Guest Post By Grace Alexis: "Tra**ies Thrown Under The Bus", A New "FILM" by Israel Luna

"Tra**ies Thrown Under The Bus", A New "FILM" by Israel Luna

By Grace Alexis

Ok, here it goes, I was wrong.

1. I was wrong for believing that Israel Luna genuinely supported the Transsexual community.



2. I was wrong for believing Israel's motivation behind the film "Ticked Off Tra**ies With Knives" was to empower the Transsexual community.



3. I was wrong for being a sucker and putting myself on the front lines defending Israel's character and intentions.



4. I was wrong for dismissing legitimate concerns from rational and valued friends who objected to the content of "Ticked Off Tra**ies With Knives".

Let the chorus of a thousand Transsexuals begin;

"I TOLD YOU SO, I TOLD YOU SO, I TOLD YOU SO!"

Now that I got those painful admissions out of the way, let me start by saying; This is not written with glee. It is written with disappointment. I like Israel Luna (very much), and I still fully support the right for his movie to be seen, and voice to be heard. Hopefully this will enlighten and encourage his thoughts on the issues concerning the Transsexual Community to evolve, and in the process redeem his character in my eyes (if he even values my opinion).

Thursday afternoon as I was plotting The Queenz Of Media's future domination of the planet (go ahead and laugh), I decided to turn off Judge Judy and instead listen to Israel Luna's online radio show on RationalBroadcasting.org, called "The 10%". I listened and giggled for the first 8 minutes and 44 seconds of the show as they memorialized Elizabeth Taylor. Then the discussion took a very sharp turn to a topic about a recent lawsuit against NYC by three trans citizens: Joann Prinzivalli, Patricia Harrington, and Sam Berkly, who is a female To male Transsexual. The lawsuit is an effort to change the policy in NYC that prevents Transsexual people who have transitioned with out opting for sexual reassignment surgery to have their birth documentation changed.

(to read the full story about this law suit click the link below)

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/22/Trans_Lawsuit_Challenges_NYC_Surgery_Requirement/

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The factual debate over this topic is legitimate, and reasonable people can disagree while maintaining their personal integrity. Unfortunately, that is not the discussion that took place between Israel Luna, and his guest hosts, John De Los Santos and Allyn Carrell. John De Los Santos is a gay ballerina and Allyn Carrell is an actress who has appeared in gay themed films. ( I used the word "ballerina" for a reason that will make sense in a moment)

Before I discuss the vulgar conversation that took place between Israel and his guests, let me lay out the rational and factual reasons behind this law suit and the need for REAL Transsexual people, like me, who don't opt for SRS to have our Identification and birth documentation changed.

1. This need is not an effort to "revise history" or erase our past, it is to correct history and realize our future. Despite the comments made in the video conversation above, we do not "choose" to be transsexual, just like gay men don't choose to be homosexual. There are extensive ground breaking scientific studies and preliminary results showing that Transsexualism is inherent genetically and neurologically. The following links are articles further explaining the groundbreaking research and results:

   a. Oxford Journals published neurological studies

   b. BBC News "Transsexual genetic link identified"

   One more time. If we are born this way, we aren't revising our birth history we are correcting it.




2. Without this correction taking place, the ability for Transsexual women and men to become contributing members of society is greatly limited. Employment and education are the great equalizers in our society. Transsexual women are the most marginalized citizens in our country when it comes to obtaining both, and in many cases, it's because our identification and birth documentation do not line up with our visible gender. Denying these corrections will only prevent Transsexual people from realizing their future and full equality in our society. I would think this point would be common sense to most.



3. Yes, John De Los Santos, Transsexual people like to obtain passports and travel abroad with out being put through humiliating scrutiny, or denied access on a plane because we are told "you are not allowed to wear a disguise on an airplane". That's right, many trans people have been turned away because their required identification did not match their visible gender.



4. It is NOT unprecedented to have this information changed. Every state and many localities have varying policies regarding this matter. The complications surrounding this particular law suit have to do with not having surgery to alter your genitalia. Many if not most Transsexual women do not have SRS , some desire it, other's don't. The lack of surgical status does not alter our genetic predisposition nor our visible gender. It especially does not invalidate our "realness" as Transsexual women.

   a. General guidelines currently used when changing your birth documentation from Andrea James' extremely informational site TSROADMAP.COM.

   http://www.tsroadmap.com/reality/birth-certificate.html

This is the perfect time to get into details of the ignorant, factually inaccurate, and offensive discussion that took place on Israel's show.

I ask you to please watch the video again and pay close attention to these key phrases ,and especially the expressions of the person speaking (pay close attention to Miss De Los Santos -- see the video at the top of the post).

1. "I don't agree with her" by John De Los santos



2. "I think i'm with you" by Israel Luna



3. "Other than what, getting a passport (snarky spitting sound) What Does It Matter?" by John De Los Santos



4. "No matter what kind of surgeries she's had, no matter what she wears, or who she's in a relationship with, You used to be a MAN, you were born a MAN. by John De Los Santos



5. "Sorry Charlie, I don't agree with that" by John De los Santos



6. "I don't think she'll win that though" by John De Los Santos



7. "You'd like to think she wouldn't" by Allyn Carrell



8. *sound of disgust* by John De Los Santos



9. "I don"t know her situation, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER, I don't agree with that" by John De Los Santos *blank stare* by me.



10. "Snowballing into a lot of other stuff" by John De Los Santos (interesting choice of words)



11. "We're getting to be a LITTLE more open minded to these transgender issues" by Israel Luna (thanks for being a little more open minded)



12. "silliness" by Allyn Carrell



13. "she needs to get over it, she needs to get over it" by John De Los Santos



14. "She lives in a country where she can have her sex change, and be legally recognized as the sex she CHOOSES, and live the life she CHOOSES, THAT'S ENOUGH".



15. "Right" by Israel Luna



16. "I can't say that's enough because I'm Not fighting for it, but that's Ridiculous" by John De Los Santos



17. "She hasn't technically had the surgery yet" by Israel luna (notice John De Los Santos extraordinary look of disgust)



18. "She sees her self as a woman" by Israel Luna



19. "Well She's Crazy,(laughter) Sorry that's NUTTY," by John De Los Santos (notice a pattern here)



20. "Obscene" by the producer off camera comparing our life to the lies and distortions of George W. Bush. *blank stare*



21. "She isn't even a true Transgender yet" by the one and only John De Los Santos.

Most if not all of the above quotes from the video discussion have been and are currently being used against the Gay community to marginalize them and prevent them from gaining equality in this country, where you can legally have sex and "snowball" semen or vaginal fluid with someone of the same sex. Now Israel Luna, a member of that marginalized gay community, has co-opted those ignorant talking points to marginalize the Transsexual community.

I ask, isn't that enough? What more do you want? Now you want to get married? This could potentially SNOWBALL into incestuous marriages and the legalization of pedophilia. You're not a real man! You have a swish, a lisp, you wear tights and a tutu as you pirouette and plie' across a stage. One more time, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT...GET OVER IT.

Get my drift?

Hi, Grace...thank you for listening to the show and blogging about what you heard. My show is about different opinions and in this one, I had a different one from you and others have.

I feel that a transperson changing their identification (id, license, passport, etc.) is a must to do. It helps with job interviews, those embarrassing harassments in airport lines, but most importantly it shows the sex you feel you are inside...but to me, a birth certificate is an official document issued to record someone's birth. If someone is born a certain sex and the certificate states that, then that's what happened.

If you later in life decide to physically change your sex to match your inner being, then that's wonderful...but that doesn't change the biological sex you were born.

Thanks for listening to my show. I'd love to have you on and discuss it! Let me know, thanks!

israel luna