My genetic female, half-white alter ego, Kirsten, who also ends up as Sarah's love interest and eventual wife, turns 31 tomorrow.
Tomorrow, it will be exactly three years to the day when I went to a weekend course at UCLA Extension, and created Kirsten from scratch, based on my own traits. Of course, then I attempted to write a story around her - but it ended up being Sarah's life story instead!
Life has changed a lot over the years for Kirsten - instead of making it big as a Los Angeles screenwriter driving a BMW, she will be a technical writer extraordinaire in Seattle and Vancouver, driving something else (although I considered SAAB at first, I am now leaning toward an Audi). These changes mirror current events and my feelings towards them, as I keep tweaking her to represent me as much as possible.
30 July 2007
26 July 2007
Two new links
The story of Evelyn, whose son Daniel wanted to be a girl, and who ended up being supportive:
Mom, I Need to Be a Girl
A comprehensive information/resource site:
Lynn Conway
Mom, I Need to Be a Girl
A comprehensive information/resource site:
Lynn Conway
13 July 2007
Transgender abuse in NYC
Although the stories told below by two transgender women to Amnesty International have not been confirmed, there are too many such stories coming out of NYC, and I assume most, if not all, to be true, thanks to the transphobia of the Rudy Giuliani years persisting even today.
Recently, I've been given action alerts from Amnesty International regarding the stories of these women, Mariah Lopez and Christina Sforza, who allegedly suffered abuse at the hands of the NYPD.
I am well convinced that since Lopez was a Latina and Sforza was biracial, the cops really went at them. They would not have gone after older white "respected" transgender women, such as Ann Coulter. And if Coulter suffered through the same indignities, the news media would've been all over the incident, whereas these nonwhites are being considered disposable and not worth police protection.
It is also noteworthy that New York is home to many Jamaicans, who have a very barbaric culture that considers killing transgenders a cool sport. In my novel, a Jamaican cab driver will kill Sarah's first love interest Martha. Unfortunately, Los Angeles, where I am, is not much better; the police force has its problems, and Los Angeles is home to barbaric Central Americans whose home countries love to murder LGBTs at will. (Amnesty International also has plenty of reports on these atrocities by Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.)
I sincerely hope that Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid will fail. If he succeeds George W. Bush, then the entire transgender population of the US is in grave danger, and I will have to follow Sarah's footsteps north.
Amnesty International USA
Recently, I've been given action alerts from Amnesty International regarding the stories of these women, Mariah Lopez and Christina Sforza, who allegedly suffered abuse at the hands of the NYPD.
I am well convinced that since Lopez was a Latina and Sforza was biracial, the cops really went at them. They would not have gone after older white "respected" transgender women, such as Ann Coulter. And if Coulter suffered through the same indignities, the news media would've been all over the incident, whereas these nonwhites are being considered disposable and not worth police protection.
It is also noteworthy that New York is home to many Jamaicans, who have a very barbaric culture that considers killing transgenders a cool sport. In my novel, a Jamaican cab driver will kill Sarah's first love interest Martha. Unfortunately, Los Angeles, where I am, is not much better; the police force has its problems, and Los Angeles is home to barbaric Central Americans whose home countries love to murder LGBTs at will. (Amnesty International also has plenty of reports on these atrocities by Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.)
I sincerely hope that Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid will fail. If he succeeds George W. Bush, then the entire transgender population of the US is in grave danger, and I will have to follow Sarah's footsteps north.
Amnesty International USA
Sarah turns 30
I've pretty much neglected my writing for the past few months - and it looks like it will continue to be the case until I have new digs in a few months - but I had no excuse for not posting today, so here it is.
Sarah hits the big milestone today, as she celebrates her 30th birthday.
By now, the storyline should be over, and Sarah and Kirsten should be very happy newlyweds in Vancouver, British Columbia, looking forward to the birth of their child.
I hope the two are enjoying their new life together.
Sarah hits the big milestone today, as she celebrates her 30th birthday.
By now, the storyline should be over, and Sarah and Kirsten should be very happy newlyweds in Vancouver, British Columbia, looking forward to the birth of their child.
I hope the two are enjoying their new life together.
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