Tula: "I Am A Woman"- not 3rd gender, not ->-bleeped-<-, not gay male drag queen, not gender queer activist, not transgender
http://transformingmedia.blogspot.com/2011/06/tula-i-am-woman-not-3rd-gender-not.html (http://transformingmedia.blogspot.com/2011/06/tula-i-am-woman-not-3rd-gender-not.html)
6/9/11
By Ashley Love
Caroline (Tula was her modeling name) fought very hard for women born with a transsexual medical condition to be recognized as women, and have the same rights as any other woman. She never sought to be "othered and misgendered" or marginalized in a 3rd gender/Transgender box, yet that is precisely what many cross dressing males and gender queer activists, backed by Gay Inc, and some in the religious far right, are trying to do in the newer transgender/transgenderist movement.
From Wikipedia: "Caroline "Tula" Cossey (born 31 August 1954) is an English model. She is one of the world's most well-known transsexual women, having appeared in a James Bond film and been the first to pose for Playboy. Since being outed by British tabloid News of the World, Cossey has fought for her right to legally marry and to be recognized by the law as a woman."
I remember having a copy of her book on the coffee table in the early 90's...I used it as sort of a conversation starter with a few people who I was trying to explain what was going on with me.
I can only hope that more voices such as hers will be heard on the issue of some of us feeling as though we have been co-opted.
Are we really that embarrassing that you have to find a post to upload about it every day?