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Title: Memo to the Luna-Ticks: We’ve Been Used By Gay Men For Profit Before, So Don’t E
Post by: Shana A on March 29, 2010, 07:37:43 AM
Memo to the Luna-Ticks: We've Been Used By Gay Men For Profit Before, So Don't Expect Us to Shut Up Now

http://endablog.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/memo-to-the-luna-ticks-weve-been-used-by-gay-men-for-profit-before-so-dont-expect-us-to-shut-up-now/ (http://endablog.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/memo-to-the-luna-ticks-weve-been-used-by-gay-men-for-profit-before-so-dont-expect-us-to-shut-up-now/)

Exhibit A:

I could just end there, but that would be insufficient.  After all, the novel Myra Breckinridge largely was a legit, scathing critique of Hollywood – and, the title character wasn't really a transsexual woman; in fact, an honest assessment would place her outside even the broader category of 'transgender.'

But, thanks to a gay man, when people think 'Myra Breckinridge,' they think 'transsexual'....