I’m Amazed

I’m always floored at how some continually reinvent themselves.  With a few taps on a keyboard I recently watched someone go from this:

 “I’ve been to the other side of the world and back more than once. I’ve been friends with murderers and murder victims alike. I opened a homeless shelter. I’ve been a vegetarian for years. I haven’t used or drank in 20 years. I had sex reassignment surgery in 2004. I love living alone. My life is really, really good. My father disowned me. I’m a Theravada Buddhist. I’ve known several people who did kill themselves. I’ve been homeless more than once. I was asked to speak to a crowd of several thousand people – and did it. I was featured as a “hero” more than once (LOL!).”

To a certified pioneer, like this:

“…is a pioneer in addressing the practical needs of the transgender community. She started the first trans homeless shelter and co-founded the first federally funded trans-only homeless program, pioneered affordable health care for trans people in the Houston area, won the right for trans people to change their gender on Texas ID prior to surgery, started numerous trans social service programs, founded the Transgender Center as well as the Transgender Archive. Cristan chairs the City of Houston HIV Prevention Planning Group, serves on the Board of Directors for the Bee Busy Wellness Center and is the Executive Director of the Transgender Foundation of America. She has a 22 year old son and creates websites for nonprofits for free in her spare time.”

 

That’s metamorphic for sure, albeit certainly admirable accomplishments.  I can’t wait to see next week’s iteration.  I guess when you’re trying to rise to the top of transgender one does what they have to do. 

*shrugs*

 

Isn’t anybody real anymore?

Transphobia and the Trans Mafia

All but one of the items located on the partial list of phobias (located at the bottom of this post) were taken from Phobialist.com.  Transphobia, however, was taken from Wikipedia.  What is interesting about transphobia is that it’s not a clinical term like all the other phobias on the list, but a term that is “cast on someone by another person [primarily GLBT types] or some other group [any and every one who disagrees with anything they advocate].”  In other words, transphobia is not something someone is, but what someone else says they are.  It’s a straight up demonizing word…no more or less.  Transphobia is in the class of phobias that are considered “buzzwords.”  The transgender calling others transphobic when there is disagreement has become lame and more than tired.  Because of the insistence of the transgender that everyone engage in an absolute and perfectly correct discourse, as defined by them, the GLB has come to refers to them as the Trans Mafia.  

Any disagreement with the transgender, any challenge to their premise, any slip of the tongue, any misunderstanding, and any mischaracterization of their position that isn’t approved, no matter how slight and no matter how unintentional will immediately garner a scream of transphobia.  I’ve said it repeatedly, only some of the GLBT, not even all, side up with the transgender in the first place.  It should be apparent to the transgender that the more they rant, the more supporters they lose within even the gay rights movement.

Shit the Transgender Say to Post Op Transsexuals

Just some of the shit transgender types say to post ops transsexuals.

Feel free to add additional things you may have heard from your own experience in the comment section.

 

Why We are Called Separatists

When I transitioned I was only interested in one thing: changing my sex.  Transition for me started a very, very long time ago, in 1969.  It was a roller coaster kind of thing and not a walk in the park, though I doubt it is for anyone.  Information was the main obstacle.  In my very early years I was raised in rural Louisiana nowhere near any large metropolitan area.  It was way pre internet, and obtaining any information on anything even vaguely related to transsexualism was almost impossible.  A little while after entering college I came upon a paperback copy of Benjamin’s The Transsexual Phenomenon…not long after that I started, for lack of a better word, the journey.  I persevered and succeeded.

Unlike some back then, and most today, I accomplished my transition almost entirely on my own.  I didn’t attend support groups.  I didn’t belong to any clubs.  I didn’t attend any conventions.  In most regards, I didn’t even know there were such things until much later.  And, unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I didn’t come to know and use the internet until 2002, long after the fact.  When I came upon the inevitable obstacles faced in transition I negotiated them myself.  Then and now, I never saw myself as the armor plated warrior forging forth on this “do or die” quest.  I just knew there was something that needed to be done and set out to do it the best way I could given my circumstances…there were a lot of stumbles.

Trans World

I never cease to be amazed at the mindset many in trans world have…what they are far and against…how really upset they can become over certain issues that to many of us just don’t count.  Every mistake the mainstream, and even the GLB, makes, no matter how slight, is magnified, discussed, and critiqued to the molecular level.  They appear to scour the internet incessantly looking for society’s faux pas du jour.  Their quest to be not just tolerated but accepted in the mainstream must require huge amounts of energy.  It must really suck to be in trans world.  To fully appreciate this, one must realize that trans world exists in two very different spheres.  And, trans world has failed miserably in both.

Their home planet is, of course, the GLB.  Aside from just a very few blogs, including this one and none with any particular influence, every trans blog and trans activist organization is statically connected to the GLB.  A quick glance at any and every trans news feed available will quickly reveal as many, or nearly as many, posts on entirely GLB issues as there are with feeds that are entirely trans related.  Those same activists, their blogs, and new feeds support, across the board, every issue that resides on the GLB agenda…specifically ENDA, marriage equality, and any legislation that prohibits discrimination on any level.  There is a reason for that…the very vast majority of trans people who are out, proud, vocal, and consider themselves an activist are also GLB identified.  (I applaud them for this.  On many occasions I’ve expressed the view that discrimination on any level is not just and the GLB and homosexual T should lobby for any right they don’t have but feel they should.)  These trans people gravitated to the GLB when they transitioned and most seem to feel comfortable nowhere else.

Unfortunately or not, however, trans world is also part of a bigger scheme involving the real world…the mainstream…the whole of society…those whose life doesn’t revolve around the GLB and all things trans.  Living in the real world is seldom an issue for those of us who have transitioned and assimilated into it, going about our business as a part of the whole.  Unfortunately for sure, however, it is a huge dilemma for trans world.  For if trans world is but a small moon around the GLB planet, the real world is the sun that sets on both of them.  This puts trans world in the unenviable position of being held captive by the all powerful Oz that is the GLB which is, in turn, held captive by society and the mainstream.  Not a good place to be if you live in trans world.

More Nikki

If ever there was a train wreck it’s Nikki Araguz.  Friday,  Araguz was set to plead guilty to stealing a woman’s Rolex watch…instead, she was jailed until January 25^th for showing up late in court.  Is anyone surprised?  How many times does someone have to make mistakes before offering up excuses that just don’t fly…and aren’t accepted?

News Reports We are Waiting to See

“It’s a blatant act of discrimination based on transphobia.”  That’s what Natasharhia  Charise Dubeau had to say about her rejection letter from the Consolidated Space Program Inc. human resources department.  Dubeau, who recently applied for the position of Principle Scientist with CSPI, stated she was more than qualified for the position.  Citing her experience in rocketry, Dubeau said she was as qualified as anyone.  “They [CSPT] know full well I built one of those little water rocket thingies when I was seven and every Christmas it’s me they choose to shoot off the fireworks.”  When Dubeau was asked by this reporter about her higher educational credentials she stated she was “most proud” of her scholarly achievements.  “I was at the top of my class at Hollyhock Elementary and Newbie Junior High.”  And, then was quick to add.  “I’ve been working on my GED since 2009…I expect to graduate some time next year.”  Dubeau said that though she was upset at her latest rejection she would not quit seeking a job in the space exploration field.  “I’m optimistic that when ENDA is passed CSPI will see the light.”  Dubeau is currently enrolled in typing and home economics courses at a local vocational-technical college to further her education.

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Chrysanthemum LeFlores is not happy.  Mum, as she prefers to be called, was recently terminated from her position as a foundry operator at the Upstate Steel Company in northern Minnesota. 

Of Course He Is…Of Course You Are

Sometimes I just have to shake my head when I read the internet.  I read this comment recently on a popular blog…all emphasis is mine:

“When we first married, 33 years ago, our political views were closely aligned. As I’ve aged however, my views have become almost 180 degrees from his. I’m now a democrat, and an extremely liberal one at that. And he’s still a conservative republican. He has loosened up on some of his views thankfully. We have agreed to not talk politics, and that’s easily done. What’s tough for mr. straight guy however is being married to a transgender guy, no-op, no hormones guy.”

Aside from the fact that I don’t think two men could legally marry anywhere thirty three years ago…I doubt it’s all that tough.

“mr. straight guy”…?

”married” for 33 years…?

Yeah, right…

I bet he was always mistaken for a little girl when he was growing up…

There will never be Enough Non-Sense!

Things Work Out

“My boss works in the corporate office.  He is not to be confused with my immediate supervisor, the site Project Manager…who is a great guy.  My boss is not a great guy. ”

I wrote about this (or as one of my detractors said, I “whined” about this) in a previous blog post entitled Sucks.