IF…I had a penny for every time I was called a homophobe by the GLB and homosexual transgender I could afford a very nice vacation to Peru.  Even though myself and others have consistently said that homosexuals should lobby and rally for whatever right it is that they don’t have yet feel they should, it appears that by standing up for our own heterosexual orientation we are somehow homophobes.  Objecting to gay men speaking for us is somehow relegated to the demon category.  Having issues with lesbian feminists speaking to the gender debate is shouted down.  Our speaking up to this steamroller is silenced…by the gays, the lesbians, and the transgender. 

Being called a homophobe is insulting.  We are no more homophobic that the homosexuals are pedophiles.

IF…I had a nickel for every time I’ve been called a transphobe by the GLB and homosexual T I could afford a new Porsche.  I believe (as with the GLB) that the transgender should also lobby for whatever right it is that they desire, yet do not have as well.  Still, by saying that true transsexuals are different, I am automatically vilified.  By speaking up to the transgender juggernaut I am shoved into the transphobe column for little more than refusing to acquiesce to their politics.  Refusing to recognize a transvestite as a female is apparently not politically correct, even though it flies in the face of sheer common sense.  Objecting to the characterization of a female-to-male – who not only decides not to have GRS but also become pregnant – as a female is somehow taboo. 

 

Being called a transphobe is an insult.  Women of operative history are no more transphobic than the homosexuals are perverts. 

IF…I had a quarter for every time I’ve been called a hater I could afford both the vacation and the sports car.  Apparently I am expected, as a woman of operative history, to have something in common with both the GLB and homosexual T…just because.  Having nothing in common with the GLBT is de facto hate, at least as far as the GLBT are concerned when it comes to being a women of operative history.  Simply proclaiming such is GLBT heresy.  Having transitioned and had GRS, I have nothing but sympathy for the transvestites and transgender who are cat-called, laughed at, and ridiculed as men in dresses.  But, I also know that not only could many of these transgender do much better presentation wise, they also have to realize that men and women are different and, as a near universal culture, society does not accept parody well when it comes to sex/gender.  It’s the price one pays to stay in the game. 

Being called a transphobe for stating the obvious is also insulting. 

IF…I had a half dollar for all of the times the transgender themselves have relegated my own and other women of operative history’s sex/gender to that of a male, no matter what gender surgery we’ve had, I could ship the sports car to Peru and then tour South America.  The same GLB and homosexual transgender who insist on othering themselves by prefixing their womanhood with the trans prefix have absolutely no issues with attempting to do the same thing with me and others.  Trans activists have habitually made reference to post ops as having inverted penis’ and after market vaginas.  The reference they make to women of operative history having XY chromosomes is legion, said as much out of spite as jealousy because we have had surgery, and they not only haven’t, but many don’t even desire such, seeing GRS as immaterial and being quite happy to stay anatomically male…refusing to acknowledge that this alone is what makes us different from them. 

Being referred to as male by the transgender is demeaning and insulting.  The GLBT has no problem whatsoever insulting women of operative history who object to their appropriation and colonization of our identities and political position.

IF…I had a dollar for every time I’ve been called a bigot by the GLB and homosexual transgender, I could upgrade the Porsche to a Lamborghini, opt for Europe and the Mediterranean instead of Peru and then take in Australia on the way home.  It’s sad that the entire GLB and homosexual transgender feel so persecuted.  Though the GLB seems to have no difficulty speaking for me, I can’t speak for them, but from experience I can tell the transgender that no one really gives a damn about their gender issues.  If they can convincingly present as the gender of their choice and come across as legitimate, the world is their palette to paint with as they wish.  If they can’t do that, nothing else they do is going to matter.  People respond to people, they don’t respond to agendas…society will ignore legislation forcing them to accept something that is in conflict with their sensibilities.  The transgender do the same.  They do it with true transsexuals.  It is not bigotry to accept or reject another, it is human nature.  It’s how people interact with others.  I’ve met true transsexuals I wouldn’t give the time of day to…the same with GLBT types…not to mention every day run-of-the-mill people at work, or that I’ve met socially.  Me liking, accepting, or otherwise responding to other people has nothing to do with bigotry.  It has everything to do with first impressions and personality.  I suppose shouting bigot is easier to justify than the fact that some people are simply not liked by others. 

IF…the GLBT would publicly acknowledge that the majority of women of operative history are not homosexual, myself and others would become their allies…rather than their adversaries. 

IF…the transgender would publicly acknowledge that their umbrella does not include many women of operative history we would also be their allies…instead of their staunchest critics. 

IF…the homosexual movement would cease speaking for females of operative history as if they have some special insight into us, we would disappear from their blogs…many of us would become active supporters. 

IF…the transgender would immediately stop their persistent marginalizing and othering women of operative history by continuing to refer to us as transwomen and including us under their umbrella there would be no gender debate. 

IF…the GLBT would condemn actions that stereotypically present all women of operative history as nothing more than homosexual men who have gone to the extreme of gender reassignment surgery there would be peace within the gender debate.  Though some women of operative history are lesbian, the vast majority of us are not homosexual, nor are our partners homosexual. 

IF…only 

The GLBT ignore us.  We are included in the GLBT against our will as the GLBT speak for us while at the same time silencing our narratives and refusing to acknowledge our position that we female…just female…only female; nothing more nor less and we have no propensity to support the homosexual agenda or to be lesbian than the average female next door does. 

The GLBT commits the absolute same transgressions against women of operative history as they accuse the mainstream of doing to them. 

Many in the mainstream call the GLBT pedophiles; the GLBT call women of operative history haters…for refusing to take shelter under the transgender umbrella. 

Many in the mainstream refer to the GLBT as perverts; the GLBT refers to us as homophobes…for nothing more than objecting to their appropriation. 

Many in the mainstream think homosexuals are sick and confused people; the GLBT accuse of us abandoning our own kind because we don’t have anything in common with transvestites, crossdressers, and gender queers and refuse political association with them. 

Many in the mainstream ignore homosexual advocates when they ask for rights and a place in society; the GLBT silence and ignore the narratives and wishes of women of operative history all the while referring to us as transphobic when we object to their colonization of our identity. 

The GLBT is prolonging the inevitable by refusing to recognize the position of women of operative history.  What gains they may make on the national level are completely negated by the many, many states that have constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriage…the GLBT Holy Grail. 

There will be no peace with the GLBT until they recognize that not everyone supports the GLBT and acknowledge that even fewer of us support the transgender.

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