Thursday, August 19, 2010
Letter to the Editor
Andre Perez

http://genderqueerchicago.blogspot.com/2010/08/if-i-were-to-stop-what-i-was-doing.html

If I were to stop what I was doing every time I read or saw something offensive about the community and take the time to respond to it, then I wouldn't have time to live my life. That being said, I think it's important to push the topic, and when I ran across an article in the World section of MSN (now NineMSN) news, that had been flocked (another newfangled social networking thing) 333 times, I figured it was time for a good-ole-fashioned letter to the editor:

    Dear NineMSN News,

    I recently read your article entitled "Man Dies After Seeing Prostitute is Transsexual." I find that article to be poor news reporting. It implies a connection where there does not seem to be one. A man died of a Viagra over-dose, an occurrence which has been documented before on a number of occasions. The amount he ingested and/or heart conditions he may have had beforehand are not mentioned even though they are probably the most significant factors associated with his passing.