Jessie, it sounds like that commenter made our point for us. You are more at risk in the ladies than she is. You want to pee, she wants to attack. Just sayin' also nice work!

Quote from: Cindi Jones on November 10, 2015, 09:46:22 AM
We are all very proud of you Olivia! You go girl! The comments don't matter. Someone once said: "There is no such thing as negative publicity." There will always be detractors who want to minimize us. I recently came out publicly after living 30 years in stealth mode. I do have wide support but I have also lost the respect of some of my neighbors. "By their acts ye shall know them" has no meaning evidently in my community. I've given a lot to my community and all that is naught in some people's eyes. So be it. I'll continue to participate in my volunteer activities.

Keep up the good work. If I can help in any way, please let me know. I can also do copy editing of your work.

Cindi

Thanks.  They gave me a really short deadline, but I beat it.  I was so nervous I didn't proof read well.  My tenses are all messed up, but that is ok.  It is my first major published work.  The only other was a resturant review. 

I may so cal on you in the future for editing. 

Thanks for the encouragement.

Quote from: Jessie Ann on November 10, 2015, 01:23:17 PM
Well I went into the Lions Den of comments and have hopefully scored a few points for the community. 

Remember, we will most likely never change the mind of the bigot we are debating.  What we need to do is get them to reveal their true self and when we respond as normal rational human beings we can begin to win over those who are undecided and uneducated about our issues. 

I got one the posters to say that she would refuse to honor my legal status as female and would attack me in a bathroom because I am a "de facto" threat, a sexual predator and living a fetish.  She also said that she was not demeaning me by calling me a man, even though all of my legal documents federal, state and local list me as female.   Most sane people will not take kindly to that type of vitriolic rhetoric.  It brings up memories of the civil rights movement and the dehumanizing actions of those opposed to the movement.  The more we can show the ugly face of the bigots and the beautiful, caring and thoughtful face of ourselves the better we will appear to the mainstream. 

Again - GREAT JOB OLIVIA!  You have rocked the Breitbart network!   

Thanks.  People are kinda blown away I got it published.  It hasn't gone viral, but maybe that is for the best.  I am a little new for the spotlight.

I had no idea of how deep some people's ignorance and hate goes.....i guess that's a side effect of being in the closet for so long. It's only now that I'm seeing it......it's obvious that we still have an uphill battle but nothing worthwhile comes easy....again Olivia....thanks and well done...
Dianne
xo