Comment of the Week: Jay Kallio on Chaz Bono Reluctance
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
May 15, 2011 7:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/05/comment_of_the_week_jay_kallio_on_chaz_bono_reluct.phpOn Jessica Max Stein's post Reluctance about Chaz Bono, 'The Reluctant Transgender Role Model, in which she notes that "while Bono may be a reluctant role model, many in the queer and trans community are equally reluctant to claim him. Stein references a few pieces critical of Bono from The New York Times, Autostraddle, Nick Krieger and Feministing. There's also a Daily Kos article and the viral Camille Paglia video.
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Here is Jay's comment in full:
The blogosphere firing squad aimed at Chaz Bono is really disheartening.
I'm not addressing this to anyone who has commented here yet, but it's painful to me to hear all the "friendly fire" harsh criticism of Chaz Bono's interviews, in which to me he sounded very fair, real, and sincere. I cannot fathom why so many people seem to think Chaz has either the obligation, or even the right to represent anyone but himself, and tell the truth of his own journey.
