very good. Sheila-Na-Gig Spring Issue I...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Mar 3
- 5 min
AS A TRANSSEXUAL WOMAN, I AM MARKED
I just recently finished reading Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, And How We Can Fight Back” by transgender writer and activist Julia...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Dec 30, 2022
- 3 min
ANOTHER YEAR GONE...
I really detest end of year reviews, and I certainly do not want to turn this into one. I am also not going to make any New Year’s...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
how long can i expect a good thing to stay good?
I’m a transgender woman. I’m a Christian. I’m anxious and depressed. I’m fragile and easily broken. I’m all of these and none of these...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
BARBARA RETURNS HOME TO WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE INCREDIBLE WV WRITERS FALL CONFERENCE
Marilyn and I traveled to Clarksburg, West Virginia over the weekend so that I could attend the WV Writers Fall Conference at the...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF MY ESSAYS PUBLISHED IN "THE BUCKEYE FLAME"
COMMENTARY Thanks to Fox News, I now have a new queer reading list [COMMENTARY] By BARBARA MARIE MINNEY September 26, 2022 Fox News...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Aug 15, 2022
- 2 min
MY OBSESSION WITH ALBERT AYLER
Those of you who know me personally or follow this blog, know that I do not shy away from talking about my mental health struggles. I...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Jul 26, 2022
- 2 min
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE WORSE
In a period of a month, my life has gone from an incredible high to bad to worse. The incredible high was my re-baptism as Barbara on...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Jun 6, 2022
- 3 min
“Never Sleep Alone” on the Akron Pride Festival Cruise!
Marilyn and I just returned from the Akron Pride Festival Cruise on the beautiful Virgin Cruise Line Ship, the Scarlet Lady. We have not...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- May 9, 2022
- 3 min
OHIO APPALACHIANS CREATE A PERFECT BREW OF POETRY, ENERGY, AND EMOTION
A wonderous thing happened on Saturday afternoon when Ohio’s Appalachian poets gathered at the Summit Artspace in Akron to read their...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Mar 17, 2022
- 3 min
Florida and Upcoming Events for Transgender Poet
Florida Marilyn and I have spent the past three weeks in Venice, Florida. We usually come to Florida this time of year. However, last...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
Trans Poet's Work Included in the Women of Appalachia's "Women Speak" for the Third Time
I received my copy of “Women Speak” yesterday, which is Volume 7 of spoken word and fine art selections published by the Women of...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Dec 22, 2021
- 5 min
Christmas Memories of a Boy Who Grew Up to be a Woman
Although this time of the year has always been difficult for me ever since my Mother first got sick and eventually died followed by my...
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Barbara Marie Minney
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
Barbara and Marilyn Celebrated 40 Years of Marriage on Saturday
I’m truly amazed!!! The time seems to go by faster and faster, and the times in which we live just get stranger and stranger. I can’t...
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