Curious Cisgender Sicilian

vic fortezza
2 min readNov 14, 2022

For those who don’t know or need a reminder in this world of increasing terms: “Cisgender” is used to describe a person whose identity corresponds to his/her (not “their”) sex assigned at birth. It is the antonym of transgender. And bullgender is the term for people who dish nonsense.

Headline from nypost.com: “Whiz kid: Boy, 11, does better on Mensa IQ test than Einstein, Hawking.” His score was perfect, 162. Meet Yusuf Shah of the UK. Photo from Google Images:

Campus life has become perilous: four University of Idaho and three University of Virginia students are dead, all victims of homicide.

Love this cartoon, especially the upper lefthand corner:

My thanks to the woman who insisted on paying the full price for the ten hardcovers in Russian she bought, despite having donated a similar amount of books; and to Alice, who purchased Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City
by Kate Winkler Dawson; and to the gentleman who did a swap of Russian titles. Although it was a beautiful day, the wind along Avenue Z made it feel colder than mid 40’s, so I packed up as soon as the shade engulfed the area where I’d set up shop, about an hour earlier than usual.

The Curious Sicilian, Vic Fortezza, cisgender since 1950, signing off. Enjoy the night.

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vic fortezza
vic fortezza

Written by vic fortezza

I was born in Brooklyn in 1950 to Sicilian immigrants. I’ve had more than 50 short stories published world wide. I have 13 books in print.

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