Safety is not just another word
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Commentary: Trans Progressive
by Autumn Sandeen
http://lgbtweekly.com/2012/01/12/safety-is-not-just-another-word/ (http://lgbtweekly.com/2012/01/12/safety-is-not-just-another-word/)
July 2010, I received the following text in an email: "You are a liar. You are not out of the closet Adam Sandeen or whatever the f*** your name is. Grow up for once and admit you are still in the closet. I rest knowing you will get what you and your kind deserve soon enough."
The writer wrote this in response to a piece I wrote for Pam's House Blend, commenting on a blog entry I'd written about how being out as transgender is often a one-way trip through the closet door. The writer further commented to the effect that transgender people couldn't be out of the closet unless they shared their previous names. In other words, the writer was arguing that I'm not out of the closet unless I share the name I was previously known as, before legally assuming the name Autumn.
In another comment on the Web, the same writer wrote to a blogger:
"I have Sandeen's home address and would give it to you."