Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Why

Why do news Websites which create special section(s) for "transgender" to focus on the issues of transwomen and transmen continue to add stories, columns, editorials, etc. on lesbian, gay and bisexual issues along with other non-transgender issues such as transvestites, drag queens, cross-dressers, etal?

Yes I know, but it still escapes they want to continue to confuse the gender identity with sexual orientation and fetishes. It's easy to define transgender as everything under the umbrella of transgender, from those (trans)women and men who transition to become physically and legally the gender of their identity to straight men who like to play dressup and gay men doing female impersonation, but it's not true or correct.

This is the definition from the New Oxford American Dictionary.

transgender |tranzˈjendər, trans-|(also transgendered )
adjective
identified with a gender other than the biological one: a transgender activist and author.

Can someone show me where this includes anyone but transsexual women and men? Gay and straight men dressing like women, whether it's for shows, dressup, recreation or fun, aren't transgender by definition. You can add drag kings too, but society gives women more latitude on cross-dressing than men dressing like women.

Can someone describe to me how anyone of those above mentioned non-transgender people can understand and the express ideas about what it's like to be transgender? They can't because they don't know and don't have the experience.

Any they wonder why transwomen and men are upset with the media confusing the issue for publicity and bring "celerbrities", eg. RuPaul, into the discussion as experts. Well, there is a reason beside celebrities like the attention and will speak on anything beyond their knowledge and experience.

Another reason is that most transwomen and men just shrug and don't want to get involved in these issues. They have families, friends, jobs, lives, etc. to be bothered with stupid issues of confusion, much in part because it adds credibility to an issue that has none.

Some will get involved, mostly out of anger, but a few will express well presented arguments, but those people don't get the phone call from the media. There's no hype in their answer, only facts and reality, which often isn't in line with the story the media wants to push, which is hype and confusion.

Ok, enuf said for now and my rant against the media and all those non-transgender people pretending to be transgender.

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