http://www.washblade.com/2008/1-11/view/columns/11879.cfm"OPINION
Stanton's betrayal
Our 'Uncle Toms' are 'Aunt ->-bleeped-<-s' and Susan is their ringleader.
- MONICA HELMS
Friday, January 11, 2008
IN 1852, HARRIET Beecher Stowe wrote her famous novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which had a major effect on the attitudes toward slavery and African Americans. The main character was a dutiful servant by the name of Uncle Tom, who remained faithful to his masters, regardless of what they did to him.
The name "Uncle Tom" has come to describe any African American whose actions are counterproductive to the welfare of the African-American community. It has become so descriptive that Native Americans use the name "Uncle Tomahawk," and the Latino community use the Spanish name, "Tia Taco." Tia is Spanish for uncle.
In the new "Dark Ages" for the transgender community, we are quickly discovering our own Uncle Toms, but in order to distinguish them from the African-American Uncle Toms, I have coined the name, "Aunt ->-bleeped-<-s." The transgender community's Aunt ->-bleeped-<-s are those transgender people who are still working for "The Man," in spite of the vicious manner in which we were stripped from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in October of 2007. "The Man," in this case, is HRC and Barney Frank."
