skip to main |
skip to sidebar
I've been thinking about this post for quite some time. It is about something that is quite obvious, but which is kind of easy to overlook in all the rhetoric that spews out of the "transgender movement." But, an article at LGBT Weekly by Mr. "Autumn" Sandeen, one of the leading voices of that movement finally pushed me to write it.
In the article, titled "Fourteen years ago and now," Mr. Sandeen says
"I remember coming out in early 2003 as a transsexual – that’s what we called ourselves back then. When those of us who called ourselves transsexual also called ourselves transgender, it was actually kind of political – we were also identifying ourselves as falling under a transgender umbrella of gender nonconforming people."
This quote pretty much sums up what the transgender movement is really all about. First off, it is not about being "transsexual." Mr. Sandeen may have called himself a "transsexual," but he is not, and never was remotely a transsexual. He may have even been able to find some doctor who is willing to rubber stamp his fantasies, but he has been a life long member of the "They Will Take My Penis When They Pry it From My Cold Dead Fingers" club. He occasionally flirts with the idea of SRS, but has made no real move in that direction. Even during the period when the VA was supposedly going to cover it. He has had an orchidectomy, rendering him an eunuch, and has tried to pass this off as sex reassignment surgery, but he still retains his penis.
Next he states that he also called himself "transgender" he connects that with being "gender non-conforming." This is where the truth really begins to come out. First off, being transsexual is NOT remotely about being "gender non-conforming." It is quite the opposite. It is about being fully the gender, and sex, that you really are. Here Mr. Sandeen is letting the secret out. Transgender is really all a scam.
The transgender movement has tried, for some time, to use transsexualism as, in effect, their "beard." That is, they have claimed to be "transsexual" to justify their demands. But they are not transsexual, and in fact, have no desire to be anything other than what they were born as. They only want to be "gender non-conforming." In order to be that, they must remain their birth gender. They may claim to "really" be a gender different from what they were assigned at birth, but this is simply not the case.
Take Mr. Sandeen, for example. He served about 20 years in the United States Navy. If his "true" gender had been female, he would have probably not made it through one tour of duty. He would have not been able to fit in to the male culture that military service requires of men. He would not have been able to tolerate being forced to dress and shower with other men. I remember how much I dreaded changing during high school PE. I went out of my way to avoid showering when others were present during the one semester I lived in a dorm with communal showers. The rest of the time, I lived in what was either a dorm with "suites" where you had the bathroom to yourself, or in a dorm that was originally a women's dorm, where the showers had individual stalls.
All of this brings us to the big secret. Transgender people, for the most part, do not really want to be what they claim. They want to retain their birth gender, and more often than not, their birth sex. In many cases, when they do change their sex, they seem to regret, and they go out of their way to make sure that others know their birth sex. For them, it is not about actually being "their true gender and proper sex," but is about forcing people to "accept" them as something they work very hard to not actually be.
People who identify a transgender seem to have this compulsion to force people to both see them as their birth sex and gender, but treat them as the opposite. They want to invade spaces where they really don't belong, and increasingly, to expose their bodies while demanding people pretend that their genitals are something that they are not.
Transsexuals are disgusted by the idea of having someone see them naked before their surgery. I remember having to endure being examined by the surgeons who performed my SRS. It was excruciating. But when I went in for a follow-up, and had a rather handsome young doctor removing stitches, his face right up in my privates, I suddenly realized that it did not bother me at all.
SRS does make a world of different for those who actually need it. For those who don't. it just makes them rather miserable.
Since I basically shredded Mr. "Autumn" Sandeen's puff pieces in support of Mr. "Cristan" Williams', and Mr. "Dana" Taylor's claims that they have uncovered the true name of GallusMag, they have been frantic. I have been subjected to regular cyberstalking on Twitter, by those three, the comments on Mr. Sandeen's column at LGBT Weekly have been removed, and in general they are beside themselves with anger and hate.
The cyberstalking on Twitter has ranged from the hilarious (Mr. Taylor's remark about my blog getting no comments...perhaps he hasn't noticed that the same is true for most of the latest drivel at Transadvocate) to the downright hateful (Mr. Sandeen has again tried to drag my daughter into this). This is nothing new, and before, Mr. Taylor was heavily involved. When all this started a bit over a year ago, my daughter was very upset at what these creeps were up to. Of course, they could care less about how some mere woman feels. They have shown that, time and time again.
Again, they have taken a comment that my daughter made at a time when we were estranged. What caused this is really none of their business, and I refuse to violate my daughter's privacy. Simply put, we have a disagreement, and we did not speak for a while. Then, she contacted me, and we patched things up. End of story. Contrary to some of the crap they have tried to read into this, we are very close. I speak to her regularly on the phone, and since that time, I have visited her, and my grandchildren a number of times. I am also, contrary to some rather outrageous claims, on good terms with my ex.
As to the rest of their claims, they have made quite a bit out of stuff they have no capacity to understand. As I have pointed out many times, none of these three are transsexuals (well, Mr. Williams is a possible exception, having possibly become what would be, effectively an FTM). All three are basically fetishistic crossdressers who have crossed over to full time.
The stuff my daughter made reference to, again at a time when she was angry with me, was from the time before I made my transition. I was, quite frankly, non-functional as a "man." Yes, my ex supported us. When you are basically living a lie, it can be hard to keep a job. Like other transsexuals, I had to basically create a false shell to hide inside of. That was true from childhood. I remember having to pretend to care about things I was expected to like, and having to hide what I really wanted. For example, I learned to tell people that my favorite baseball player was Roger Maris. Now, I could not have told anyone what position he played, any thing about his record, or probably even what team he played for. But, I could simply give that as an answer to a common question, and people were satisfied. In truth, I hated sports, and considered them a nuisance because they kept me from getting to watch what I wanted on TV.
I also learned that being honest about other interests would, at best, cause me to be mocked by my peers, and my father, and at worst could result in my suffering abuse. When I was in elementary school, I regularly hid what I really wanted, or felt, because otherwise, I would have received regular beatings for being a sissy. Actually, on more than one occasion, I got them anyway. On rare occasions, when I trusted someone, I usually found it to be a mistake.
These three clowns understand none of this. They had no problems being men. Mr. Sandeen, for example, served for TWENTY years in the U.S. Navy, as a man, without any real problems. Truth be told, I would not have lasted 20 days. Now, I know, some will argue that many women serve in the Navy, and this is quite true. But, they are serving as women, and what they go through is radically different. Of course, I doubt Mr. Sandeen can even comprehend something like that.
Likewise, Mr. Taylor had a relatively successful career as a man, as did Mr. Williams. In fact, a photo of Mr. Williams in a full beard was recently published on Gender Identity Watch. I find that rather interesting, since when I hit puberty, I rather obsessively tried to hide the fact that I was sprouting facial hair, and tweezed them out until there was too many, and then secretly shaved to avoid having to go through the time-honored ritual of having my father teach me to shave. In fact, my parents were rather puzzled that I didn't seem to shave even after I was married. And I could never, ever, imagine actually growing a beard or even a mustache.
No, before I transitioned, I was not a very pleasant person to be around. I was often very angry at the world, and suffered from depression, and self-hatred. Unlike these three, who seem to have had no problem being men, and still don't. And they have no idea what actually being a transsexual actually is...though they still keep trying to claim that transsexual, and transgender men like them, are really all the same.
One of the blogs I regularly read is Gendertrender. It is edited by a person who goes by the pseudonym of "GallusMag" which was the nickname of a 6-foot-tall female bouncer at a New York City Water Street bar called The Hole in the Wall in the early 19th century, who figures prominently in New York City folklore. Her real name is not known
Herbert Asbury, in his book The Gangs of New York wrote:
"It was her custom, after she’d felled an obstreperous customer with her club, to clutch his ear between her teeth and so drag him to the door, amid the frenzied cheers of the onlookers. If her victim protested she bit his ear off, and having cast the fellow into the street she carefully deposited the detached member in a jar of alcohol behind the bar…. She was one of the most feared denizens on the waterfront and the police of the period shudderingly described her as the most savage female they’d ever encountered."
The modern day GallusMag, who's real name is also unknown, is a radical feminist who is giving the transgender kooks fits because she regularly exposes some of their sillier moments. On her blog, she writes about many of the same issues that I cover here. And because she has done so well at it, her real name is highly sought after by the nastier of the transgender extremists, especially Mr. "Cristan" Williams, who has a long history of attempting to harass anyone who dares disagree with his extremist views.
Recently, Mr. Williams, among others, thought they had reached their goal. He even bragged about it on Twitter.
GallusMag was supposedly identified as a particular woman, who I will not name, but once again, a denial was quickly issued. Ironically, Mr. "Autumn" Sandeen, Mr. William's faithful lapdog, published the claim that this time they had GallusMag, for sure, including the claim that no denial had been made, thus proving that this was the one, true name of their sworn enemy. Of course, facts are not really the friend of kooks like Mr. Sandeen and Mr. Williams.
The sad thing is, this sort of behavior is common among the transgender kooks. GallusMag, contrary to Mr. Sandeen's claims, does not "doxx" transgender men. No, I am not going to use Mr. Sandeen's term, and refer to them as "trans women," because, quite frankly, the people GallusMag tends to expose are most assuredly not women.
I don't agree with everything that GallusMag says, and I am sure we would have much to disagree about, but I do respect her right to both freedom of speech, and privacy. In his article, Mr. Sandeen, who likes to style himself as the transgender "Martin Luther King, Jr." goes into a spiel about how no one should threaten violence against GallusMag. Perhaps he is sincere, or perhaps he is hoping to be ignored. I do know that such threats are a regular tactic by some of the nastier of the men-in-dresses crowd.
Nevertheless, this sort of behavior is nothing short of sick. Posting the name of someone who wishes to remain private is inexcusable. Some, like Mr. Sandeen are extremist in their believe that everyone should be "out, loud, and proud," to the point that Mr. Sandeen has zero respect for privacy rights. Of course, Mr. Sandeen has no real desire to be a woman, and certainly not female. He just wishes to force people to accept his false claims, and pretend he is both. And he wants to force his rather bizarre situation on others.
The whole transgender paradigm is built on lies. It is based on ideas like "Women have penises," and "I someone says they are a woman, then you have to accept, without question, that they are a woman, and grant them all rights and privileges of being a woman." In short, it is pretty much an absurd pile of absurdities. And deep down, I believe its leadership knows this. For example, Mr. "Autumn" Sandeen, who has tried to style himself as the "Martin Luther King, Jr" of the transgender movement, said this on Twitter....
My job is not to make you love me. It's instead.....to control the extent people can publicly express antitrans sentiments -- A Rustin thought.
Notice that Mr. Sandeen does not say, "influence" but instead says, "control." He does't say something like "My job is to "refute false antitrans sentiments..." For Mr. Sandeen, it is about "control." One might ask, why is this? The answer is simple, he is a man, and men like to be in total control.
Mr. Sandeen likes to compare the imagined plight of "transgender people" with that of African-Americans. Of course, this is absurd. The movement to end racial discrimination was based on people lacking rights based on a criteria that had no basis in reason, and which was rooted simply in appearance. As hard as it is to believe in retrospect, African-Americans were considered to be "inferior" simply because of the color of the skin. Nothing more. Of course, in order to justify that, people made up false claims, which only the truly ignorant would remotely accept today.
On the other hand, the issues concerning transgender people, particularly the one that is so near and dear to Mr. Sandeen's heart...the right to invade sexually segregated places, are rooted in reality. Women simply don't want their privacy invaded by men. Transsexuals have long used the women's room without incident, but it is the increasing invasion of those who are not transsexual, who are increasingly told they have an absolute right to go into women's spaces, provided they simply "identify" as a woman, that are the problem.
One of the most telling aspects of the whole bathroom issue is the arrogant disregard that these so-called "transwomen," have for the feelings and concerns of women. The basic response is, "get over it." In their mind, it is their right and privilege to enter women's private spaces, even those involving actual nudity.
Sandeen, having falsely obtained a California birth certificate by fraudulently claiming to have completed a sex change (he is a eunuch) once made a rather arrogant remark about how he was considering going to the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, claiming that he was now, "legally" a woman born woman.
Like many transgender extremists, Mr. Sandeen's arrogance knows no bounds. Just over a year ago, he tweeted this bit of arrogant silliness to Aunty Orthodox, another one of us horrible transsexual separatists....
I am a woman. I'm among those who define the space. Trans women are women, and are among those who define the space.
Uh, no. Mr. Sandeen is a male, who has a penis (which he wishes to keep) but not his testicles...by definition, a eunuch at best, but in no sense a woman. He fraudulently obtained a California birth certificate by lying to a judge, but that does not make him a female, and certainly not a woman. And he certainly has no business telling women how to define their space.
No, the arrogance of transgender extremists is astounding. Sandeen is just one example, but he is a major one. He is complaining again that I am targeting him, and I admit, I do right about him a lot, because a) he is such a perfect example of transgender stupidity and arrogance, and b) he is a very prolific writer, so he is a rich source of material.
You know, up to a point, one can almost laugh at the silliness of the transgender kooks. They flounce around, claiming to be women, when they clearly are not. But it ceases to be funny when they start encroaching on the security of others. It is bad enough that they believe they have an absolute entitlement to invade women's spaces, even those involving nudity, while waving their penises….excuse me, their big old "neoclits" in the women's faces. It gets worse when they think they have the right to expose themselves in front of young girls, as was he case with "Colleen" Francis. But more and more, they openly threaten actual violence against anyone who dares even disagree with their insane demands.
For example…there was this tweet…
This sort of things is simply unacceptable. Now, to Cecilia Chung's credit, she did take the person to task…
But this person, calling himself "Jessica" is clearly dangerous. He doesn't back down from his violence, but instead tries to excuse it…
I am not sure what he means by "they don't think I exist…." Clearly, he does exist…and I guess what he really means is, "They don't think I'm really a woman." And hey, I think they are right…he isn't. He is a violent, and dangerous man, who is threatening women because he is not getting his way.
It actually gets worse…(tweets quoted in the order they were apparently posted, not actually displayed on Twitter)
Now, obviously what you have here is the classic, "over the top rhetoric of blaming someone for violence, simply because the don't "approve" of you. I am not aware of a single case of any of these women that Mr. Ottowell has such vitriol for ever committing a single act of violence. In fact, they have pointed out that the violence is committed by men.
In another bit display of male arrogance, Mr. "Autumn" Sandeen has apparently offered money (could it really be $10,000?) to anyone who will supply him with the identity of the person who posts as Gallus Mag. Seriously….
Now, Mr. Sandeen can't quite seem to grasp why this might be upsetting. Apparently, after a bit of research, it turns out that not only is Mr. Sandeen involved, but, not surprisingly, so is über kook Mr. "Dana Lane" Taylor. While they might only be hoping to embarrass and humiliate said person (uh, yeah…sure) even that is over the top. I have been on the receiving end of Mr. Sandeen's harassment, and I know he is supposed to be the person who blackmailed one blogger into leaving the Internet. This sort of thing is just sick.
I clearly do not agree with the goals of the "transgender" extremists, and I am not shy about stating that. I have been harassed more than once by them.
Ms. "Mark" Cummings, in a comment that got blocked for a rules violation brags about how she and her husband have been covered by National Geographic. And how they have been featured in the New York Post, as well as in international publications ranging from Germany, Netherlands,England to India. Well, it turns out that National Geographic Channel has produced a show called Taboo USA, and as I suspected, this pair of freaks were on it… Here is how the show is described…
Taboo USA goes behind the closed doors and picket fences of America’s most normal looking homes to find a fringe few that can only be described as... taboo. And we're showcasing those willing to push the boundaries of taste, societal acceptance; those obsessive about their hobbies, their relationships, and their lifestyles.
In another words, this is a show, not far removed from the realm of Jerry Springer, that features kooks who haven't the good sense to maintain privacy, but who like to exhibit their for the those who get off on this sort of thing. As my mother used to say, "Fools names, and fools faces, often seen in public places." BTW, Ms. Cummings has also been on Maury Povish…which says a lot.
The particular episode that these "reality show wannabes" were featured on was called "Strange Bonds," also featured a polyamorous couple, and a black guy who befriended a bunch of KKK members. Uh, yeah…some people will do anything for attention.
Now, the New York Post…well, let's just say that it is, maybe, a step up from the National Enquirer…maybe. Produced by Rupert Murdoch, it is known for tabloid sensationalism. The more lurid, the more bizarre, the more titillating, the better. Being featured there is hardly something to brag about…
I can only imagine about the other publications that this kook brags about being featured in…
What we have here, as I have pointed out before, is a couple of grifters. Currently, uh, hiding out, in a backwater town in Florida, and a rather decrepit looking trailer park, they are apparently effectively homeless, and unemployed.
Now, the latest article on their web site is a bit interesting… Here are some of the things mention in regard to "transgender narcissists"..
No detail of their life in unimportant, especially to you. They post everything from the latest pictures of themselves(usually bikini or muscle shots, up to and including everything in their wardrobe) and keeping everyone updated on their lives no matter how small the event.
Sure sounds an awful lot like Mr. "Mark" and Mr. "Jessica."
Have you ever seen a picture of them that is not perfect or looks doctored. Chances are it is, leaving your self esteem in the gutter over an imaginary person. Look close, very close for flaws and imperfections. If there are none the it may be a doctored photograph. Usually their photographs will be them on a beach or in front of a mirror because they love to show you how good their body looks, and it's always an Olympian or Goddess physique, further grinding your average transgender woman’s self esteem into the ground. It is bad enough that most if not all the advertising, Hollywood movies or TV shows use cisgender women as models or actors. Establishing an unreachable goal for most transgender women.
Pretty much every photo of Mr. "Jessica" Cummings fits the above description. Soft focus, heavily Photoshopped, and obviously quite fake. And Ms. "Cummings" has a few that fit these descriptions as well. Yes, they are certainly narcissists. Funny that they let their "Investigative Reporters" trash them on their own blog…or are they so narcissistic that they don't even realize it?
Oh, and speaking of their blog…they do seem to have a bad habit of stealing copyrighted material. Purely by accident, I came across a link to the site they stole their "Shame On You" logo from. And it is, of course, copyrighted… Some people have no shame.
Well, after a lovely evening with friends, I returned home to find several interesting developments….
First, before taking off, I had listened to Mr. and Ms. Cummings, uh, "radio" show (basically a rather lame podcast on a web site). They couldn't even seem to agree on exactly where they stood on crap like the silliness at the Academy Awards, with Mr. Cummings wanting to take a bit more extremist stand than Ms. Cummings. Then, they were no doubt a bit pissed to discover a post on their blog from one of their comrades in insanity that contradicted everything that Ms. Cummings tried to push. That post was removed….
Mr. Waters posted a rather silly rant in response to my article on his absurd article on bathrooms, and even was so silly as to try to cover up his obvious admission he is non-op. Yes, it is clear he is non-op, but when confronted with it, he realizes the truth and tries to weasel out.
Worse, he shows he is not remotely a transsexual, making remarks about how he assumes I was "upset about having a small (sic) clitoris). Actually, I was rather thankful, prior to SRS, that I had a very small penis. I hated what I had, and would have been a lot more dysphoric had I been well endowed. I wasn't. I imagine, based on his remarks, Mr. Waters is rather fond, and proud of his manhood. I hated mine, and got rid of it, rather than clinging to it for dear life, and yes, as a matter of fact, that is part of what makes me a woman. And what indicates Mr. Waters is a man.
Mr. Waters tries to make me feel bad, but again shows how he doesn't get it. I am NOT a part of his "community." So, I could care less if a bunch of kooks, like him, hate me, I have a lot of friends in the real world. And he obviously hasn't followed me on Twiiter….which might prove very enlightening to him. Actually, I am one of those people who is very hard to label, which drives simple minded fools like Mr. Waters, and his friends, a bit crazy. Feminist? Not in the sense he imagines… Certainly NOT transgender…. Conservative? No… Liberal? Again, not really… He can't pin me down, pigeon hole me, and that makes him confused, and angry.
He tries to make an issue out of an imaginary sexual assault that happened locally…(yes, imaginary…the truth has come out, it was all a LIE) and well, I guess he looks kind of foolish.
And no, Mr. Slingen, I haven't had any problem reading the blog…. No problem at all.
Well, there has been an interesting turn of events among the fools at Shame On You Transgender Edition. Mr. "Jessica" Cummings, in a rather odd post reiterating the fact that are censoring me (kind of moot, since I have intentions of commenting there), posted some pretty bogus claims about me. According to Mr. Cummings, I have posted a comment that "confirms" that I have not had SRS, and also my daughter has posted information that confirms I have not had surgery. Of course, both of these claims are outright fabrications.and someone, I honestly don't know who, asked him for a link to the alleged site where the bogus information was posted. I kind of suspect it was Mr. Lask, no doubt in a panic that someone found some information he missed.
I wondered how they would react to that question, since they could not possibly have such a link, and well, Mr. Cummings is scrambling to cover his…uh, posterior. He is claiming that I am the anonymous poster, that he won't provide the (non-existent) information until the poster identifies who they are, and so on. Of course, since these posts don't actually exist, and he therefore cannot remotely post a link to them, it all becomes rather humorous. I mean, why would it matter if I were the person asking the question? If it were me, and it is isn't, I would certainly not ask that question if the information did exist. And let's be blunt here…if the information did exist, they would have not only posted a link in the article, they would have posted a screen capture as well. These are not the brightest bulbs in the string.
And let me reiterate, I did not have SRS for anyone other than myself. I had it because I had a need to have, and nothing else. If someone honestly wishes to believe I didn't have it, that is their delusion to believe it. It does not change the fact that I have had SRS, it does not make me magically change back into a male, and it does not make Mr. Cummings any less of a male eunuch, or into any semblance of a woman. It only means that a person believes in something false.
Now clearly, they are not at all happy that I am commenting on them here, since Mr. Cummings is boasting that he plans to prevent me from reading their "blog." Well, if he thinks he can do that, he is in for a very major surprise. Another transgender kook tried the same thing. Mr. "Dana Lane" Taylor, the "Milk Man" himself, though he could block me, and yet, I was able to read his blog at will… Actually, there are a several ways, one relatively obvious, others not so obvious. I won't say how….that would be spoilers, but it is trivial.
Stay tuned for more updates on the insanity at Shame on You Transgender Edition, a new low in transgender kookiness on the Internet.
There is a pattern that seems to play out repeatedly when one deals with transgender extremists. The more they are kooks, the more precisely it plays out…. And in my recent adventures with the Trannymaniacs I wrote about last time, it has played out very precisely.
So, what is the Transgender Kook Triple Play? Well, it works like this…
First, they try to show you the error of your ways. They inform you that you are wrong, and that they want to show you the "right path…" (BTW, all of the weird grammar and spelling mistakes are in the original…just consider everything to include (sic) where appropriate.) They will be firm, but that "only want to help you out." Here is part of what this bunch's self-appointed "messiah", Ms. "Mark" Cummings had to say at the beginning...
Transgender is not meaningless it is who you are and will always be. You can run but you cannot hide. Say all you want, scream from the top of your lungs. But you don't full anyone. Now if you feel the need to think you are a woman and that gives you peace, then by all means wish away. But you are only hurting yourself in the long run. You were not a mistake from the word go, we are here to show the world the true meaning of duality, and to think you can kill who you were, is only an act of delusion.
As I said, a bit firm, but after all, she has to set me straight… But, he tries a somewhat softer approach after I pointed out to him that, no, I really didn't buy into his crap, and was not going to accept his advice…
You can repeat it all you want and believe it. It is your choice, your life, but the world knows otherwise. My life is amazing and I am so at peace, before I use to think like you, and I woke up. You are no more of a woman than a transgender woman who still has her penis. Your penis has been inverted but it still has male written all over it. It is fake, it does not lubricate, it does not self dilate. It is a wound at best, having that does not make you a woman. You were born a guy. You and all of us have a hormonal imbalance that makes us feel, in your case feminine and in my case masculine, but that does not make us the gender we claim we are. No matter what surgery, no matter what procedure. You are not a mistake, you don't need to prove to the world one thing. You were fine the way you were. Now I have nothing against transitioning but knowing why we are doing this and why we have been placed here on earth.
Now, she drags out some classic transgender tropes, but she also tries to be a bit condescending, but also tries to gently set me on the proper path… And I decline to accept her correction…
At this point, Ms. Cummings' "husband," Mr. "Jessica" Cummings joins the discussion…
Actually Jennifer I am post op and had my surgery in April of 2013 just FYI. I identify as a woman but I am proud to be Transgender so your fetish theory holds no water with me. We are all equal unfourtunately some of us that are proud of who we are post real pictures of ourselves and those of us that are ashamed hide behind fake photos such as a cartoon character.
Now, I had pretty much told Ms. Cummings that I was not buying into their crap in no uncertain terms. I was already seeing a bit of what was going on, but I hadn't read enough to know the depths of insanity this group holds.. For example, while I would come to suspect something was amiss, I did not yet know for certain that Mr. Cummings was lying through his teeth when he claimed to be "post-op." Yes, he, like Mr. "Autumn" Sandeen is a post-op eunuch, not a transsexual. And I had not made the connection that he was the "husband" of Ms. Cummings.
Now, he drags out some classic transgender tropes, but he also tries to be a bit condescending, but also tries to gently set me on the proper path… More classic transgender silliness…"shame," "hiding," etc. In their mind, someone who is leading a normal, quiet, and happy life as a woman is somehow actually miserable, ashamed, hiding, and in need of correction.
Of course, when this approach fails to work, the second stage of the Transgender Kook Triple Play is to start insulting the person they are arguing with. As sure as the sun rises, the insults will come out. The break is not always clearly defined, and there is usually some mixing of the two…
I don't care if you agree or disagree with me, I don't need your validity or anyone elses. I am speaking my mind and that I am entitled to do. And yes I have walked my life in both genders as have you and as all other trans people. Glad we provided you with amusement since your lonely ass has nothing else better to do. I am sure dilating gets boring after awhile and since you have not been able to use that expensive man made vagina, I wonder how much regret you actually have and need to boost yourself by saying you are better than us trannies who won't put ourselves through that unnecessary procedure that at best won't be able to satisfy anyone, not even yourself. You did come and throw the first stone, by saying transgender is meaningless therefore, you must understand that we don't take very lightly to snobby transsexual women who are uptight due to lack of sexual pleasure and filled with regrets.
Actually, she clearly does care, and she clearly needs my validity. Now, keep in mind the irony of the statement that she is "speaking my mind and that I am entitled to do," given that she repeatedly informed me that I have no right to not identify as transgender. Now, it should be noted, I never said I was better, and actually said there was no basis for comparison. My position throughout this discussion, including what started the whole mess, was simply to point out that the idea of a "transgender hierarchy" was bogus, in part, because the ones supposedly at the top are not necessarily transgender.
And yes, I said "transgender is meaningless" because, well, it is. It is an artificial, social/political construct that is highly subjective and which has no objective basis. In reality, the only criteria for being "transgender" is if one chooses, of one's own volition, to identify as transgender. Of course, this offends the extremists, who, as much as anything, need numbers. And they wish to use transsexuals as their "beards" to hide behind.
Now, when things really get rough, they bring out their favorite insult, and violate Godwin's Law…
I can't believe these HBS nazis have to be just like the TERF is today. Because that's why their scientific theories are not being taken serious and the proposal of having the term transsexual changed to HBS is thus rejected.
There is a page dedicated to debunking the entire series of claims made by HBS nazis who tried to get a page up on Wikipedia.
Now, at this point, they have effectively lost the argument…but, hey, the funs only starting. I will spare you the endless back and forth of nasty insults. I admit, I was not exactly kind in my responses, but as I have said many times, I don't suffer fools, or bigots, well. And when you are dealing with she extremely foolish bigots…it is not going to be pretty. But the main thing I did was meet their stupidity with facts, and that, of course, just made them madder, and madder, which brings us to the final stage of the transgender triple play…the inevitable end of battle. But first, we should look at a bit of irony…
This band of kooks chose to use the image I have on this blog in their attacks on me. Now, the content of this blog is copyright, by me, and as they say, all rights are reserved. I don't object to "fair use," but copying my artwork and using it as they did is not fair use. Quoting is fair use, but taking an image is not (ironically, because of this, I did find out that some bizarre plastic surgery blog, which is not in English, has actually stolen my image as well. Not much I can do, as I assume it is hosted in China, which does not recognize copyright as a rule…but sort of weird…and a little creepy…). When I notified them of this, they went totally loopy, claiming I was trying to censor them. No, I simply said, "Remove the image you stole." I did not say, "Take down the silly insults you have thrown at me…" or "Remove the outrageous claims you make on your blog…" or even "Stop lying about having had surgery you haven't had…" No, I did not try to censor them…BUT….
Yes, in the classic endgame for a transgender kook, they played the censorship card. Mr. Cummings has this to say...
@ Jennifer we have Sat back and entertained your childish actions on every article. It is getting old. We have yet to censor you and shut you up but if it keeps up much longer I will personally start deleting everyone of your comnents from this point forward. So you can waste your time babbling your hypocritical, disrespectful, and manly comments and I will simply make then disappear. Poof =)
And, after I pointed out the irony of this, in light of them doing an entire blog post on their false claim of being censored (Really, this people have NO sense of irony, no sense of humor, and well, no sense, period….) one of them replied:
Well you getting blocked won't be determined by the amount of farm animals you've f****d, but by the amount of stupidity and hate you put into pixels in these commentsections. I take it you've blocked people on your blog too since you're so privacy sensitive about things you've put into the public domain! Ouch! That had to hurt. (And yes, I did censor the profanity in this one…)
My reply to this one was, quite simply, factual…
ROTFL! Well, I guess you should block me then, since I would never match you on the first (since, as I said, I don't engage in your sexual practices, sir…and if you actually thought, about it, you would realize just how incredibly ignorant AND impossible such a suggestion is) and I am also not going to make stupid remarks, since I clearly disagree with your idiocy. But, as you point out, Blogger (alas) does not have a blocking function. And again, your understanding of "public domain" versus copyright is laughable. Hurt, only in the sense that it always hurts to see someone so completely, and woefully lacking in knowledge.
And I still love the irony of you all whining about censorship, and then threatening it because you realize you are actually losing the argument. Classic transgender mentality.
And, of course, they removed my post…along with another, earlier one, where I pointed out, in response to a similar childish remark suggesting that I live in Texas, and well, engage in what I can only assume is a sexual practice this person is quite obsessed with…he keeps mentioning it) along with the suggest that I should therefore "copyright animals"…
Well, first off, I don't live in Texas, nor do I engage in your sexual practices. I do however understand the difference between copyright law, and patent law. You see, copyright applies to creative works, like writing, art, photographs, and movies. It would not apply to an animal. Patent law would, but only if you invent something sufficiently new. Now, genetic modifications are covered, so it would be possible to patent an animal, but one has to keep in mind that patents are in effect a much shorter time than a copyright. Now, sir, it is obvious that your statement was, as usual, mind numbingly ignorant, but that is to be expected.
Anyway, this has all been fun…I admit a certain guilty pleasure in giving kooks fits…and I could sort of see how it would end…it almost always does, unless someone higher up the food chain prevents it (as has happened at LGBT Weekly where Mr. Sandeen is not allowed to censor like he would like to). I will probably occasionally monitor these kooks, and bring you response to anything truly insane, as I do with other kooks.
In yet another "Autumn" Sandeen story, we have a lie being perpetuated across the Internet by GLAAD. They state that Mr. Sandeen is the first "transgender service member to publicly have "her" (sic) gender marker changed on all military documents. While he might well be the first transgender service member to make a complete ass of himself in public crowing like a banty rooster over having his paperwork changed to reflect a lie based on fraudulent documentation, he is not the first as was documented by several statements made in response to his posting on LGBT Weekly.
From the way this reads things have actually changed for the worst. When I changed my retired USAF ID card in 1986 all I did was go into the personnel office at the nearest facility, show my old id, court ordered name change, and letter from my therapist.
The only bump was that the clerk said “I’m sorry mam. Your husband is going to have to come in himself”. That required a few words of explanation.
All official mail comes in the right name. The VA here (Portland) is fine with my transition. There seem to be quite a few of us in the area.
And as if that lie were not enough, the article is also inaccurate in saying that ALL of Mr. Sandeen's military documents were updated. In spite of his best efforts to rewrite history (this is the idiot who now tries to claim that his fraudulent birth certificate makes him a "woman born woman") the Navy will not retroactively change the details of his actual service.
And, changing one’s recorded name and/or gender at the DOD won’t result in being able to obtain an updated DD214 – a servicemember’s Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. According to the Army Board for Correction of Military Records’ Applicant’s Guide To Applying To The Army Board For Correction Of Military Records:
“If you have a name, gender, or social security number (SSN) change after discharge from the military, even if it is court ordered, the name and gender on your military records will not be changed since they are historical documents which record facts during the time you served in the military. If you need a certificate to show your current name or gender and that you served in the military under another, you can request such from the National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records …”
So, bottom line, Sandeen used his fraudulent claim to have actually had SRS (he was castrated, which makes him a eunuch, not a female) to con the Navy into updating his "gender" on his documentation, which is something they have done for some time, but according to GLAAD he is not only the first, but has done something even he admits he did not really do.
Uh, yeah, that's pretty much how it goes....
In yet another attempt to avoid reality, Mr. "Autumn" Sandeen revisits a question he asked in an article in 2009. The Right Way To Be LGB Or T? Let's get past the first part quickly. Being lesbian, gay, or bisexual is an objective state. You either are, or you are not. If you believe they are not a choice, then the question is even more ignorant with regards to those three states.
Transgender, of course, is an identity that is a choice. The right way to be transgender is simply to say, "I am transgender." And suddenly you are.
Transsexual, which is what Sandeen is not, is also not a choice. Again, you either are, or you are not. The real issue is, a lot of people want to lie, and claim to be transsexual, when they clearly are not. Just as more than a few men, like Sandeen, want to lie, and claim to be women when they clearly are not.
Which brings us to a simple truth...
There is no single right way to be L, G, B, or T...or, transsexual or a woman for that matter. But there is a very large number of ways to not be transsexual or a woman. And at the top of that list is "Avoiding reality." And Sandeen and his ilk engage in that one all the time.
Well, I can't say I am totally surprised, but Mr. "Autumn" Sandeen has finally had a complete breakdown online. In the past, his kook has cyberstalked me, in an attempt to censor what I say about transgender extremists. This morning, he went off the deep end and posted a rather interesting article on Transadvocate.
Now, Sandeen starts off by claiming to have been cyberbullied, and cyberstalked three times and offers links (note, links as in plural) to document this. Oddly enough, they are all the same link. I don't know if he had simply become so angry he was not thinking, or if he thinks his readers are that ignorant. He then says something that shows just how insane he really is...
I now understand that people I’ve never met in the brick-and-mortar world actually have despised me enough to have seriously planned, and in one case actually accomplishing, real harm to me in the brick-and-mortar world.
Okay... Well, what actually happened was there was discussion of preventing Sandeen from attempting to, and then actually committing a criminal fraud that he had bragged he was going to do. He basically lied to a court and claimed he had changed his physical sex. He has not. But having said the above, he goes on to tell, in detail, how he tried to cause me real harm. He wanted, in his mind, to have me fired from a position he imagined I had. Actually, I was never a "staff member" of my church. I was, for a while, the editor of the church newsletter. I did my turn, and now it is someone else. Sandeen's little harrassment had nothing to do with that.
Hmmm, let's look at that definition of cyberstalking he posted.
Sending multiple e-mails, often on a systematic basis, to annoy, embarrass,
intimidate, or threaten a person or to make the person fearful that she or a
member of her family or household will be harmed. Also called e-mail harassment.
In another words, exactly what Sandeen brags about doing. And what Sandeen is clearly hoping others will follow his example and do. And again, Sandeen admits to this...
I wanted the ministers at her church to know how one of their lay leaders was acting outside of the church towards people the church was supposed to be welcoming towards, so I wrote the church — and as I said before, I cc’d her on that email. I did nothing behind her back.
Sounds like he wanted to make sure I was annoyed, embarrassed, and/or intimidated.
Let's compare here... I write a blog about issues affecting transsexuals, which includes the silliness pushed by transgender extremists like Sandeen, among others. Sandeen is very active in pushing an agenda that I rather vehemently oppose. I express my opinion on these issues. Further, my blog welcomes anyone who wants to comment, and has only one rule...respect privacy. The only people I have ever blocked have been those who attempt to engage in the sort of harassment that Sandeen is guilty of. Granted, the one time that Sandeen attempted to comment here, his post went to spam, which I was not even aware had been added in an update, and I did not see it until long past the day it was sent. Sandeen tends to prefer posting drivel of the sort we see here, from blogs that are heavily censored.
Now, Sandeen goes on to try to defend another of his attempts to intimidate me. He threatened to use some photos that were obtained by "Willow" Arune through deceit and provided to a vicious cyberstalker, the one who prompted Sandeen to contact my church. This person also contacted Suzan Cooke. To Cooke's credit, she declined to engage in such behavior, having more ethics than Sandeen. Ironically, Cooke does not brag about how she is so like Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jennifer claims I don’t own the copyright of my image; she claims it’s owned by the Huffington Post.
Actually, no. Sandeen wrote me, and demanded I remove the photo. I declined to be censored by Sandeen (do you think Sandeen, or Mr. "Cristan" Williams, would agree if I demanded that they take down the private information that Sandeen has posted?). I pointed out that the photo had no copyright, and besides, Sandeen himself had made it public. Mr. Williams has copied content from my blog, without permission (not just quotes, but graphics as well). It is called, "fair use." Sandeen, by the way, has gone far beyond that here. He pointed out that the web page said "Copyright, Huffington Post" and I responded, "You are not the Huffington Post." I never said that the items where owned by them. In fact, I said the opposite.
Now, for example, I have no idea how Sandeen got the photo he used in his post. It is one taken of me some years ago, by a guy I dated a couple of time, and was used by me in various places. It is not one of the one's Arune stole (hey, unlike some people I prefer truth).
Now, as to Sandeen's "meat puppeting" (funny, given I never mentioned that term...) that is kind of obvious. His columns rarely rate more than a few comments. Rather suddenly, there seemed to be a chorus of very similar remarks, including a number from a supposed radical feminist who attacked me and another transsexual, including as Sandeen puts it, misgendering us (funny, Sandeen never said a word) but this person defended Sandeen who has also cyberstalked a number of lesbian women. Perhaps I am mistaken, but I will go with Occam's Razor on this one...
A few final thoughts...
I am supposedly obsessed with Sandeen, but which of us put what was obviously quite a bit of time and effort into searching the Internet for detailed information on someone? What I write about Sandeen is based on reading his posts on LGBT Weekly, and Pam's House Blend. And more recently, Twitter. Hmm, folks be warned...reading Sandeen's public writings is stalking him in his twisted mind. I actually started my blog, largely in reaction to his, and other transgender extremists efforts to hide dissent.
I would welcome anyone to my church, and in fact, we have had transgender people visit. Funny thing...I generally don't take political issues to church with me. And that is, really, what this eventually is. A political disagreement. Sandeen wants to rend asunder the fabric of society. I oppose his efforts to subvert gender. He just takes it a bit too personally. And that is just his reaction to my speaking out against his ridiculous demands for society. As to what else I might do, that is none of his business as it does not directly involve him. Suffice to say, I won't be donning a uniform I am not entitled to wear (he mocked women, and the US Navy) and chaining myself to the White House fence. Or otherwise making a public fool of myself. Unlike him, I do not seek, or appreciate attention.
I will no more pander to Sandeen's delusions than I would those of the gentleman who I had the misfortune to have sit next to me on the bus the other day. He started ranting, to anyone who would listen, about some person on the bus who he imagined was his enemy. I'm not sure which passenger it was, but he was quite agitated. I tried as best as possible to ignore him, but I also made sure the driver was aware (we were both sitting in the front) and I very discretely made sure my pepper spray was in my hand...just in case. He finally exited the bus without incident. Both he, and Sandeen, have lost touch with reality. Fortunately, as someone who knows Sandeen pointed out this morning, Sandeen is 350 miles away.
What I will do is continue to speak out, and draw attention to Sandeen's foolishness. And that foolishness includes the fantasy that he can control me.
Update: Well, it seems that Mr. Sandeen chose to update his article, so I guess I should correct his new lies:
I think I need to make a point one more time because Jennifer is still imagining that I’m conspiring with others to cause her harm. Specifically, I’ve never conspired with someone named Willow to take any coordinated action against Jennifer. In general, I’ve never done any conspiring with anyone at all at any time whatsoever in any matter that relates to Jennifer Usher. As much as she may believe I have engaged in some coordinated conspiracy to cause her harm, she’s absolutely wrong in that belief.
This, of course, is a classic straw man argument. I did not say that Sandeen was "conspiring" with anyone. To repeat, some time back, a particularly nasty cyberstalker sent messages to several bloggers trying to get people to attack me by contacting my church. He was hiding behind anonymous servers, and would not do his own dirty work. I suspect he feared legal action. Suzan Cooke posted about this,and how she would not go along, Only Sandeen actually, as far as I know, was the only person stupid enough to actually do what was asked. The person cyberstalking me was not Willow Arune, though Arune was a supporter of that person's efforts. It was hardly coordinated, more of a clumsy scheme by a person who had previously been obsessed someone in Canada. The person has apparently since disappeared. I don't know if they have died, been imprisoned (there is reason to believe this person had a history of criminal behavior in Nevada, or perhaps finally got on some serious anti-psychotics.
Just a few days after a whiny response to a comment where he claims he has been depressed because he was the victim of "cyberharrassment" Mr. "Autumn" Sandeen is up to his old tricks. This is a behavior he regularly engages in. Now, in accordance with his wishes, I will not quote the rather hilarious email he sent me, but I will also not allow his behavior to go unreported.
Simply put, and I guess who could blame him, he objects to the photo I posted of him. And he made a demand that I remove the photo, which he now tries to claim as copyrighted. Unfortunately for him, he had no such notice on the photo. And even more absurdly, he tries to claim that failure to remove the photo will be taken by him as permission to post copyrighted material from this blog. Such an "assumption" is, totally laughable. Does he really think that such lame threats are going to intimidate me?
And, he further threatened that "quoting" his email would be taken as granting permission to do the same, as well as quoting from other sources, and posting private information about me including photos that were stolen. Unlike the photo I used, which he himself posted, the photo he threatens to use have been mostly posted without my permission. In another words, Mr. Sandeen intends to do what a very vicious cyberstalker engaged in. Another completely ignorant threat. And very possibly illegal. While legally, he has no leg to stand on if I did choose to quote the actual email, I am not going to because it would be considered a violation of netiquette. But legally, I could do so, and he would have no recourse.
I will simply remind Mr. Sandeen that this website carries a very specific copyright notice. He would be wise not to violate it. I don't take kindly to men trying to bully me, or any other woman.
UPDATE: Mr. Sandeen sent me another email, in which he pointed out that the article was "Copyright, the Huntington Post." I simply pointed out to him that he is not the Huntington Post. He further threatens to engage in the same behavior as anonymous cyberstalker (well, anonymous only to a point...I know exactly who it is, but they hide behind anonymous remailers when posting, so I cannot pursue legal action). Stay tuned, this could get interesting. As I pointed out to Sandeen, I don' take kindly to men who try to bully women.
UPDATE #2: I did a bit of poking around after seeing a comment on LGBT Weekly about Sandeen's bullying of Cathy Brennan. It is quite true. The man seems to have no comprehension of how he comes across (not really unusual in transgender men like Sandeen). He has a history of badgering Ms. Brennan. I would find much to disagree her own, but I would never attempt to bully her like Mr. Sandeen does. He has made numerous attempts to force her into emailing him, and such. Mr. Sandeen has no concept of how many women see men, especially women who have had some traumatic experience with a man. I don't know Ms. Brennan's history, but it does appear that Mr. Sandeen could show a bit more sensitivity in some areas, though again, expecting such from an obviously aggressive man is probably a waste of time.
Yes, once again, the clown prince of transgender silliness has posted another hilarious bit of humor. Unintentionally, of course. "Autumn" Sandeen's latest, can be found at the Huffington Post, which has, of late, become a major source of transgender propaganda. Entitled, "Violating Sex And Gender Norms While Traveling," it contains some of Mr. Sandeen's classic jokes, as well as some new material that will have you rolling on the floor, convulsed with laughter.
He starts off with his classic joke of saying, "I'm a transsexual who also identifies as transgender." Now, that's a real knee-slapper right there. I mean, seriously, Sandeen? A transsexual? Seriously, how does he make this stuff up? Claiming one is a transsexual while writing an article on violating sex and gender norms is classic absurdist humor. The whole point of being a transsexual is to conform one's sex to one's innate gender, and to fit within society's norms. Granted, he does add that bit about being a transgender, but in order to really fit what he describes, a transsexual would have to act in accordance with their birth sex. In fact, what a transsexual does, when he/she transitions, is to stop violating sex and gender norms. But hey, this is Mr. Sandeen, so we have to expect truly absurd, off the wall silliness.
Next up, Mr. Sandeen delights us with another of his classic lines, "Let me begin by saying that I "pass" as female in almost all settings -- that's including in bathrooms." Mr. Sandeen, as well all know, does not "pass" at all. That is, there is no more chance of him fooling anyone into believing he is anything more than a silly man in a dress, than there is of any other crossdressing comedian, say "Benny Hill," or "MIlton Berle" to name a couple of classics. To add to the hilariousness of that claim, Mr. Sandeen does not offer his readers a clear recent photo of him, so they can judge the veracity of such a claim. That is a shame, as I am sure they would love to compare it to him in typical attire that looks nothing like what a woman his age would actually wear. Better yet, would be a video, so they could get the full effect of him flouncing about in his unique parodying of a woman. He does, however provide a picture of him being dragged away in his female Navy uniform that does not really show his face very well, and this older picture of him. I apologize in advance if it leave any readers with nightmares.
The new humor includes this rather bizarre bit:
When going through a body scanner I actually left seven cents in my right front pocket. So, the TSA officer who was at the scanner station said I was going to be given a full body search. I was taken to a separate room with two female TSA officers. Before they began the search, I disclosed that I was transgender and that they may feel something that wasn't normally expected by to be on a female body when they touched my crotch. They asked me then if I wanted male officers to conduct the search, and I said no: I said I'd prefer female officers to do the search. I was pleasant and smiling when they did the search, and they were pleasant in return.
All joking aside, I honestly feel sorry for the two female officers who were subjected to Sandeen's perversity. I can just imagine his excitement at the idea of a couple of women being forced to grope him. I bet he really loved getting to tell him about the "special surprise" waiting for them in his crotch. Had I ever had such an experience, I would not have been all smiles. I would have been completely mortified, and would have had the decency to ask them if they would be comfortable performing the search. But for a freak like Sandeen, it was a "teaching moment." Yes, he got to leave them with a false impression of what a transsexual really is, as I am sure he emphasized the lie that he is a transsexual.
Thankfully, on the occasions I flew before I completed my transition, I never faced such a situation. I did have my purse searched once, because a handful of Hershey's Miniatures showed up on the X-ray, and looked like they might be explosives. The officer who conducted the search and I had a good laugh over that. But, even though it was not a primary reason, never having to worry about such a mortifying experience played a very small roll in my need for surgery. I imagine for Mr. Sandeen, he would not want to miss out on future teaching experiences....
.jpg)
