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What the hell is this?
14 years ago
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011.....ng-with-stars/
How do I put this...?
When you finally decide to come out and you've decided what you want to be called pronoun-wise and what gender you identify with and all that stuff and you ask people to refer to you as such, or in Chaz Bono's case, ask the fucking world to refer to you as that, okay, a few mistakes are to be expected. But on purpose? And not only that, but to make it sound like you're mocking him by calling him a man for one fucking sentence of an article so incredibly full of so much hate, and going right back to calling him a woman? To someone that has done something like that, to change their entire life to try and be happy with who they are, doing that...Referring to them like that, and mocking them for that, and by opening with, "Chaz Bono, the “transsexual” woman who underwent plastic surgery and takes male hormones in an effort to appear to be a man, and who asserts she is a man," and just...being so condescending and terrible. That is SO offensive, and so horrible.
I personally don't know how far I'm going to go with my own shit, and if I'll ever get surgery, or take T, But if I were ever to decide to change my preferred name and ask to be called by male pronouns, I expect slip ups and wouldn't be bothered by them, they're honest mistakes. But for someone to go OUT OF THEIR WAY to call me a woman still, to so blatantly disrespect who I chose to be - no, not chose. If someone went out of their way to so blatantly disrespect who I am, I would be so, SO fucking pissed.
And that is my rage on Keith Ablow's use of pronouns ALONE.
To compare the hormones and surgeries transgender people take to cutting off your arms, or getting a tail, to call it delusional to want to do this, to "prefer that they try every available medication to impact mood, thought and perception before going under the knife," and that gender dysphoria always has to be rooted in deeper problems that need to be fixed, to say such things about transgender people and the things they think, feel, and go through every day.
That's fucking ridiculous.
Transgender is not a "psychologically destructive myth", it won't impress upon your children and ruin their lives, people that support transgenders are not "happy-go-lucky villagers applauding the tragic parade." He says he would have treated Chaz with dignity had he asked for his aid (actually, Ablow said "she"), but how could you say that when every word you have written is soaked in condescension, ignorance, disgust, hate, and pity?
I am pissed. This is not fucking right.
Keith Ablow went out of his way to not only blatantly disrespect and some might even say libel towards Chaz Bono with this article, but the entire transgender community, and all of its supporters.
If you agree with me at all, spread this around, send angry letters to Fox, demanding that this be removed, or that Keith Ablow no longer be a part of their team.
I don't want to hear shit about how it won't change anything or he has a right to say this, I know very well it probably won't make any difference, especially considering that Fox is how they are. I know Ablow has a right to his opinion, and although I disagree with it, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be published, but this is a slap in the face to me, to transgenders everywhere, and to Chaz Bono. This is something you just don't say about someone when you understand nothing about what is going on through someone's mind, or the mind of children.
No, I'm not happy. Not in the slightest.
How do I put this...?
When you finally decide to come out and you've decided what you want to be called pronoun-wise and what gender you identify with and all that stuff and you ask people to refer to you as such, or in Chaz Bono's case, ask the fucking world to refer to you as that, okay, a few mistakes are to be expected. But on purpose? And not only that, but to make it sound like you're mocking him by calling him a man for one fucking sentence of an article so incredibly full of so much hate, and going right back to calling him a woman? To someone that has done something like that, to change their entire life to try and be happy with who they are, doing that...Referring to them like that, and mocking them for that, and by opening with, "Chaz Bono, the “transsexual” woman who underwent plastic surgery and takes male hormones in an effort to appear to be a man, and who asserts she is a man," and just...being so condescending and terrible. That is SO offensive, and so horrible.
I personally don't know how far I'm going to go with my own shit, and if I'll ever get surgery, or take T, But if I were ever to decide to change my preferred name and ask to be called by male pronouns, I expect slip ups and wouldn't be bothered by them, they're honest mistakes. But for someone to go OUT OF THEIR WAY to call me a woman still, to so blatantly disrespect who I chose to be - no, not chose. If someone went out of their way to so blatantly disrespect who I am, I would be so, SO fucking pissed.
And that is my rage on Keith Ablow's use of pronouns ALONE.
To compare the hormones and surgeries transgender people take to cutting off your arms, or getting a tail, to call it delusional to want to do this, to "prefer that they try every available medication to impact mood, thought and perception before going under the knife," and that gender dysphoria always has to be rooted in deeper problems that need to be fixed, to say such things about transgender people and the things they think, feel, and go through every day.
That's fucking ridiculous.
Transgender is not a "psychologically destructive myth", it won't impress upon your children and ruin their lives, people that support transgenders are not "happy-go-lucky villagers applauding the tragic parade." He says he would have treated Chaz with dignity had he asked for his aid (actually, Ablow said "she"), but how could you say that when every word you have written is soaked in condescension, ignorance, disgust, hate, and pity?
I am pissed. This is not fucking right.
Keith Ablow went out of his way to not only blatantly disrespect and some might even say libel towards Chaz Bono with this article, but the entire transgender community, and all of its supporters.
If you agree with me at all, spread this around, send angry letters to Fox, demanding that this be removed, or that Keith Ablow no longer be a part of their team.
I don't want to hear shit about how it won't change anything or he has a right to say this, I know very well it probably won't make any difference, especially considering that Fox is how they are. I know Ablow has a right to his opinion, and although I disagree with it, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be published, but this is a slap in the face to me, to transgenders everywhere, and to Chaz Bono. This is something you just don't say about someone when you understand nothing about what is going on through someone's mind, or the mind of children.
No, I'm not happy. Not in the slightest.
/points to self// Vegan.
FACT:: I constantly deal with stuff like this where you send letters to people, because that's what vegans do. We send letters to try to change the world.