Quote from: tekla on July 28, 2011, 10:41:54 PM
Perhaps no normal, but there is 'closer to the norm' and 'so far away from it you need a telescope to see it' and I think he's in the second category. The best spokesperson tend to be reluctant and not self-titled. And it's not the first time, before this Chaz was trying to be a 'spokesperson' for the lesbian community. Before that a rock star. I just think there is a desperate need for attention, no matter who, or what it hurts in the process.
Fair enough.
I can only speak to what I saw, or what I have seen so far as the case may be. I know very little about Chaz Bono's pre-transition history (I know who his parents are, of course, and I know that he identified or presented as a lesbian before, but that's largely the extent of it), and I have admitted before that I never got around to watching the documentary nor did I read the book, so as to this particular subject I can admit that I don't have all of the information and perhaps cannot truly argue as to his suitability to being a spokesperson. I won't be bullheaded and push the matter, but I did not get the impression that he was presenting his experience as anything but that: his experience. Not in what I saw, at the least.
That said, I do still stand by not completely tearing down everything he has said and his experience. I still think there are better uses of time and energy -- hell, with him being a public figure he can be used as a way to get a foot in the door to further educate people who are open to being educated. Twist it to an advantage somehow because either way what he's saying is out there.
