tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post7753324728437015569..comments2024-03-28T18:04:43.571-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: We All Deserve To Pee In Peace And So Much MoreMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-4910719316843813362016-04-24T10:15:27.684-04:002016-04-24T10:15:27.684-04:00I'm in the south right now and the other night...I'm in the south right now and the other night, we had a black man as an uber driver and this is all he talked about, the bathroom issue. Only he was against it. Against trans people, against them having rights. So picture it, I was in a strange town, in a strange neighborhood with a strange man at the wheel. It rattled me. Imagine how a trans person would feel in that position?! A man, who just 50 years ago, would have had to use a different bathroom himself, segregated and without rights, spewing hatred to a stranger. Imagine how he talks to people he knows?! <br />Anyway. This blows my mind. All bathrooms should just have a toilet symbol on them. It doesn't matter whose ass its shooting out of, it's shit. Everybody poops. Heartinhandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-75935713717719841312016-04-22T03:09:31.324-04:002016-04-22T03:09:31.324-04:00Ach, Chris H is a sweetie pie. Lovely guy. And his...Ach, Chris H is a sweetie pie. Lovely guy. And his filmy buddies are all lovely guys. Good role models. <br /><br />You know, I am so grateful for the internet? It has given me, over the last whatever years, the most marvellous education in acceptance and positivity. Real education. It's helped me learn to see people as people, and empathy and acceptance as paramount. <br /><br />I used to feel far less understanding of transitioning than I do now, and fara more focused on the binary. While I don't have the proper face to face experience of trans friends that you do, I've really undergone the sort of educational sea change that you speak of in terms of gender (and around sex, too) and it's been invaluable. Yes, it is all right there. Most moving are the stories of kids and teens and the parents that have done it right - and they are all there for the viewing, it's true. <br /><br />But horrible Mike Huckabee was right to talk about urban bubbles - when you step outside the bubble, it can be a cold n' scary place. Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-42948307551338921622016-04-21T21:49:42.844-04:002016-04-21T21:49:42.844-04:00Some of your best writing since I started reading,...Some of your best writing since I started reading, Ms. Moon! I love it when you get up on your soapbox because you are SO ARTICULATE. You put into words, into poetry, all the things I think but am so clunky when I try to express them. Don't ever stop doing that.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-43094736959033604282016-04-21T18:29:26.169-04:002016-04-21T18:29:26.169-04:00Beautiful post, Ms. Moon! We've come far but ...Beautiful post, Ms. Moon! We've come far but still so much farther to go. I enjoy your writing so much, and your thoughts, but this is one of your crown jewels! Thank you!<br />Susan MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-42919895063801973792016-04-21T09:27:58.778-04:002016-04-21T09:27:58.778-04:00yes, all of that. human sexuality is not either/o...yes, all of that. human sexuality is not either/or, it's a whole range of being. I was so proud of my children when in school they stood up for and protected the gay students in their school. the religious right doesn't seem to understand that religious freedom means the right to practice their religion, not that they have the right to force their religion on others. and this whole bathroom thing is absurd. they can pass all the laws they want but those laws won't stop perverts from going into bathrooms. it's not the differently gendered who molest women and children. I almost feel sorry for those who are so filled with hate and disgust. they must be very unhappy people.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-86515591350908098122016-04-21T09:22:18.159-04:002016-04-21T09:22:18.159-04:00Amen. We have come a long, long way -- farther tha...Amen. We have come a long, long way -- farther than I ever expected when I was young. But yes, there's still a lot of ignorance out there.<br /><br />What I hate is the way the religious right has couched these "bathroom bills" in a mantle of public safety. As if having transgender people use the bathroom of their choice will lead to an epidemic of restroom rape. It's ridiculous. I'm frankly astonished that people fall for it. (And I don't think they do, really -- I think they just use that excuse to permit their own ingrained prejudices.)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-81851799314435633692016-04-21T08:04:39.173-04:002016-04-21T08:04:39.173-04:00As a conservative Christian, i love my lesbian dau...As a conservative Christian, i love my lesbian daughter, i love her transgender fiancee, and i want them to be able to use whichever restroom makes them comfortable. What the crazies are afraid of is someone going in the "wrong" restroom with the intent to molest someone. These laws are useless for the purpose of preventing that because very few in the LGBT community turn out to be molesters or rapists or whatever it is they are afraid "those people" will do. <br /><br />It won't stop people like the guy who recently dressed up as a woman and went in the ladies room with a camera in a purse and tried to slide it under the stalls to get pictures of the women in there.<br /><br />My brother stopped at a rest area one time while on a vacation, and the man next to him was very obviously trying to look over the barrier between them while they were using the facilities. That kind of stuff won't be prevented by these laws.<br /><br />Whatever i believe personally about the lifestyle some people live doesn't matter. What matters is that they are equals in the sight of the law of the land, and need to be treated as such.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-12511683454044046512016-04-21T02:13:48.343-04:002016-04-21T02:13:48.343-04:00Thanks, Mary-It is amazing what has happened. I ne...Thanks, Mary-It is amazing what has happened. I never thought I'd see gay marriage in my lifetime. But here we are. And yet..<br /><br />The work continues. And the hate and fear continues. For every child who is lucky enough to be born into a family like yours, there is a kid who is confused and ashamed and fearful to be who he/she/they is.<br /><br />Spread the love, sister. It ain't over yet.<br /><br />XXXX Bethbeth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-74995205758236084512016-04-20T23:53:10.778-04:002016-04-20T23:53:10.778-04:00Amen. Amen.
And thank you.Amen. Amen.<br /><br />And thank you.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-61453353253706917682016-04-20T23:19:51.405-04:002016-04-20T23:19:51.405-04:00This should be required reading for every soul. Am...This should be required reading for every soul. Amen. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-51484105544664809252016-04-20T23:18:59.977-04:002016-04-20T23:18:59.977-04:00Thank you. Absolute perfection. Thank you. Absolute perfection. Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563083955389042990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-91060916728366384342016-04-20T22:03:52.411-04:002016-04-20T22:03:52.411-04:00this.
every last word.
xxalainaxxthis.<br /><br />every last word.<br /><br />xxalainaxxmrs.missalaineushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542984504965262088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-53228303000634291362016-04-20T21:31:28.540-04:002016-04-20T21:31:28.540-04:00Thank you, thank you. Keep that soapbox handy, fo...Thank you, thank you. Keep that soapbox handy, for you speak the truth. NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-90743161211607962462016-04-20T21:07:45.235-04:002016-04-20T21:07:45.235-04:00I have mentioned before that my grandfather was ga...I have mentioned before that my grandfather was gay. During the war he came into town and met my grandma and as far as I can figure tried to make a go of it as a straight man. My grandma got pregnant at 16, had my dad at 17 then two more babies before she was 19. Then he left. As I am only speculating, I gather it was just too much for him to live the lie. He moved to east Vancouver, a community full of gay-closeted men, and lived his life there until he died in a tragic accident in his late 50's. Family stories, told in whispers, say he wasn't a nice man. And maybe he wasn't. But I often wonder what life would be like for him today and would it have changed his destiny. Maybe he wouldn't have been a mean alcoholic. Maybe if he was accepted, treated with love and compassion he would have lived a better life. I am quite convinced he would have. <br /><br />Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-90972085196541574752016-04-20T20:29:51.888-04:002016-04-20T20:29:51.888-04:00Amen, Sister Moon!Amen, Sister Moon!Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015888228309968515noreply@blogger.com