tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post3406097665096935305..comments2024-03-05T23:31:44.106-08:00Comments on Gay Family Values: What The Light RevealsGFVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950236433262366445noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-17581279826501377172011-06-14T02:40:09.644-07:002011-06-14T02:40:09.644-07:00Hello,
Thank you very much for this post.
I'...Hello,<br /><br />Thank you very much for this post.<br /><br />I've been reading up a bit on the Chrissy Lee Polis incident, and information varies - I am still unsure whether she was attacked because she was recognised as a trans woman using the women's restroom, or if the attackers were unaware she was trans, and it was an example of violence that women sadly perpetrate against each other.<br /><br />However, the YouTube comments on many videos are shocking - particularly against the young women who attacked Chrissy. There is no doubt acted foolishly, and should be prosecuted as such, but the race-based comments were just awful. Insulting a person who has acted wrongly for their race is horrible, as well as judging an entire group of people due the actions of a few.<br /><br />As for GLB discrimination against trans people, sadly it does occur. What I see in this incident is vicious cycles of oppression - that instead of oppressed groups (non-white people in white countries, transgender people, people who are attracted to the same sex, etc.) banding together, they take out their own frustrations, both online and in the real world, on those that they can.<br /><br />Sadly, one of the most naïve things you can think is that if a person is part of an oppressed group, that they themselves will not oppress others. You assume that if someone knows what it feels like to be discriminated against and oppressed, that they would have a stronger sense of justice, but that simply isn't true.<br /><br />All the love to you and your family. Hope you, your partner and children stay happy and healthy.<br /><br />-SimonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-83404994932858006582011-05-06T10:26:08.781-07:002011-05-06T10:26:08.781-07:00Good Afternoon,
I am Brazilian lawyer specializi...Good Afternoon, <br /><br />I am Brazilian lawyer specializing in family law and adoption. <br /><br />I am father for Adoption and milito this area for some years, especially regarding the right of parenthood are exercised by homosexual couples. <br /><br />Last night we had a final decision by the Brazilian Supreme Court, recognizing the right to equal treatment of gay civil union partners as heterosexuals, among other rights that ensure the adoption of joint. <br /><br />Unfortunately still hangs on the topic a lot of prejudice, because of my contact with you. It is perceived that you are a happy family, it would be interesting to have a material showing how even before the differences can families be happy and build a solid and stable relationship is necessary for the creation of a child or adolescent. <br /><br />It would be nice we set up a video presentation where you talk a little about the constitution of the family of you (your children are biological or adoptive), I believe that regardless of this answer would be interesting to talk a little about the daily difficulties, moments, etc.. <br /><br />Could you assist me in this direction? I leave my contact is that h.ferraz @ acasadehelena.com.br now and apologize for my poor English. <br /><br />I would like to congratulate you for the wonderful family they have, if possible answer my email. <br /><br />Sincerely, <br /><br />Hélio Ferraz de Oliveira <br />Member of the Special Committee on the Adoption Law of the Bar Association of Brazil <br />President of the Adoption Support Group - THE HOUSE OF HELENA (www.acasadehelena.com.br)Hélio Ferraz de Oliveirahttp://www.acasadehelena.com.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-67364177915413166462011-05-02T00:25:06.659-07:002011-05-02T00:25:06.659-07:00I personally don't understand hating others or...I personally don't understand hating others or not caring for them because they are different my self, but like I blogged about in detail I think that the problem involves more then just that, I think that at least on the lack of support for those that are trans in the community, a misguided idea of what the right path to gaining equality is, and I think that Sexism is the "man behind the curtain" that is quite often ignored yet is the root of so many problems in the LGB community, with the trans facing the harshet blows.aNorthWestViewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598507140332496283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-80996275884318247392011-05-01T10:24:48.556-07:002011-05-01T10:24:48.556-07:00I'm not gay but I cried when I heard about Mat...I'm not gay but I cried when I heard about Mathew Sheppard. I'm not black but I cried for Steven Biko. I'm not Jewish but I cried when I heard the stories of the holocaust. I am transexual, will you cry for me?... We are monkeys with microwaves, so far away from being what we are capable of being. Holly xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-66060226857801137172011-05-01T06:05:25.018-07:002011-05-01T06:05:25.018-07:00This seriously upsets me. When I look at a person,...This seriously upsets me. When I look at a person, I don't see a black or white person, I don't see a girl or a boy, I don't se a bi, homo or straight. I see a person, with a name. A life to live with major possibilities. I mean, I am a very traditional lesbian myself, the "boy-ish" kind that likes to where "boy" clothes and costume instead of dresses. And I have taken a lot of sh*t for this and probably always will. <br /><br />But that in no way gives me the right to put down anyone who feels otherwise. And if someone feel discriminated for being black/white, gay/straight/transgendered, or whatever they may be, I am the first on spot to protect them. Since I am part of about a thousand minorities (I am a christian, vegetarian, homosexual, I also have a mental illness) I know what it feels like and would never treat anyone as I've been treated. But we need to talk about this, we can't expect everyone else to be as opened minded as our-selves and how can we know we even are?Emmie NittonNioTrehttp://nittonniotre.blogg.se/ennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-26925666948123144742011-05-01T03:53:38.095-07:002011-05-01T03:53:38.095-07:00If as a society we can become comfortable with the...If as a society we can become comfortable with the idea that sex isnt an either/or situation, but more along the lines of a scale flowing between gay and straight, then we should be able to understand that gender is the exact same way.<br /><br />Some of the racism that I see in the GLBT community boils down into the small slice of pie we are allowed at the table. And when the slice is so very small, bickering begins, and we fall into old and worn out groups, them vs us. Them seems to somehow always be a group we view as less than ourselves. And one of the groups seen as less than is the transgender.<br /><br />So until our pie slice is larger, we need to learn to share. Because until we can fight the oppression together, winning our civil rights will be ever so much harder.Biki Honkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731335682679434307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-50848800183250519792011-05-01T02:02:40.655-07:002011-05-01T02:02:40.655-07:00Hey Bryan
another great post.... I am confused as ...Hey Bryan<br />another great post.... I am confused as to why as such a minority the Gay community regard Transgenders as bad as some Straight regard the Gay community? I truly would of thought that the Gay community would treat Transgender with the same respect as the Gay community wishes from the Straight community... I am in no way picking at the Gay community but I am a very confused...<br />:( <br />BellaBellahttp://bellalee40.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-10058486501177760432011-04-30T22:54:56.522-07:002011-04-30T22:54:56.522-07:00People are people. I have never understood the nee...People are people. I have never understood the need to isolate anyone in society. I certainly don't understand hate. <br /><br />What bothers me most is the way some in the LGBT community can turn upon our own and others. As we are all members of a community suppressed by society in general we should know better. <br /><br />None of us truly fits in everywhere all the time. We need to remember that. We need to remember to stay together. Because sometimes thats all we have. <br /><br />As I said before people are people. We each have defining traits that makes us unique but in the end we are all the brilliant colors of the rainbow. Our diversity is our strength. <br /><br />I simply believe love one another and lift each other up. Because, when you do so, you stop looking up at the rainbow and begin to shine down upon it. <br /><br />Just Love!Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16836853884214500312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-21572050246309506832011-04-30T22:14:51.418-07:002011-04-30T22:14:51.418-07:00Bryan and Jay! Long time, no post.
I'm loving...Bryan and Jay! Long time, no post.<br /><br />I'm loving this topic. It is something that has been bothering my quite a bit over the past couple weeks - ever since a Transgendered Rights bill was brought up in the House of Commons and then shot down because of the Senate and our current election (it only passed the House of Commons because of our minority government, not a single Conservative MP voted in favour of it).<br /><br />Recently a read a Canadian novel called Annabel by Kathleen Winter, which is about growing up transgendered in rural Newfoundland. I thought it was a great novel, and I found myself relating to it far more than I ever anticipated - not only in the parent figures who often reminded me of my parents, but also in how the main character so often feels alone and trapped in a body that doesn't make sense to them.<br /><br />I'm not trans.<br /><br />But I am gay. And oftentimes I realize that, even as a 'relatively masculine' gay, I play with that gender variant line a lot more than I ever could've imagined I would. And that is important to me. For the past couple weeks I have been toying around the philosophical idea of being transgendered myself - or perceiving myself as such - because I am not exclusively male in a traditional sense. And I am not a woman. I sit on the fractured earth between the two continents of our cultural ideas, and sit there with millions of others who can't identify as one or the other.<br /><br />Today I was filling out a job application. It had me check a box for my gender. Male or female. I checked male - but only as a formality. Inside I knew that it wasn't me in that word, and I wished I could've drawn a line between the two and place myself on that spectrum.<br /><br />People deal with this every moment of their existence.<br /><br />I highly recommend Annabel. If you can't get your hands on it in the States (it is a Canadian novel, after all), let me know and I will send you two a copy as a gift for all of the wonderful things you two do.<br /><br />- Nealcanadianhumilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765821265373068860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-1923707490976305552011-04-30T19:36:50.410-07:002011-04-30T19:36:50.410-07:00Thanks for your words. It helps to hear that othe...Thanks for your words. It helps to hear that others share the same frustration. I, too, felt that this incident became a story of discrimination both on the part of the attackers and the later commentators. I think that if we all did a better job of accepting the diversity of the world, events like this wouldn't ever happen. Fear of the unknown seems to very often manifest itself in anger and violence. <br /> This incident particularly struck me because I have personally witnessed many fights among teenagers in public places like McDonald's. The fact is children in many places are being raised in cultures of violence where strength is proven by the degree of harm you can inflict on another person. This is coupled by the growing, disturbing trend of videotaping these fights - they are all over youtube. I have seen people stand by and do nothing. I or friends have called for help in these situations - hoping that someone would do the same thing in our shoes. <br /> But that hope seems bleak - I once saw a Dateline program where they conducted social experiments to test the Good Samaritan model. 9 times out of ten - no matter what the situation - no one lifted a hand. I hope that we as people can do better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-61108015895550609742011-04-30T18:17:06.687-07:002011-04-30T18:17:06.687-07:00Thank you... I can't tell you how many times I...Thank you... I can't tell you how many times I've been floored by how few of our gay and lesbian allies show up when it's time to fight for trans rights. This is a human rights issue as much as any other. Before any of us is a gender, a race, a sex, an orientation... we're people.Samahttp://www.youtube.com/ufo8mykatnoreply@blogger.com