The Simpson's Lampoon Fox Noise

This picture says it all about Fox Noise.    When the most popular cartoon on your network lampoons your news propaganda division, you know your news propaganda network has zero credibility with the American people that read and think..

Truth hurts, doesn't it conservafools?
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Rep. Alan Grayson, We're Gonna Miss You!

One of the people I was hoping and praying would win reelection in these midterms was Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL).

Next to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), he was one of the GOP's major targets in this election cycle because he is the living embodiment of what we want all I-495 Democrats to become.  

We want and desperately need liberals who not only ain't 'scurred' to say the word, but have the cojones to back it up with progressive action and call out Republican stupidity on a regular basis.

We need the Democrats to go back to being the Party of FDR, Truman, JFK and LBJ  and be no quarter pugnacious warriors for working class people.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about and what will be needed from the remaining Democrats in DC for the next two years as Rep Grayson explains from the US House floor how the superrich can spend their Paris Hilton Tax Cuts.

 

What's Between My Legs Is None Of Your Business

Friday night while I was compiling a post I had a Barbara Summers of Columbus, Ohio hit me up for a chat on Facebook.

I like online chats with people and find them enjoyable when I have the time to do so.  Since the profile stated in their words this person was 'a genetic girl who supports transgender people',   I was interested in hearing what she had to say and paused what I was doing to take a few moments to listen.


On this one, should have followed my instincts and ignored it.

Five minutes into the chat she asked me if I'm pre or post op.   I believe that far too much time is spent being fixated on what's between a trans person's legs and not what's between the trans person's ears. 

Not enough time is spent determining the content of the transperson's character, either.

So what was Barbara Summers' response after I politely told her it was none of her business and explained why my genital status not a topic of discussion?

She 'unfriended' me.

See ya.   I have over 1000 Facebook friends.   Leaves more room for the peeps who really do want to be there.   Wouldn't be surprised it this fauxgressive person was one of those trans chasers who hide behind fake femme profiles but who after talking to them for a few moments reveal themselves to be anything but female


It's one of the things that irritates many transpeople as we're trying to live our lives and interact in society.  Yes, we realize that we are all ambassadors for our community and there's a lot of intriguing things you'd like to know about our lives.   In some cases we're glad to share as much as we feel personally comfortable with.

But asking about the genitalia between our legs when we're not in an educational setting is going too far into personal territory.    I don't answer that question even in my Trans 101 presentations because it's past time to shift the discussion of trans issues and trans people away from genitalia.  .

If you cis people don't define yourselves by your genitalia, why are you forcing a 'biology is destiny' standard on transpeople that reject for yourselves?

My good friend Laurie Cicotello posted this in the ensuing comment thread on my FB page talking about the incident that sums up this subject.

Thing is, while many people have surgery, there are also many people who cannot have the surgery for a plethora of reasons from financial to physical. We need to love and accept people for who they are and where they are in their life path.

What's more important is the person's character.    If the emergence of transpeople hasn't taught society anything else, it's that  when it comes to humankind,  Mother Nature doesn't operate with a nice neat gender binary.    She likes diversity of the species and when you're talking about trans people the level of diversity can be downright dizzying at times.

So unless you're about to get intimate with me, enter into a long term relationship or hand me a wedding ring, what's between my legs is none of your business.

Tona's Saturday Concert Video

I posted about the concert musician and vocalist Tona Brown was hosting in Baltimore November 20, and here's a small sample of the musical treat some of you in the area missed.   

She says she'll be organizing another one soon.

Trust But Verify

That was a mantra of the Reagan administration during the Cold War days when they were in the process of engaging with the Soviet Union to enact nuclear weapons reduction treaties during his second term.

This post grew from an at times contentious  discussion I was having on FB Friday that was started by a young white transperson upset that someone called her an 'Aunt Tom' and a sellout.


For definition of a sellout, see the life of Supreme Court injustice Clarence Thomas, but I digress.

To me, what makes you a sellout is aiding and abetting our community's enemies for your own self comfort, financial gain and advancement at the expense of your marginalized community.

This person also expressed the opinion  that some of us in the trans community were overly concerned about our cis enemies, and thought that we regarded all cis people as guilty of hatin' on us until proven innocent.  


If you wish to survive and thrive as a marginalized person in a hostile environment, you'd better have a 'trust but verify' mindset.    Soon enough their actions for good or ill will expose exactly whether they are an ally you can trust to have your back or whether they will stab you in the back when they think you aren't looking.    

Let's get real for a moment.  There are cis peeps that hate us period, and there is no changing their ossified minds, having an open dialogue with them, or much less even trying to have 'kumbaya' moments with them.  They have made up their minds that they want to destroy trans people for fun, profit, to advance their conservative (or other)  political agenda or all of the above. 

It's the height of insanity to try to approach them in the spirit of Kingian love and get them to see the error of their ways when you have other more persuadable Americans that you can use logic, fairness, spirituality and reason based arguments with.  

These open minded people are willing to listed to our case and are persuadable to our cause.  These are the people we need to spend the lion's share of our valuable time talking to.   With them on our side, together we can push back and outflank the hard core and hard headed Forces of Intolerance peeps who will only be knuckled dragged kicking and screaming into the 21t century.  

Miss Major Interview

I have much love for one of our iconic transwomen in  Miss Major, who is one of the few African descended Stonewall Rebellion veterans.    She talks to Ashley Love about Stonewall and a few other issues.   


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Nikki Araguz Update 18 - Cristan's Latest Video

Well, well, well.   Seems like Heather Delgado's lawyers complained during Wednesday's emergency court hearing about Cristan's 'keepin' it real' videos that blow up the disinformation and lies coming from the Delgado legal camp.

So what's Cristan's response?





Amen Cristan.   They got some nerve to whine about they don't want to be made to look bad while they're doing everything but calling Nikki a child of God in the media.