calperniaaddams
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13 years ago @ Calpernia Addams Diary - OutFest 2011 Trailer F... · 0 replies · +2 points
Woman's Picture will be available on http://www.evelynavenue.com soon, and the site already has up lots of interesting additional material and behind-the-scenes stuff. Thanks for the note!
13 years ago @ Calpernia Addams Diary - Bad Questions to Ask a... · 1 reply · +1 points
13 years ago @ Calpernia Addams Diary - Caution: Gina Grahame ... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ Calpernia Addams Diary - Caution: Gina Grahame ... · 0 replies · 0 points
This has never been about that video. It\'s about someone who does not like me personally, and who I suspect moves from point to point in search of anything that justifies her irrationally extreme behavior. My record speaks for itself. I appreciate your support.
13 years ago @ Calpernia Addams Diary - Caution: Gina Grahame ... · 2 replies · 0 points
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13 years ago @ Calpernia Addams Diary - Caution: Gina Grahame ... · 0 replies · +2 points
You\'re welcome to disagree, and I don\'t think that every aspect of our rights comes from the movement out of Stonewall. My point is that, however stealth you are, some medical and legal intervention was necessary to complete your process. I believe that GLBT activists\' willingness to openly fight for rights opened the way for those things, such as:
Your and my legal right to change our name and gender in the courts/drivers license office/etc
Hospitals and doctors to consider prescribing hormones and performing gender affirming surgeries rather than electroshock/aversion/reparative therapy and institutionalization
It\'s a mistake to consider gender identity issues the same as sexuality issues, but nonetheless the world has (and still does) see them as one-and-the-same, so as an unintended side effect every inch of acceptance and legal confirmation given to gay/lesbians has moved us forward legally, too. And should you ever make a mistake and out yourself, the legal protections to your job, home and family were won by glbT people who were willing to be out and vocal to establish them.
Invisibly moving from pre-transition to a stealth life is undoubtedly a valid choice to avoid the hatred of people who consider transsexual women to be \"frauds\", \"mentally ill\" or worse. I don\'t think anyone MUST be out unless they choose to be. But at the same time, one must admit that hiding in plain sight does nothing to change that hate hiding in the heart of one\'s fellow churchgoers or neighbors. My \"Transsexuals Who Are Ashamed of Transsexuals\" post is all about the hypocrisy of women who want both the safe, comfortable anonymity of \"stealth\" AND to have a voice in the arenas of national gender politics. I feel that stealth is a valid personal choice, but by it\'s very nature it deprives you of a voice in the movement.
If you want to be stealth, posting about it on the internet isn\'t very helpful to your cause.
13 years ago @ Calpernia Addams Diary - "You a MAN!" Does Asso... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ Calpernia Addams Diary - Caution: Gina Grahame ... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ Calpernia Addams Diary - Caution: Gina Grahame ... · 0 replies · +1 points
And I repeat, I did not "OUT" Gina Gross. You cannot "out" someone whose public YouTube channel flogs her play and book about her transition.
Drew. you know me on a level that few people will ever know me. I appreciate your support.