I've worked in the L.A. film biz and believe me, for all of the reported liberal attitudes, there are plenty of people in that biz that are religious right conservatives. The movie stars are, for the most part, liberal, but many of the workers may as well be working in ball bearing factories (not that there's anything wrong with that).
When I came out en femme, I expected this supposidly liberal industry to accept me. Most did but occassionaly I'd hear, through the grapevine, what some of my coworkers were muttering behind my back. One of my coworkers reportedly said, "I can't believe he'd do that. How stupid." This person had worked on "Star Trek" for years. In "Star Trek," for those of you who don't know, there was a continuing character who was a beautiful woman but used to be a man. Silly me, I thought people who worked on "Star Trek" every week would realize that, in the future, transsexuality would be no big deal. I further thought that this person, knowing how he respected me, would give me the benefit of acceptance (not approval). Eventually, I heard that he did come to accept me.
As to the story about the macho James Bond film director being caught, wearing a dress and soliciting, I thought, "Oh, no. Not again. Not another kinky story about ->-bleeped-<-." I value that website I heard about thru Susan's wherein positive successful transsexuals (doctors, lawyers, pilots) are shown in photos and links. Too many times, kinky wins out in the media stories.
Teri Anne
