Comments on PeaceBang: Dan Savage, Part Dos

Ok, why do books about transgender issues have suc...

2006-02-22T17:31:00.000-05:00

Ok, why do books about transgender issues have such bad titles? I hate to recommend them, but...

Dean Katula, ed.
The Phallus Palace
Alyson Books;
ISBN: 1555836542

Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel, eds. PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions about Gender and Sexuality. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1997.
ISBN 1-57344-074-4

Richard Ekins and David King, eds

((He also said that their are no transgender peopl...

2006-02-19T14:27:00.000-05:00

((He also said that their are no transgender people, just people who end up male or female--no room for anything outside or between the binary.)))

One out of a thousand only end up that way because at birth the doctor makes a decision and "digs a hole or builds a pole" as it is sometimes inelegantly put.

Yes, I'm sure most of y'all know this.

If you didn't, I'd

My friend Raven Caldera is a transsexual pagan. I ...

2006-02-19T09:32:00.000-05:00

My friend Raven Caldera is a transsexual pagan. I consider him a pioneer in so many ways, and most of what I know about tran issues (not a lot, I'm sorry to say), I learned from him and his partner, Bella, also a transsexual. You can check out some of Raven's writings and other links at http://www.cauldronfarm.com/writing/activist.html.

Thanks for the "deep background," Sean. Who are so...

2006-02-19T07:43:00.000-05:00

Thanks for the "deep background," Sean.
Who are some of the writers or theorists on g/l/b/t issues you would recommend to us? Obviously Mr. Savage is not only limited, but ignorant in ways I wasn't aware of.
My library is actually woefully thin and dated in the sexuality section. Hope you'll make some recommendations.

Clearly, I was responding to a different situation...

2006-02-18T22:11:00.000-05:00

Clearly, I was responding to a different situation, though I do remember this as well. What I remember is someone stepping up to the mike and asking him essentially, "Did you really mean to say that bisexuals and transgender people don't exist?" His response was to describe that sexuality is all about behavior, so people are straight when they sleep with the opposite sex and gay when they sleep

Wonderful assessment, in my read. It neither demon...

2006-02-18T18:30:00.000-05:00

Wonderful assessment, in my read. It neither demonizes nor lionizes Savage or the situation. I think what people sometimes forget is that he is a columnist, and not an expert; a rise in popularity or celebrity does not mean a rise in expertise. Generally, with Dan Savage or anyone in that category, I'd have to say, caveat emptor.