September 17, 1999 It had been almost three months since being discharged from a two week hospital stay after my suicide attempt. Having no home to go back to I was lucky enough to have a caring boss, Chet, that allowed me to stay in a spare bedroom. Chet and Joann were wonderful people. I still owe a great deal to Chet for saving my life for it was he that found me unconscious in my foyer after not showing up at work for two days. I was close enough to death that had he not found me when he did, I (more…)
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Destiny
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Jun
2011
Transgender or Transsexual
There’s been an ongoing heated debate by some transsexuals to separate themselves from the “transgender umbrella”. They claim that legislators find it difficult to allow a person that identifies as male, but dresses in female clothing to use the ladies room. Rightly, all debates about inclusion workplace protection center around “gender identity” or “gender non-conformance”. However, a transsexual feels they are born with a physical birth defect – the wrong genitalia, and that they are in fact, the sex opposite that listed on their birth certificate. Maybe it boild down to a transsexual as a matter of biology and transgender as a (more…)
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Jun
2011
USAF Discharge (1991)
A short narrative about the following documents: I entered an enlistment in the United States Air Force in June 1990. During basic training I was assigned to the Drum and Bugle Corps. Afterward, I was stationed at Lowry AFB, in Colorado for Space Systems Electronics Training. During my stay at Lowry, I visited a base counselor because my new wife and I were having troubles at home. She “outed” me to the counselor. He was actually a kind and respectful man. This is an issue I would not discuss because it embarrassed me and I still didn’t know what exactly (more…)
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Dec
2009
Blatant Bigotry?
Hand it to the folks at Best Value Plumbing to spread some holiday cheer. It seems that a fellow member of Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church contacted this plumbing company to help with a stopped drain at a rental home that he owns. You have to read his email: Friends, I wanted to take advantage of modern communication methods to tell you quick story – so please forgive the mass e-mail. I have a little rental house, currently occupied by a delightful couple who are courteous, responsible people Charles and Sandra. They’ve lived there for a year and a half, (more…)
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Topless Transsexual Served 21 Days in Jail
UPDATE: Andrea was interviewed on the Michelangelo Signorile Show, Nov 17th, on Sirius OutQ 108. You can listen to a recording here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwIfckTlMcY It really caused me great consternation when I heard the story of Andrea Jones on WATE channel 6 last night. Jones had visited her local Tennessee driver’s license office to attempt to have the gender marker on her driver’s license changed from “M” to “F”. Of course, she was refused. From the WATE report: The rules regarding change of gender marker are dictated by the Tennessee Department of Safety. They will change the sex on a (more…)
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