Sometimes God gives us what we need so we can learn. Yes, even in Trump country...
This entry from the transhealth website dates back to 2001 and it offers a very nice dissection of the now mostly debunked but still controversial AGP theory and how this transgender woman could care two cents about it. People who have been trying to marginalize the experience of gynephilic transwomen have pushed for the stigmatizing idea that they are actually perverted men. Well this soul, who couldn't give a hoot either way, isn't buying any of it and her frankness at times had me chuckling to myself as I read her posting. If we ever met I would give her a hug for seeing through the BS but mostly for being herself: "About a year ago I was reading on Dr. Anne Lawrence’s site about a new theory of the origin of trans called “autogynephilia.” This theory asserts that many trans women—and transsexual women in particular—desire reassignment surgery because they are eroticizing the feminization of their bodies. The first thing that struck me about it, of course, was t
The mother refers to "we" when explaining parenting decisions regarding Kai's behavior early-on, yet I see no sign of any other parent. I wonder what happened to the father. If he's out of the picture because he couldn't be accepting, then thank God he went away!
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing or else he was too embarrassed to be in the film. If he left then good riddance!
DeleteWhen the camera panned across the table with the family picture on it, there was only the mother and children shown. Kai seems to be too well adjusted to be living with even an embarrassed father around, though.
DeleteAgreed yes
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