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<a href="file:///C:/Users/Xiomberg/AppData/Local/Temp/pinterest-b6ef0-1.html" target="_blank">Pinterest Verification</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-3015646461571296252013-05-16T19:07:00.003-07:002013-05-16T19:07:38.443-07:00ACTION ALERT [Re-posted from Gender Queer Revolution]<br />
<br />
Everyone,<br />
<br />
Call the Senate Judiciary Committee --today, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_3124249" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>, and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_3124250" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Monday</span></span>--at <a href="tel:1-866-940-2439" target="_blank" value="+18669402439">1-866-940-2439</a>
to oppose all amendments against protections for transgender asylum
seekers, refugees, and immigration detainees and to support amendment #2
that stops putting LGBT immigrants in solitary confinement. Say:
"Hello, my name is _____ and I am calling to urge Senator ___ to OPPOSE
Senator Graham's Amendment #1, Senator Sessions' amendment 12, and ALL
Senator Grassley's amendments on asylum, refugees, and detention of
S.744. I further urge you to SUPPORT Senator Blumenthal's amendment 2.
This amendment addresses reform of the immigration detention system." <br />
Senate Judiciary Committee<br />
Senator Patrick Leahy (VT) DC: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-4242" target="_blank" value="+12022244242">(202) 224-4242</a> <br />
Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) DC: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-3841" target="_blank" value="+12022243841">(202) 224-3841</a> <br />
Senator Charles Schumer (NY) DC: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-6542" target="_blank" value="+12022246542">(202) 224-6542</a> <br />
Senator Dick Durbin (IL) DC: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-2152" target="_blank" value="+12022242152">(202) 224-2152</a> <br />
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) DC: <a href="tel:202-224-2921" target="_blank" value="+12022242921">202-224-2921</a> <br />
Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN) DC: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-3244" target="_blank" value="+12022243244">(202) 224-3244</a> <br />
Senator Al Franken (MN) DC: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-5641" target="_blank" value="+12022245641">(202) 224-5641</a> <br />
Senator Christopher A. Coons (DE) DC: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-5042" target="_blank" value="+12022245042">(202) 224-5042</a><br />
Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT) DC: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-2823" target="_blank" value="+12022242823">(202) 224-2823</a> <br />
Senator Mazie K. Hirono (HI) DC: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-6361" target="_blank" value="+12022246361">(202) 224-6361</a> <br />
Senator Orrin Hatch (UT) DC: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-5251" target="_blank" value="+12022245251">(202) 224-5251</a> <br />
Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) DC: (202) 224-5972 <br />
Senator John Cornyn (TX) DC: (202) 224-2934 <br />
Senator Jeff Flake (AZ) DC: (202) 224-4521<br />
<br />
Warmly,<br />
Levi<br />
<br />
Rabbi Levi Alter<br />
President, FTM International, Inc.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-27768855174292059202013-03-31T19:26:00.001-07:002013-03-31T19:26:45.762-07:00The Bitch Is Back!Oh since I've been away from blogging for a while I felt a little music might be in order to mark my return.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1ndMNBbpQmU" width="420"></iframe><br />
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What, you expected Elton John? Well OK we can do that one to.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cdrFBwwWJ44" width="560"></iframe><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-16106761734684061632013-03-31T18:49:00.002-07:002013-03-31T18:49:28.478-07:00Another Reason I'm Glad I'm A Trans Woman<span></span><br />
<blockquote>
<span> <b><span style="font-size: small;">"Anyone can go to Baghdad. Real men go to Tehran." Senior Bush Official, May 2003</span></b></span></blockquote>
<br />
<span><span style="font-size: small;">Yes Ten years ago having screwed up Iraq and killed <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">thousands of Iraqis the Bush <span style="font-size: small;">administration was already thinking of plunge yet another country <span style="font-size: small;">into <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">chaos</span> and misery<span style="font-size: small;">. But o<span style="font-size: small;">f course they we<span style="font-size: small;">re "Real Men<span style="font-size: small;">" not a gender queer trans woman like me. I am no<span style="font-size: small;">t a "Real Man" at all and thought <span style="font-size: small;">invading Iraq was a very bad idea and that invading Iran was a even worse idea. Interestingly even Bush II thought invading Iran was a bad idea and refused to <span style="font-size: small;">authorize</span> i<span style="font-size: small;">t.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Meanwhile<span> <span style="font-size: small;">the <span style="font-size: small;">"</span>Real Men"<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span>are still advocating bombing the hell out of Iran at a minimum. Isn't about time we kicked the "Real Men" out of office and gave we queers a chance? It would be damn hard for us to do worse. <br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-91805752445483967212013-02-02T00:49:00.001-08:002013-02-02T00:52:29.916-08:00Pride and ArtI am proud to be transgender and proud to be gender queer. I also love art so I decided to combine these two things. <br />
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<br />
All my tattoos are done by Pat Fish in Santa Barbara. Not only is she a superb tattooist but she is queer and trans gender friendly. Visit her web site at www.luckyfish.com if you are even contemplating getting a Tatto. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OpZpCwwtdMdjGzVmfdX0KO20lealhkyZWZe8A3q9Dw7Hmv04F4rIOZ0IX7uCVEc0YtTzUaMieWStV-ikrUk5rIfQaA2gR_MgASBFKw3m01ye2NHcNcnjeZJRzonLJNWC_g8N7JdFWcE/s640/blogger-image-714882839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OpZpCwwtdMdjGzVmfdX0KO20lealhkyZWZe8A3q9Dw7Hmv04F4rIOZ0IX7uCVEc0YtTzUaMieWStV-ikrUk5rIfQaA2gR_MgASBFKw3m01ye2NHcNcnjeZJRzonLJNWC_g8N7JdFWcE/s640/blogger-image-714882839.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinlsvPdqHu-7LCzVgkLpp9mx3LSyOeekFVWg2jIqbKtdnywQWCfuG-Zsq9d8xbloz0j663H5ujz5RrSNY6O9fjjAA8nZumzJ8N9IYMrML7-RntRYQiYuxInBhSmMU2tQmwb9rPZ8wTR0o/s640/blogger-image--616121967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinlsvPdqHu-7LCzVgkLpp9mx3LSyOeekFVWg2jIqbKtdnywQWCfuG-Zsq9d8xbloz0j663H5ujz5RrSNY6O9fjjAA8nZumzJ8N9IYMrML7-RntRYQiYuxInBhSmMU2tQmwb9rPZ8wTR0o/s640/blogger-image--616121967.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-30291003169182902352013-02-02T00:44:00.001-08:002013-02-02T00:44:21.405-08:00Gender Queer and MeSo I say I'm a gender queer trans woman but what does that mean? <br />
<br />
I was assigned male at birth (AMAB) but I am a woman so I am transgender and damn proud of it. I love being femme, I love jewelry, feminine clothes and shoes but I present in a somewhat butch way. I don't wear dresses or high heals and wear fairly minimum makeup. I'm old and bald and so am almost always read as male. But none of this is what makes me gender queer. <br />
<br />
I am gender queer because there are times when I have no sense of gender at all, I am nutrois. There are times when I'm male, a very femme male but still male. There are times when my sense of gender has no words to describe it. If medical science was advanced enough the body I would want would have fully functional male and female reproductive organs. I would have the ability to regulate my endocrine system so it would only produce a minimum amount of testosterone except in certain circumstances, I love what estrogen does for me. <br />
<br />
So my gender is not a fixed thing though even at my most male I'm still femme, stone femme in fact. Now that I think of it maybe that's my gender, femme. <br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-1177482075382055462013-01-14T06:31:00.002-08:002013-01-14T06:31:30.114-08:00Cop KillerI grew up in Los Angeles and this seems like a reasonable reaction to the Los Angeles Police Department<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7kakUJARSOc" width="420"></iframe><br />
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As Ice T says Fuck Police BrutalityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-24984437877528566562013-01-09T23:19:00.001-08:002013-01-09T23:19:02.570-08:00A Few Relevant Quotes From Frederick DouglassThose fighting for social justice and THLG rights would do well to read some frederick Douglass. A few very relevant quotes;<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.</blockquote>
<br />
That is probably his best known quote but there are others<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.</blockquote>
<br />
And more<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.</blockquote>
<br />
This is relevant to my ongoing discusion of willful ignorance<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.</blockquote>
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And finaly this<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.</blockquote>
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So follow the example of a very successful activist and get out there and cause some trouble. <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
</blockquote>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-30923270656929577152013-01-09T22:30:00.000-08:002013-01-09T22:30:42.245-08:00Stupid Conservative Memes One of the most persistent of conservative memes is that Obama is a Marxist. No he isn't, I wrote about this back brfore the 2008 election. Here for your elucidation is that post'<br />
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
Is Obama a Marxist?
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<div class="post-header">
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Short answer, not even close, for a longer answer let’s look at Karl
Marx’s Communist Manifesto. I actually have a copy and have read it more
then once unlike the people who are making the charges and obviously
have never read it at all. Marx near then end of the manifesto lays out a
ten point program so let’s look at it and see how Obama measures up
shall we?<br /><br /><blockquote>
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.</blockquote>
<br /><br />After the disaster that was the Soviet Union no one is proposing something even vaguely close to this so Obama strikes out here<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.</blockquote>
<br /><br />Well since neither candidate has proposed a flat tax but both have proposed tax cuts so this one is a wash.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.</blockquote>
<br /><br />Ah nope Obama misses this one to.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.</blockquote>
<br /><br />Not really relevant here and another one that Obama does <b> not </b> propose<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.</blockquote>
<br /><br />Gasp!
Bush and Paulson are Communists! Well it Makes more sense than singling
out Obama on this one as McCain voted for the bailout to.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.</blockquote>
<br /><br />There is centralization all right but hardly in the hands of the State. Again Obama misses out on being a good Marxist.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>
7.
Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the
State, the brining into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement
of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.</blockquote>
<br /><br />Say what? Again no one is going for this sort of thing, most certainly not Obama.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>
8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.</blockquote>
<br /><br />Another non-starter and another miss for Obama.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>
9.
Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual
abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equable
distribution of the population over the country.</blockquote>
<br /><br />So Archer Daniel Midlands are Communists what with factory farms and all? But again not Obama.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>
10.
Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of
children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education
with industrial production.</blockquote>
<br /><br />Since Bush pushed No
Child Left Behind to supposedly improve public schools I guess he again
is the true Communist here. To be fair since neither Obama or McCain are
calling for the abolition of public education they can both be called
out as communist here.<br /><br />Really given some of his domestic
proposals it would make as much sense to call the old cold warrior Nixon
a Communist as Obama. <br /><br />I so want his election to be over.
</blockquote>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-85645913700747070702013-01-08T22:24:00.000-08:002013-01-09T08:55:39.137-08:00StuffBleah, not enough sleep last night so just some random observations this time.<br />
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I see Paul Ryan is being his usually <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/01/08/ryan-confused-over-anti-discrimination-bill/#more-14521">evasive</a> self on weather he would vote for ENDA. Ryan did vote for ENDA last time it came to the floor but only after he convinced Barney Frank to remove gender identity from the bill. Fuck'm both.<br />
<br />
On the subject of ENDA, we have a state version of ENDA here in New Mexico but trans women are still getting fired for who they are. A law is only as effective as it's enforcement mechanism.<br />
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The fourth industrial revolution will be bio tech. One that that will bring eventual is the tech to allow trans people to have fully functional genitalia of their choice. I want to live long enough to see thast just to watch all the theocrats get apoplexy, .<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-45803674874361760362013-01-08T00:53:00.001-08:002013-01-09T08:51:39.302-08:00Willful IgnoranceWe are all ignorant of most things, there is simply too much to know. We all have blind spots, things and experiences so unfamiliar to us that we have a very hard time learning them. It was hard for me to learn that yes I did have unacknowledged white privilege but I finally did learn that. There is no shame in being ignorant if you are willing to learn.<br />
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There is shame in willful ignorance though, the refusal to even try to learn something. Unfortunately there are far too many people in the world who are willfully ignorant. People who use religion, dogma, or pseudo science to support their prejudices. They want to believe in creationism, the protocols of the elders of Zion, homeopathy or that Obama is a Marxist and refuse to consider any inconvenient facts. They would rather remain ignorant then change their beliefs, they are willfully ignorant. The theocrats, the men's rights advocates, the climate change denialist they all are willfully ignorant. <br />
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<b>Update: </b><a href="http://www.alternet.org/americas-white-male-problem?page=0%2C1&paging=off">Frank Schaffer</a> has a excellent essay highlighting just how toxic willfull ignorance is to our culture and nation.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-28405722881830665152013-01-06T17:13:00.001-08:002013-01-06T17:13:09.741-08:00Sunday MusingsBeing Sunday even my thoughts turn to football though Arsenal F.C. Is my club. My thoughts also turn to the toxic rape culture that seems part and parcel of U.S. football at all levels. At the high school level you have <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/01/03/i-hope-this-haunts-michael-nodianos-for-the-rest-of-his-life/">the horrific gang rape</a> of a 16year old girl in Steubenville, Ohio. At he collage level you have <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/sports/ncaafootball/governor-announces-lawsuit-against-ncaa-over-penn-state-penalties.html?_r=0">the Pennsylvania governor suing the NCAA</a> because he thinks that the penalties the NCAA levied against Penn state for covering up years of child rape are too severe. In the pros you have serial abuser <a href="http://theurbandaily.com/2003386/jovan-belcher-texted-about-shooting-girlfriend-months-before-he-killed-her/">Jovan Belcher</a> murdering his girlfriend and killing himself and now she is being blamed for triggering her own murder. And that is just the lase few months. In all these cases people are making excuses for these privileged thugs and blaming the victims. This is merely one of the uglier manifestations of the misogynistic rape culture of this country. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-54245938943063383462013-01-04T23:24:00.000-08:002013-01-04T23:24:14.491-08:00Some Sleep Deprived ThoughtsSo thinking about how the controversy in the atheist movement since 'Elevatorgate' has proved that religion has no monopoly on self entitled, self righteous misogynistic wankers who revel in rape culture. There really is no difference in language or attitude between the religious and atheist wankers. The only difference is the self serving justifications they use. In both religion and movement atheism the more decent leaders fall back on the 'It's a few bad apples' excuse to get their movements off the hook.<br />
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I am not saying movement atheism is as bad as say the Catholic Church which is a criminal organization. I am saying that thw atheist/secularist movement as just as many vile hateful wankers as any religious organization of comparable size. For me it's simple, I'll oppose vile wankers wherever they come from. It doesn't matter what creed or lack of creed you profess you're scum and all you'll get from me is my spit in your eye.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-76342635792459532142013-01-03T23:03:00.001-08:002013-01-03T23:03:21.127-08:00Another Late NightSo what shall I talk about tonight? My mind seems to be just random fragments at the moment, no coherence at all. My cat just brought me one of his foam soccer balls to throw so he can chase it. My husky could care less about fetch, it seems even my pets are a bit queer. I like being queer myself but do much queer culture just seems to be too CIS-normative for words. The straight cis* hetro-normative culture we grew up in just seems to cling to us old gum to a shoe. This is too depressing so I'm going to sleep now. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-40481263746127512692013-01-02T23:23:00.000-08:002013-01-02T23:23:46.523-08:00More Random ThoughtsMy aging brain still seems to be working so some stream of consciousness writing. I'm going through one of my periodic 'I should just give up and de-transition' moods. It's not a serious one this time, I know I can't give up estrogen. But still the pressures of life in a cis centric, hetro-normative world means that the thought of de-transitioning is always in the background of my mind. It's always there even though I know that it would lead to suicidal depression. It isn't easy being trans but it sure beats the alternatives. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-80229553140911811722013-01-01T23:24:00.002-08:002013-01-01T23:24:54.537-08:00A New Year And A New CycleSo a new year begins and we dodged the Mayan Apocalypse. Or did we? The Mayans did not perdict an apocalypse, they were saying that December 21st marked the end of one cycle and the beginning of another cycle. I find this a rather hopeful thought.<br />
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There are other signs beside Mayan calendars that a new cycle is beginning. The modern nation state which has help sway in Europe since 1648 and has come to dominate the world is disintegrating. This started in the late 70's with the rise of the transnational corporations and has accelerated with the emergence of NGO's like Doctors Without Borders and Al Quieda. While these trends certainly have their bad side, just ask workers making iPhones in China, there are tremendous opportunities to compleatly remake the world order. These trends herald a change as profound as the collapse of feudalism and the begging of the industrial revolution in the 17th and 18th centuries.<br />
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While things could descend into a bleak corporate dominated tyranny there is just as much chance for the emergence of a new and more just post capitalist world. This may seem like a long shot but we live in a time when a few dedicated people can change the course of history. We have seen movements started by a handful of people have grown to sweep away entrenched governments. While these movements have not always resulted in great improvements they have shown the vulnerability of existing power structures.<br />
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So I see a chance for profound changes for the better if we are willing to really fight for them. We need to stop working within the old systems and instead work to smash them and create better systems in their place. I think this is a profoundly hopeful and exciting time when we may set a whole new cycle of world history in motion.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-41828259443912922782012-12-16T05:06:00.003-08:002012-12-16T05:06:30.702-08:00Am I Trans Enough For You Baby?The question 'Am I trans enough?' seems to be depressingly common among we trans folk. <a href="https://twitter.com/nataliereed84">Natalie Reed</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ami_angelwings">Ami</a> recently had a conversation about this on Twitter.Natalie said the doubts about rather she was 'really' trans delayed her transition about twelve years. I my case doubts about how trans I was were a major contributor to my ten year delay in coming out to myself and actually transitioning. <br />
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These doubts are aggravated by our oh so cis normative culture are dangerous to express as so many gatekeepers will see them as a sign that you aren't trans and deny you access to necessary medical care. It gets worse when you're gender queer. Telling many therapists that you feel gender fluid or between genders will get you dismissed as 'not serious' and not 'really trans' almost immediately, I have been lucky in that my therapist accepts my gender as valid because it is mine. That still hasn't quelled the self doubts that always lurk in the back of my mind and help feed my depression. <br />
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All this is aggravated by lack of language to express who I am. Oh yes I have words like gender queer and trans woman but so many people in our overwhelmingly cis normative society will ask 'but what does that REALLY mean?' or deny that they have any real meaning at all. This is further aggravated by people in the trans community who claim that if you don't have or want SRS you most definitely are not a 'true transsexual'.<br />
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A hopeful sign for me is that hearing this from outside or inside the trans community no longer automatically depresses me, it now more often just pisses me off. I am slowly working out some of my doubts and getting better and handling the remaining ones. Still they will never truly go away, it's just something I have to live with.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-15237258459008515242012-12-13T01:17:00.001-08:002012-12-13T01:17:06.733-08:00Natalie Reed<a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/nataliereed">Natalie Reed</a> is essential reading if you are at all interested in gender, sexuality or really anything. She is a brilliant critical thinker who will always make you think about things in a new way. For a added dose of thoughtful goodness follow her on <a href="https://twitter.com/nataliereed84">Twitter</a> as well.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-43960891898972051612012-12-13T00:55:00.000-08:002012-12-13T00:55:06.639-08:00Die Cis Scum!While that statement may seem a little strong but I doubt there's a trans person alive who hasn't thought that or a close approximation at least once in their life. I'm lucky in that I've personally experienced very little trans misogyny and that mostly very mild. The worst was when my significant other called me a freak, we have moved well beyond that luckily. If you're at all connected to the world coming across daily examples of trans misogyny is almost inevitable. <br />
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While one expects professional bigots like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_LaBarbera">Peter LaBarbera</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Perkins_%28politician%29">Tony Perkins</a> to make routine trans misogynist remakes the ones that piss me off the most are the ones that come from people who consider themselves LGBT allies. One very prominent example is <a href="http://leftytgirl.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/roseanne-barr-for-trans-misogynist-in-chief/">Roseanne Barr</a> who managed to faithfully mirror the attitudes of Perkins and LaBarbera. Nor is Barr the only liberal media figure to routinely make trans misogynist 'jokes', <a href="http://www.bilerico.com/2011/02/adam_sandlers_transphobic_joke.php">Adam Sandler</a> and <a href="http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/02/05/craig-ferguson-transmockery-and-the-reality-of-bias-in-new-report-injustice-at-every-turn/">Craig Furguson</a> being two notable examples. <br />
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I don't know about other people but having my identity and very being mocked and made into a bad joke tends to make me go all stabby. Trans people are routinely considered decivers, fakes and not quite human. Given the realities of the hate directed towards us I think Die Cis Scum i an appropriate and rather mild response. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-11876101060635819042012-12-03T23:53:00.001-08:002012-12-03T23:53:04.221-08:00On Not Passing I didn't realize I was anything but cis until I was fifty and didn't start to transition until I was sixty. As a result though two and a half years of HRT have feminized me that can not undo the effects of sixty years of testosterone. I will never be 'passable' by conventional beauty standards and I'm just fine with that. I started off my journey as a androgynous person so presenting in a androgynous fashion really suits me just fine. Basically I have decided to dress to please myself and screw trying to live by the standards of a cis hetero-normative society. So yes I am a gender queer trans woman and damned proud of it. Hell I even have it tattooed on my skin;<br />
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See what I mean by not 'passable'? But what counts is I enjoyed that night immensely so fuck convetion live your life. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-5036831443920762832012-12-02T10:13:00.000-08:002012-12-02T10:13:57.486-08:00Stream Of Consciousness Maybe it's my age but I just can't seem to do long thoughtful posts anymore. So this blog is going to stream of consciousness, AKA disjointed rambling. So let's begin shell we?<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2934543572395797202.post-74468925167765153272012-10-31T00:33:00.000-07:002012-10-31T00:33:18.320-07:00Late Night Thoughts While Waiting For The Laundry To Finish Some random thoughts from my decaying brain.<br />
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I've been remarkably lucky for a moderately talented old trans broad. Thanks to my parents foresight in building their house in a working class neighborhood that became a trendy neighborhood I was able to sell the family home for a bundle. Enough to leave me comfortable in my old age.<br />
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I've been lucky in my transition to. My therapist was willing to write me any letter I needed as soon as our first session was over. While I had to delay HRT due to financial problems I again lucked out when the Jeffery Goodman clinic at the L.A. Gay Center added a trans health program. The clinic operated on a informed consent model with payment based on ability to pay. Thanks to them I've been on HRT for nearly two and a half years. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283688066639808009noreply@blogger.com0