Letter from England
Judging by the ads the street girls put into phone
boxes in London, you'd believe that three out of four
prostitutes were transsexual- either men have strange
preferences these days or you'd believe there are a
lot more trans people on the game than is in fact the
case (in the UK, it is very few indeed because the
help is usually available free on the NHS- it may not
be perfect, but it exists).
J.Hy thinks:
I really believe that there have been more closeted trans people around than ANYONE has realized until now, including many of the newly self-realized trans people themselves.
As a student of world mythology, I would say look out. In cultures around the world, gender-crossing is such a powerful magickal act of transformation that people who can do it are regarded as wakan. Shamans, sorcerors, priestesses... and later on in history, as entertainers... and that's the way it goes, I guess... But right now I see the world facing an irruption of wakan such as has not been seen before... and you know Islam along with other traditions regards mass gender-crossing as a sign of the End Times... woo woo...
I'm thinking this would make a great Neil Gaiman novel!
boxes in London, you'd believe that three out of four
prostitutes were transsexual- either men have strange
preferences these days or you'd believe there are a
lot more trans people on the game than is in fact the
case (in the UK, it is very few indeed because the
help is usually available free on the NHS- it may not
be perfect, but it exists).
J.Hy thinks:
I really believe that there have been more closeted trans people around than ANYONE has realized until now, including many of the newly self-realized trans people themselves.
As a student of world mythology, I would say look out. In cultures around the world, gender-crossing is such a powerful magickal act of transformation that people who can do it are regarded as wakan. Shamans, sorcerors, priestesses... and later on in history, as entertainers... and that's the way it goes, I guess... But right now I see the world facing an irruption of wakan such as has not been seen before... and you know Islam along with other traditions regards mass gender-crossing as a sign of the End Times... woo woo...
I'm thinking this would make a great Neil Gaiman novel!