A good forum.

This is a great forum for transitioning transsexuals.
http://forum.beginninglifeforums.com/index.php

Outer boards are moderated, inner boards are not moderated but may only be accessed by members of the group. It is relatively small compared to most forums and has a homey atmosphere.

A response to Cathy Brennan and her recent attacks on trans* lesbian females.

I posted this in the comments section of Cathy B's blog Pretendbians recent post.
http://pretendbians.com/2013/03/31/dear-ok-cupid/
I doubt it will make it past moderation so I will post it here:

Hi Cathy,
It seems to me that your main premise is that transgender people are delusional and not in their right mind.
OK…
If we go with this premise as a statement of fact then the trangender population is mentaly ill. (I do not believe this, but let us go with the thought experiment.)

If transgender people are mentaly ill and unlikely to ever let go of the delusions they are under then trying to get them to change is an exercise in futility.

What other mental illness is it politicaly correct to shame a person for haveing the mental illness?
Would we abuse a psychotic for being psychotic? Or a person with multiple personalities?
We do not abuse the mentaly ill for their illness. It is inhumane. We can not say to a mentaly ill person “just get better! You are a terrible person for being mentaly ill. I hate you for your mental illness”. To do so would garner the ire of society.

Society at large sees the transgender as a mentaly ill person.
Is this the Cathy that you want the world to see you as? The woman who abuses mentaly ill people?


Have a good day,
CPB

PS: I do not believe or support the notion that transgender people are mentaly ill in any way shape or form. But I do believe that if someone genuinly believes that someone is mentaly ill, then that person who sees mental illness should be humane and not abuse the person they view as mentaly ill. It is just common human decency.

Respect for my elders.

 You gals who managed to transition before the internet have my total respect. I was incapable of doing it back in those days. I knew the path but there was no support. I couldn't do it. The internet made it much easier for us. Support is available in spades and we have actual support groups and networks in every large city.
My hat is off to you veterns of the pre internet days, you gals were the warriors who made it possible for the rest of us.
hugz

Fair Warning: we may be in serious trouble...

Wanna know what is gonna kill the planet this time around?

Methane.

According to some scientists:
The planet has a methane hydrate layer in the oceans and arctic. Something is triggering a massive world wide out-gassing of this methane at an unbelievable rate. The more it releases the more it triggers continued release. There is a positive feedback loop going on. This spells doom pretty much for certain. Methane is a rather nasty green house gas, and in the volume that the planet is releasing the stuff lately, we are headed for a rough ride.

Run a search engine on methane hydrate plus E.L.E.

First let me warn that you are going to have to slog through some conspiracy theory stuff to find the kernels of truth.

{I am not going to provide any links as there are plenty of links a simple search will pull up and besides links go bad and I shouldn't be doing your homework.}

So any comet strikes, rogue planets, nuclear M.A.D. strikes, pandemics or alien invasions are going to have to take a back seat and take a number. A real doom scenario is on us and there is likely no way out of this one.

How long?
A few years to a decade at most.

Now to the part with my prediction and commentary if this is true:

Some of you will survive in underground complexes that will resemble prisons more than arks, for generations. Some perhaps will figure out survival mechanisms on the surface. Doubtful though...
Eventually there will be a new generation that walks the face of the earth again. If they do find survivors on the surface they will attempt to wipe the surface dwellers out. The military industrial complex is setting itself up so that when things finally calm down they will be the ultimate overlords of all humanity.
They have to control everyone you understand. You are dangerous. You have a brain that can figure out the very same secrets they have and that scares them. You have the power to create super science devices that the military industrial complex wish to reserve for themselves. Think about everything you know for a second... If you wanted too, you can take the time and learn enough about ANY topic to recreate ANY technology. You are not just a walking talking emoting being of energy and light, you are also a hell of a computer that frightens the establishment.
That is why they are not telling you that there is an extinction level event going on as we speak. They literally want you dead. There are simply too many of us to effectively control and that has them pissing in their pants.

As an aside and off topic:
Some really interesting developments in the electric universe theory. Worth a look, but again you have to slog through the conspiracy theorists to get to the actual scientists who are talking about this theory.

Spkane Trans* People

The group has started to draft by-laws for the committee that was just voted in.
We are moving forward and becoming a proper group.

We are hitching our wagon to OutSpokane as a satellite organisation.

Just a small update.

:)

We Need a 4th Party

Let's cut to the quick.

 

Democrat Party is corrupt.

 

Republican Party is corrupt.

 

Tea Party is way too far to the right for most folks comfort. And it is becoming just like the big parties in the corruption department.

 

 

A 4th party is needed. A party that embraces those fiscal policies that brings in the average conservative voter. A party that does not stand on social policies that drive the average liberal away from the conservative fiscal candidates would be a powerful force to contend with.

 

We need a party that combines the best from both sides of the political spectrum. The majority of us have political views that are centrist. Most of us are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. We understand the need to balance the books. We understand that the state has no business saying who can be legally recognized as a family.

Fiscal conservative and socially liberal is the way I would consider my politics fall out; it seems to me, that is the way many other folks are.

 

This nation needs a 4^th party. One that will get the books balanced and keep the state out of our bedrooms.

 

I propose that those with the money and social skills to make it happen create the Home Party.

 

The Home Party should embrace the values of the home and seeks to bring them to the political arena.

Ru Paul my 2 centavos

This post was made in response to Monica Roberts' recent post on the show:
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/trans-womanhood-does-not-equal-drag.html

Ru Pauls Drag Race

I watch the show. (I know I am a bad trans woman...) There have indeed been a few times that Ru has screwed up and said the wrong thing. He has also been quick to make it clear on more than one occasion that trans and drag are not the same thing.

Also, he has cracked a few jokes at our expense that I thought were rather clever and funny. But the trans community has very thin skin and got upset at somethings I thought we shouldn't have got upset about.

Part of being human is we get a joke or two told at our expense. As long as it isn't vicious or extremely transphobic I think we should accept the jokes. It helps to mainstream us.

 

Back to the show:

There are 3 women (that I am aware of) who have been contestants on the show. Occasionally there is a trans woman who is on the cast. The first 2 trans women didn't come out until after their season, but Monica Beverly Hillz did come out mid season. Personally I am very happy Ru and the producers did not kick her off the show. But I am also thinking that as a woman she has an undue advantage. Yes she has a male body and must portray the 'drag queen illusion' like the other contestants, but Monica is a woman. She has that special spark that is woman. In a contest for men who are trying to portray a 'female illusion', how is it fair that a woman compete?

No easy answers to any of it.

 

Do I think Ru is wonderful? No. But I also do not think he is a villain, nor do I think he is actively working against our needs.

He is a man that makes his money from the drag world. He does not have to be an advocate for our needs. We got that covered.

His show is funny, and occasionally insightful and educational. And he looks fierce in a dress.

 

:)