I just saw "Soldier's Girl" the true story of the soldier Barry Winchell and his transgender lover Calpernia.
I was blown away.
What a beautiful movie.
and what i liked most about it was that rather than take on the political stuff of "don't ask, don't tell" rather than dwell on the murder of Barry Winchell, the movie focused on the love story between barry and calpernia..
and focusing on their love made the message all the more powerful..
I was simply just knocked out
i guess its been something of a transgender week for me because i just saw for the first time "normal" which also blew me away..
course anything with jessica lange in it is bound to thrill me but thats a side point
anyway the thing these two movies also did
was make me feel grateful for what ive got
im lucky that i was born in the body i wanted to keep
however much ive wanted to shape and mold it until it fit into a size or two smaller jeans
im lucky that i can walk into a bar and not worry about being beaten or harrassed for the way i look
yeah being gay is still not always a picnic
there is prejudice
plenty of places that i can't hold my woman's hand without fear of reprisal
and lord knows we can't get married
but at least i can walk down the street without fear of getting the shit kicked out of me
is there anything braver in the world than a transgender person?
anyway
ive got my own prejudices
and i admit when a transgender dyke in a bar hits on me
i still feel like im being hit on by a man
yep i've got my stuff to deal with on this
but im working on it
i am
and recognizing it
is a good start i think
as to my life-long prejudice against
men
who go out to dinner in jogging suits with three gold chains around their neck
i guess i'll never shake that
sorry
but thats just tacky
by the way darlins
while we're on the subject of transgender
....
i am so thrilled that the evil queen of home improvements
MR. martha stewart
is finally having a bad case of her karma catching up with her
they say leona helmsley is the queen of mean but
im pretty sure martha could take her crown away
i've heard nothing but bad things about this blonde bimbo
from day one
she treats everyone around her like dirt
and now she's getting dumped on
hurray
i say
hurrah
sorry martha fans
but thats my story and im sticking to it
