As you are all aware I have been snotty and snippy about discussing transgender issues in public, feeling that it is private full stop.
It feels like that in recent weeks I have been dragged kicking and screaming into very reluctant activism that feels frightening to me. Some of you will remember my recent blog on two Bible scriptures, and now somehow that is now plastered all over Facebook and elsewhere. I have opened my Facebook up to the public, and how long that will last is debateable. You are welcome to contribute.
I'm not sure how this has happened but it feels right. For those who pray, please do some for me. For those who don't please send me your good wishes.
Very nervous
Gwen
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Privacy
I tend to agree with you regarding privacy, who and what I am is my business and nobody elses. My normal response is to tell the nosey people to GTFO!
We are living in troubling times and are dealing with overt threats far more often than we used to. I feel compelled to stand in support of us and equality. But I am more exposed than I ever have been, and if a smart person were to gather up all my comments made recently it would be easy to expose me. I have been stealth so long that public exposure is frightning to me. Safety screams at me to shut up and go into hiding. But I see the things going on and I feel I have to speak up. There is so much crap and lies being said by our enemies that its going to take a large number of us speaking up to have any effect. How can I keep quiet in the face of such hatred and bigotry being spewed about?
I don't have any answers for you Gwen, I do however have those best wishes that you are asking for. I fear that at some point in the future we are all going to have to take to the ramparts in defense of who and what we are. It's a fight I don't want but it must be fought. Equality for all is so much bigger than just us that everybody is going to have to stand up and be counted. Best wishes and good luck to us all.
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I went outside once. The graphics weren' that great.
I just helps us.
The story I am telling just helps transgender and intersex folk and it is so strong that there really is no room for argumentation. Those who say they adhere to belief and use the Bible or Qur'an to support their argument HAVE TO face this and modify their hatred or be proved by their own beliefs to be complete hypocrites.
I've long felt that those who say there is no God, have often been subject to abusive treatment at the hands of the "faithful". So, I actually do not blame them for their feelings.
This will do nothing for gays and lesbians and I was very surprised to find out that there is a group in Portland that is largely comprised of gays and lesbians that have been working very hard to help transgender folk. This is a surprise to me.
Not Surprised
I know many of the LGB people would rather go blind than deal with trans people, but I'm seeing a sea change in the actions of some LGB groups. They are learning that, as the old saying goes 'We must all hang together or we will all hang apart.' There have been a number of trans individuals and groups that worked to help bring about marriage equality. In return, some of the more accepting of the LGB groups are trying to return the favor. A raising tide lifts all boats.
The sad thing is the opposition from a lot of LGB people and groups, especially older members, will likely not improve. We've got a lot of work still to do, and many of us won't see the end game.
I went outside once. The graphics weren' that great.
My Activism won't make sense?
I was a devout christian on my way to Bible college when this started happening to me. And as you may know, I searched around for a place to worship, though I do not plan to return to my old church and they likely would not have me.
I am still faithful to my belief, so to some I am a weird sort of duck. Within circles of faith, what I showed in my original post is rock solid and can not be denied. So, to maintain any integrity at all, they have to admit that this is right. I expect a battle over this because the bigots will not change direction otherwise.
The scriptures I originally presented are Matt 19:12 Matthew 19:12 King James Version (KJV)
12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
And Isaiah 56:4-8King James Version (KJV)
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
8 The Lord God, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
To believers, these are powerful evidences. This is taking on the system head on.
I was badly mistaken
I thought that there were a few here who would be happy that transgender and intersex people could gain some traction with people of faith. I got chewed out by Omega girl who felt I was arguing? For anyone who did not understand before, God and faith is what I am and I am not compromising.
I'll leave my stories here for a few days and then they and I will be gone. Permanently.
Gwen
I was watching Caitlyn's Jenner's new show the other night. The passage from the Old Testament ("Abomination/Disgusting" - Leviticus) was thrown in her face. She referred it to her advisor, who fumbled through a non-satisfactory answer.
Your passages are a solid indication of acceptance. This certainly refutes the Holy See's argument that any "adjustment" to our bodies is offensive.
Please do not leave. You've been around too long not to understand how hard it is to communicate through these comments. Your opinions and discussions are always straight from your heart.
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Don't leave, calm down
I recognize both Gwen B. and Omega G. as girls, imho, because of their reaction to what wasn't said.