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jenny · 08-03-2010, 05:29 PM

A friend posted the link to this article on her Facebook, and I decided to post it here because it's very well written. I love, love, love that the author advocates "acceptance, not tolerance." Bravo!

http://childrenshospitalblog.org/fat...en-speaks-out/

Jet · 08-03-2010, 05:37 PM

very nice. i sent it to myself to keep on file.

jenny · 08-03-2010, 05:43 PM

It's great... but I just got smacked in the face by reality. On my DVR is an episode of "Lockup," featuring a transgendered 21 year old man who legally changed his name from Katie to Braydon. He was arrested because he was on a date with a girl who understood Braydon to be male, and when they started fooling around and she found that Braydon didn't have male genetalia, she freaked and charged him with sexual assault.

Bad enough, but what is REALLY pissing me off is that the narrator of "Lockup" keeps referring to Braydon as "she," as do the prison guards.

GRRRR.

08-03-2010, 05:29 PM	#1
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	Article... A friend posted the link to this article on her Facebook, and I decided to post it here because it's very well written. I love, love, love that the author advocates "acceptance, not tolerance." Bravo! http://childrenshospitalblog.org/fat...en-speaks-out/ __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

08-03-2010, 05:43 PM	#3
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	It's great... but I just got smacked in the face by reality. On my DVR is an episode of "Lockup," featuring a transgendered 21 year old man who legally changed his name from Katie to Braydon. He was arrested because he was on a date with a girl who understood Braydon to be male, and when they started fooling around and she found that Braydon didn't have male genetalia, she freaked and charged him with sexual assault. Bad enough, but what is REALLY pissing me off is that the narrator of "Lockup" keeps referring to Braydon as "she," as do the prison guards. GRRRR. __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

08-03-2010, 05:37 PM	#2
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	very nice. i sent it to myself to keep on file.