Seeester!

[bcholmes]

As a transsexual writer, I cannot communicate how deep my frustration and anger runs over the incessant querying of the roots of transsexual identity. Over and over again we are not allowed to identify ourselves as transsexual without explaining how we came to understand ourselves that way.

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When I hear the question directed at me, "When did you first wear a dress?" I want to yell, "Fuck off! I was talking about George W. and Admiral Poindexter."

-- Diana Courvant, "Thoughts on 'Now That You're a White Man'"