Response
On December 29, 2010
by Dyssonance
http://www.dyssonance.com/?p=10664This is a reply to this article:
http://renwl.org/news/lgbt-rights/autumn-sandeen-transgender-community-leader-or-auntie-tomasina#more-11227Now, before I begin, anyone who reads me a lot knows that while Autumn and I get along, We are very, very different in our approach, our philosophies, and our willingness to be evil as all hell. Not to mention our personalities are really, seriously different. I describe it as being a sort of anti-Autumn, but, in the end, both of us are working towards the same goal — at least in part.
Twitter happened to point me to that article, which sorta bugged me, and bugged me even more when I read the article referenced in it. In that one, the same writer basically said that trans people weren't being loud and in one's face enough.
Yeah, I hit my head on the desk, too. I know, I know. The power of ignorance knows no bounds. So, anyway, here's my response (which, as usual, got really long):