See, Now I Have A Problem With This

[tekla]

How would I drink my Milo?

very carefully.  You get used it eventually is the surprising part.  I spend years working these very large parties and events in the local fetish community, and now I do these raves where very young girls walk around all night in some sort of designer lingerie and nothing else and it doesn't even phase me anymore.  Well not constantly.

[cynthialee]

This guy is not trans of any flavor. His mode of dress has nothing to do with gender identity and every thing to do with shock value and his own sexual thrills. As such his public behavior sould not be protected. This isn't a cross dresser out on the town, this is a pervert.

[Shana A]

I can't imagine wearing so few clothes to travel, regardless of gender. I always freeze on airplanes!!! 

Z

[tekla]

I'm with Spacial on this one:
I'd be more concerned that such an obvious extravert would make it really difficult to get any peace and quiet.

Yeah this person would never shut up.

[Just Shelly]

This guy is not trans of any flavor. His mode of dress has nothing to do with gender identity and every thing to do with shock value and his own sexual thrills. As such his public behavior sould not be protected. This isn't a cross dresser out on the town, this is a pervert.

EXACTLY! Cynthialee

Because of this PERVET we all take one step back!

Think about it, what reason is he giving for dressing like this in public other then getting his rocks off.

AGH! I can't say anthing else.

Shelly

[cynthialee]

Yes he reflects poorly on us and ya know what?

There isn't a single blessed thing we can do about it.

[AmySmiles]

My problem with this whole thing is not the fact that he's dressed like a woman, but that he's wearing underwear and little else.  End of story.

Everyone in Florida is basically considered mentally unstable until proven otherwise.

More or less true, but varies a lot by the area.   But the same can be said about California after having been there.  I've never seen naked men walking down the street before I went to Castro district.   Thankfully they were in good shape.

No kidding. Hopefully the cabin crew gave him some blankets.

And I hope they sterilized them thoroughly afterwards!!

[Raya]

Yes he reflects poorly on us and ya know what?

There isn't a single blessed thing we can do about it.

*/me steps on soapbox*

What are you (Not you, personally, cynthialee. I mean in general) talking about? Of course there is!

1. Figure out everyone who knows, cares about, or loves you. Even a little bit.
2. Do not rest until every single one of them knows that they know, that they care about, that they even love--a trans person.

When all they see are random pictures and names, the whole thing is "not my concern", but when you become the face of ->-bleeped-<- in their eyes, everything changes. Now, they have reason to stop being ignorant. Now, they have reason to care about your rights and dignity. Now, they have reason to stand up to those who would hurt you. I won't pretend that what I said isn't much easier said than done. I'm won't pretend that there aren't really good reasons for keeping quiet. But honestly, I really don't see any other way.

[tekla]

But the same can be said about California after having been there.  I've never seen naked men walking down the street before I went to Castro district

Florida exists to make California and Texas look good.  And that's party time in the Castro, in Berkeley they had a guy who walked around Berkeley every day like that.  They even called him Naked Guy.  He was crazy.  But for a while it was legal as he fought arrests saying there was nothing titillating about what he was doing and it had no sexual component.  True that, pretty much a sex killer it was.

Of course New York has it's singing cowboy in the tightly whities.

Because of this PERVET we all take one step back!
No we don't.  I don't see any retrograde motion, no backlash, no one screaming "Now things have gone too far" (largely I'm guessing that is because the plane was full of people from Florida and Arizona and you just have to try harder with them) and some huge public outcry supporting them.  Tell you what, I've had to fly with more than a few wookies over the years and I'd much rather have the clean guy in victoria's secret next to me than the white guy with dreads and the Phish shirt.

This guy is not a sexual threat to anyone, yeesh, you can see it coming a mile away.

this PERVET... And what's wrong with perverts?  Everyone is a pervert I think.  I just think it's too bad they can't express it more openly.  OK, this is kinda too open, but ....  Your neighbor who works at the bank likes to be spanked, the school principal likes water sports once in a while.  The big stud like to be a sissy, and little skinny girls are dominatrixs.  You wouldn't know it to look at them, but that nice couple down the street didn't put a rec room in the basement, they built a dungeon.  Lot's of wives have got a vibrator in the nightstand rigged to plug into the washing machine so they can put 220 on they money, honey, while thier husbands have at least a terabyte of midget porn on the hard drive.

Anything, and everything can be sexual.  Rule 34.  And somewhere, someone likes it.