At exactly the same time, the early 1990s, men like my ex-husband were sneaking out and crossdressing, "exploring a female identity" while spending the family grocery money, abandoning wife and children and enjoying the adoration of their "therapists" who were mostly acting as fashion stylists. For the real deal of what this meant and means to families, tune in to Lime Soda Films YouTube channel on Friday, Aug. 30 at 2pm EST for Vaishnavi Sundar's epic documentary profiling several trans orphans and a couple dozen trans widows. Trailer with Vaishnavi's introduction for the film which took 3 years of interviews, animation for women who feared retribution if they showed their face (I don't, so I appear) and a commissioned score:
Here's the link to the entire documentary, now up on YouTube at Lime Soda Films channel. It's quite powerful. I watched with 600 during this afternoon's premiere.
I’d really love to read this, Lisa. I’m a paying subscriber here and not there, though. Would it be possible to post the whole thing here but paywall it? I am a paying subscriber primarily because I want to support your work, including your upcoming book, which will be important and (I hope) will arrive at a time when the public has become slightly more receptive. But I really don’t care that much about the weekly roundup on Fridays, as I’ve already gleaned the top-level news from my close Twitter follows. Substantive articles like this one are what sweetens the deal for me.
I deeply value the work Colin does, too, but a late-in-life divorce leaves me financially constrained, and I have to be careful about how many subscriptions I accumulate.
I agree 100%! Honestly, there are now so many excellent gender-critical writers on Substack that I simply can’t subscribe to them all (admittedly a good problem to have).
I grew up in NYC roughly during the same era as you. I remember using the word "tranny" in a not prejorative way with my, San Francisco educated 11 year old some years ago and she was horrified and took pride in discovering that I was a backwards "bigot." I immediately snapped to thinking about the Red Guard in Mao's China.
To whom you are attracted sexually is purely subjective and therefore cannot reasonably be contested by an outside observer.
Where you decide to live your life on a spectrum of superficial, stereotypical male to female attributes (and we all do) is also purely subjective and similarly cannot be questioned.
However, your biological sex reflects an objective reality which cannot be changed by your subjective personal view and futile attempts to do so can result in serious health impacts to you as well as harms to members of the sex you are impersonating (primarily women).
Others who are grounded in objective reality should never be forced to accept your subjective version of your actual biological sex.
Finally, it's past time for the LGB community to separate themselves from the trans activists who are trying to take away the rights of women to fairness in sports and to privacy and safety in their restrooms, locker rooms and prisons. They also advocate for the chemical and surgical mutilation of children many of whom would grow up gay.
Their actions are evil and the
understandable negative reaction to the harm they are causing is spilling over to innocent people who are just going about their business, marrying and leading their lives.
In certain contexts such as medical, sports, dating, etc. this seems necessary. As some transsexual people actually do pass as the opposite sex, it seems like a violation of their privacy for everyone to know that they are a transsexual, depending on the situation.
At exactly the same time, the early 1990s, men like my ex-husband were sneaking out and crossdressing, "exploring a female identity" while spending the family grocery money, abandoning wife and children and enjoying the adoration of their "therapists" who were mostly acting as fashion stylists. For the real deal of what this meant and means to families, tune in to Lime Soda Films YouTube channel on Friday, Aug. 30 at 2pm EST for Vaishnavi Sundar's epic documentary profiling several trans orphans and a couple dozen trans widows. Trailer with Vaishnavi's introduction for the film which took 3 years of interviews, animation for women who feared retribution if they showed their face (I don't, so I appear) and a commissioned score:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZ0CWWnbR0
Here's the link to the entire documentary, now up on YouTube at Lime Soda Films channel. It's quite powerful. I watched with 600 during this afternoon's premiere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frffv2sB8zE
I’d really love to read this, Lisa. I’m a paying subscriber here and not there, though. Would it be possible to post the whole thing here but paywall it? I am a paying subscriber primarily because I want to support your work, including your upcoming book, which will be important and (I hope) will arrive at a time when the public has become slightly more receptive. But I really don’t care that much about the weekly roundup on Fridays, as I’ve already gleaned the top-level news from my close Twitter follows. Substantive articles like this one are what sweetens the deal for me.
I deeply value the work Colin does, too, but a late-in-life divorce leaves me financially constrained, and I have to be careful about how many subscriptions I accumulate.
I agree 100%! Honestly, there are now so many excellent gender-critical writers on Substack that I simply can’t subscribe to them all (admittedly a good problem to have).
I grew up in NYC roughly during the same era as you. I remember using the word "tranny" in a not prejorative way with my, San Francisco educated 11 year old some years ago and she was horrified and took pride in discovering that I was a backwards "bigot." I immediately snapped to thinking about the Red Guard in Mao's China.
“I also think that the language was part of that fragile, imperfect peace.” Beautifully stated.
To whom you are attracted sexually is purely subjective and therefore cannot reasonably be contested by an outside observer.
Where you decide to live your life on a spectrum of superficial, stereotypical male to female attributes (and we all do) is also purely subjective and similarly cannot be questioned.
However, your biological sex reflects an objective reality which cannot be changed by your subjective personal view and futile attempts to do so can result in serious health impacts to you as well as harms to members of the sex you are impersonating (primarily women).
Others who are grounded in objective reality should never be forced to accept your subjective version of your actual biological sex.
Finally, it's past time for the LGB community to separate themselves from the trans activists who are trying to take away the rights of women to fairness in sports and to privacy and safety in their restrooms, locker rooms and prisons. They also advocate for the chemical and surgical mutilation of children many of whom would grow up gay.
Their actions are evil and the
understandable negative reaction to the harm they are causing is spilling over to innocent people who are just going about their business, marrying and leading their lives.
In certain contexts such as medical, sports, dating, etc. this seems necessary. As some transsexual people actually do pass as the opposite sex, it seems like a violation of their privacy for everyone to know that they are a transsexual, depending on the situation.
This couple is very interesting: https://youtu.be/JK8FAAc_e1A?si=MiuC8NDYHShTvHSV