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Usually I'm not one for politics, but this one has my attention. Actually I'm a little pissed off.
We all heard about the Susan Stanton stuff, we saw amazing support rallying for her after her blatantly discriminatory dismissal. Past that in a recent article she was quoted thusly:
Susan has met hundreds of other people like her. She was among the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people lobbying for a law that would make it illegal for others to discriminate against them.
But Susan has said all along that she's not like other transgender people. She feels uncomfortable even looking at some, "like I'm seeing a bunch of men in dresses."
Eventually, she decided it was too early for transgender people to be federally protected. People need more time, more education, she says. "The transgender groups boo me, now, when I speak. Isn't that ironic?
"But I don't blame the human rights groups from separating the transgender people from the protected groups. Most Americans aren't ready for us yet," Susan says. Transgender people need to be able to prove they're still viable workers -- especially in the mainstream.
"The biggest issue against the federal legislation is that politicians think the ladies' rooms will be invaded by guys in drag," Susan says, "instead of someone like me."
I'm offended for several reasons.
First of all this woman is 14 months in and was presumptuous enough to say what she said. 14 month's is nothing, plus she's had very little real life expirience, she has one bad expiience to go by.
Secondly, from a somewhat petty standpoint, I can't place the "someone like me" commentary as anything but an unrealistic opinion of her own physiality.
Those two points aside, I can't help but think of the cold hearted facts of the bigger issue. She's right. This society is far too ignorant and intolerant for transrights, i fear that any move we make will only lead to horrible repercussions. I'm not excusing her actions, what was she thinking to say that to a member of the mass media, where it's so easily construed as ammunition to those that would opress us.
It's not that I don't understand what she's saying. Honestly I'm to a point where I find myself reluctant to take certain people certain places and so forth because they're so visibly trans and I don't want to deal with it everywhere I go, but most of the time I just suck it up. What else can you do.
I'm totally interested in what everyone else thinks here so let me know huh!
We all heard about the Susan Stanton stuff, we saw amazing support rallying for her after her blatantly discriminatory dismissal. Past that in a recent article she was quoted thusly:
Susan has met hundreds of other people like her. She was among the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people lobbying for a law that would make it illegal for others to discriminate against them.
But Susan has said all along that she's not like other transgender people. She feels uncomfortable even looking at some, "like I'm seeing a bunch of men in dresses."
Eventually, she decided it was too early for transgender people to be federally protected. People need more time, more education, she says. "The transgender groups boo me, now, when I speak. Isn't that ironic?
"But I don't blame the human rights groups from separating the transgender people from the protected groups. Most Americans aren't ready for us yet," Susan says. Transgender people need to be able to prove they're still viable workers -- especially in the mainstream.
"The biggest issue against the federal legislation is that politicians think the ladies' rooms will be invaded by guys in drag," Susan says, "instead of someone like me."
I'm offended for several reasons.
First of all this woman is 14 months in and was presumptuous enough to say what she said. 14 month's is nothing, plus she's had very little real life expirience, she has one bad expiience to go by.
Secondly, from a somewhat petty standpoint, I can't place the "someone like me" commentary as anything but an unrealistic opinion of her own physiality.
Those two points aside, I can't help but think of the cold hearted facts of the bigger issue. She's right. This society is far too ignorant and intolerant for transrights, i fear that any move we make will only lead to horrible repercussions. I'm not excusing her actions, what was she thinking to say that to a member of the mass media, where it's so easily construed as ammunition to those that would opress us.
It's not that I don't understand what she's saying. Honestly I'm to a point where I find myself reluctant to take certain people certain places and so forth because they're so visibly trans and I don't want to deal with it everywhere I go, but most of the time I just suck it up. What else can you do.
I'm totally interested in what everyone else thinks here so let me know huh!