This report
over at Towleroad makes me really sad and angry and disgusted with newspeople:
I thought Oprah handled the story of pregnant transgender man Thomas Beatie with respect yesterday. Not everybody's so accepting of Beatie, however, and plenty of people are openly threatened by him
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It really bothers me when people who strive to be accepted as they are reject others on the same principle. I find it so problematic because it means that rather than challenging notions of normality, you're only saying that you belong within those boundaries while others (the fag, the trans) don't.Yes, exactly. It's like saying, "Well, maybe I don't have sex like you, but at least I'm not one of those trans freaks! Accept me because I could be ( ... )
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Joe Scarborough is a crank. I really wish MSNBC would sell him to Fox and get a more reasoned pet Republican. I'd even settle for Pat Buchanon, who knows the difference between personal jibes and political ones.
OTOH, we all expected this, including Beatie. I really don't think he had any illusion that he would be accepted by all with open arms given the times. He is a pioneer, and he will be derided for it. It only takes one first time. As people push the envelope, the folks that came before them seem less extreme. Suddenly, the drag queen down the block doesn't look as odd when next to a pregnant man.
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I completely agree. I don't understand how people can't just let other people live the way they want.
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But the whole thing is that a person can't help being gay (or straight or bi.) Transgender is the same thing.
But like the gay thing, it makes a difference if you actually know someone who is trans. I've known several people. They talk about knowing it since they were very small children.
It just goes to show that a lot of us are still all screwed up over gender issues and gender roles. It's plain, old-fashioned sexism, too - these men saying, "Ooh, how gross!" What - pregnancy is gross? If you as a man are disgusted by the idea of a man being pregnant, what does that say about YOU?
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