Dear Abby advises on gender transition and benefits site
A reader asks how to tell family about transitioning from male to female and suggests discussing with a psychotherapist. Abby urges honesty, notes lifelong feelings, and recommends supportive resources and literature. The column also highlights a government benefits site for veterans and families and confirms its origin and contact details.
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Abby
Lily
International Foundation For Gender Education
IFGE
Mildred L. Brown
Chloe Ann Rounsley
Ifge.org
PFLAG
Keith Nelson
Washington, D.C
Keith
Govbenefits
U.S. Department of Labor
Firstgov.gov
Govbenefits.goves
Crossword Puzzle Clues From the Old Page
A scrambled grid of across clues mixes quirky phrases and names from an old newspaper puzzle. Items mention a sea of hints from band leaders to raiment and odd phrases like Eureka and Golden. The list includes wordplay on animals, ancestry, and numbers.
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Across
Exter
Paranoband Ous
Thwart
Ornamuscles Mental
Tater Beetle
Notion
Stench
Moo
Eureka
Gaipan
Golden
Forum Girls
Tole Raiment
Mongrels
Layer
Device
Sacred
Wan Wading
Ancestry Bird
Illustra
Birthday Horoscope Says Growth Through Partnerships
The daily forecast emphasizes personal growth and financial gain through partnerships, urging openness, new techniques, and steady earnings. Aries through Pisces are guided on focus, detachment, and prudent spending, with nightly recommendations and a mix of personal and work-related advice.
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Midas
Taurus
Virgo
Scorpio
Ktc
Aquarius
Reading the bridge hand shows expert card logic
South wins with precise deductions after West leads diamonds and clubs. Declarer analyzes distributions, tests possible holdings, and leverages the spade fit to win five spades and three hearts, then cashes all minors, ending with a decisive four-notrump style success.
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West
North
South
East
Declarer
Personal Consultation with a Psychic Call Line
An ad offers psychic consultation by phone at 2.95 per minute with options to request a favorite psychic and Spanish speaking psychics. Calls require 18 plus age. Also promotes an extended horoscope tape by Jacqueline Bigar at 0.99 per minute with same age restriction.
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Jacqueline Bigar
This Day in History: September 30 Highlights and Events
On Sept 30 history features major events from 1777 when Congress fled to York, to 1993 India’s quake toll at 10,000. Milestones include Mozart’s opera premiere in 1791, Ruth’s 60th homer in 1927, Nautilus commission in 1954, and Endeavour’s 11 day shuttle mission in 2000.
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Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Congress of the United States
York
Penn
Mozart
Vienna
Austria
William Morton
Boston
Babe Ruth
Nuremberg
Germany
Berlin
Navy
James Dean
Cholame
Calif
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
India
Endeavour
Cryptoquip 9 30 Le OnfxnwXk Yxujis
Yesterday’s Cryptoquip asks if a dog that becomes a U S president should be named Rover Cleveland. Today’s clue sets J to a letter. The puzzle uses a substitution cipher with single letters and short words guiding vowel placement.
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U.S
Rover Cleveland
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Bleeding statues draw pilgrims to Brisbane church hoax claims
In Brisbane, statues at a Vietnamese Catholic community church reportedly bled on May 21 drawing global pilgrims before the archdiocese ruled the event a hoax. Worshippers persisted despite official denial. In Chicago, 52 breast cancer patients sue Rosalind Franklin University over an abandoned experimental vaccine program, seeking access to the vaccine.
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ARIES
Victok
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Brisbane
Australia
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science In
Chicago
Letters to Abby and syndicate addresses provided
Letters may be sent to care of North American Syndicate at 888 Seventh Avenue New York NY 10019. Abby’s letters may be sent to her care of Universal Press Syndicate 4520 Main St Suite 700 Kansas City MO 64111.
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North American Syndicate
New York
N.Y
Abby
Universal Press Syndicate
Main St
Kansas City
Prostate Gland Problems Seek Alternatives to Surgery
A reader reports urination troubles from enlarged prostate. Alternatives include alpha blocker medicines like Flomax Cardura Uroxatral and testosterone-effect reducers such as Proscar Avodart. Office or minimally invasive options like TURP or transurethral needle ablation are discussed, with details on patient guidance and a pamphlet offer.
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DR. Donohue
Pa.nswer
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