"Becoming Chaz"

[Linus]

I'm having the worst time doing quotes with my iPad. Anyways, I do prefer Lisa Ling's piece on trans individuals for "Our America". I think that was far more informative on a non-celebrity basis as to what it's like.

[EnderD_503]

Originally Posted by Linus

I'm having the worst time doing quotes with my iPad. Anyways, I do prefer Lisa Ling's piece on trans individuals for "Our America". I think that was far more informative on a non-celebrity basis as to what it's like.

I agree. I preferred "Our America" as well. I wrote a whole fucking blog rant on "Becoming Chaz." Some aspects were good, but others really irritated the hell out of me and I don't feel was representative of transguys and their transitions as a whole. And the sad part is that a lot of people who watched it are going to think he's completely representative. He counts himself a trans activist, and yet there were a lot of statements made in his doc that he should have known people would have taken as "all encompassing" as far as trans attitudes. I get it was about his personal transition and experiences and feelings, but at the same time he should have known better; that he was pretty much the first transguy to make it into mainstream television, that most people watching would have ever seen, and that would most would take his image and word as gospel.

It's good to have the visibility, but some of it isn't good visibility, imo. He acts like being an asshole and being misogynist is somehow a part of being on T and being a transguy in general...then goes and calls himself a trans activist. I dunno. I call bullshit and was kind of disappointed.