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Posted by Slowplum
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5/21/2005 06:27:00 AM
tidbits:
C lost another tooth, both top ones are gone now and she couldn't look cuter.
I have to go in to work today and Monday. So much for a long week-end.
SO pulled ligaments in his left ankle at work. He'll be ok but the doc says he'd have been better off breaking it.
A guy at work came out last week as a trans-sexual. He expressed the wish to be referred to as a woman, from Monday onward. "She" is now going through the first stages before operation: hormone treatments, counselling, etc. She has been living as a woman everywhere but at work for some time now, and I give her ALL the credit in the world for being brave enough to come out and tell everyone who was present her situation.
The company management was uncharacteristically supportive, giving him a key to the unisex washroom mostly intended for guests (until the confusion dies down and people accept the situation) and even allowing him to wear a skirt the first day (out where he works, depending on the area, skirts are prohibited for their safety). The response from some employees have left me disgusted. Between the tittering behind her back, the disgusting remarks, and the threats, I am completely taken aback NOT by this woman's actions but by the actions of her so-called peers. Myself, I think it is terrific that she is finally able to walk and live the life as she wishes to. Though she needs a little help in the make-up department, and her hair needs a new style (she has the betty page look going, but the cut is too severe for her facial structure), but those things come with time and experience, and gentle guidance from friends.
Some people say she is sick and needs to talk to a psychiatrist... the mentality that is right up there with thinking a homosexual can just go to a therapist and be CURED of their homosexuality. Which of course is complete bupkus.
I'm just bothered by the reaction because some of the people reacting this way, I would never have expected to be so narrow-minded. Fortunately for her, the town we live in tends to embrace people from all walks and especially embrace the more flamboyant types (being a city that houses quite a few artists and actors, it is to be expected) but even so there are those who would shun and persecute these same wonderful people. I for one think it is terrific to have people from all walks (and preferences) living here and contributing to the community and part of the draw to living here is the diversity. Take away the festival and the galleries and the truly gifted people, and it's just another town.
Anyway, time to get ready to go in to work and pretend like I like being there.
C lost another tooth, both top ones are gone now and she couldn't look cuter.
I have to go in to work today and Monday. So much for a long week-end.
SO pulled ligaments in his left ankle at work. He'll be ok but the doc says he'd have been better off breaking it.
A guy at work came out last week as a trans-sexual. He expressed the wish to be referred to as a woman, from Monday onward. "She" is now going through the first stages before operation: hormone treatments, counselling, etc. She has been living as a woman everywhere but at work for some time now, and I give her ALL the credit in the world for being brave enough to come out and tell everyone who was present her situation.
The company management was uncharacteristically supportive, giving him a key to the unisex washroom mostly intended for guests (until the confusion dies down and people accept the situation) and even allowing him to wear a skirt the first day (out where he works, depending on the area, skirts are prohibited for their safety). The response from some employees have left me disgusted. Between the tittering behind her back, the disgusting remarks, and the threats, I am completely taken aback NOT by this woman's actions but by the actions of her so-called peers. Myself, I think it is terrific that she is finally able to walk and live the life as she wishes to. Though she needs a little help in the make-up department, and her hair needs a new style (she has the betty page look going, but the cut is too severe for her facial structure), but those things come with time and experience, and gentle guidance from friends.
Some people say she is sick and needs to talk to a psychiatrist... the mentality that is right up there with thinking a homosexual can just go to a therapist and be CURED of their homosexuality. Which of course is complete bupkus.
I'm just bothered by the reaction because some of the people reacting this way, I would never have expected to be so narrow-minded. Fortunately for her, the town we live in tends to embrace people from all walks and especially embrace the more flamboyant types (being a city that houses quite a few artists and actors, it is to be expected) but even so there are those who would shun and persecute these same wonderful people. I for one think it is terrific to have people from all walks (and preferences) living here and contributing to the community and part of the draw to living here is the diversity. Take away the festival and the galleries and the truly gifted people, and it's just another town.
Anyway, time to get ready to go in to work and pretend like I like being there.