It always amazes me when people start voicing opinions like:
Originally Posted by
Jester848:
“I notice everyone saying 'SHE' can't sing - I think you will find HE can't sing!!!!
”
and even more insulting:
Originally Posted by
0piumDea1er:
“Damn, you are polite, I'd rather use the word 'IT'
”
On the bases of what I ask myself.
Personal experience or what they read in the "Save Our Santa" Sun
I personally have nothing against the woman, but I do have, albeit a limited, understanding of what she has been through and how she is trying to not only gain acceptance for herself from the GBP, but for the whole of the TS community too.
OK releasing the single might be for personal gain, good for her I say and if some people actually like the song and go out and buy it then what is so wrong in that?
Personally it's not to my taste, so I wont be purchasing it myself.. But hey..
Each to their own I guess
(The only reason why I would buy the Band Aid single is because it's for a good cause BTW.
I think the song and production stinks...
But as I said above..
Each to their own I guess

)
But it is a way of focusing the media and invariably the General public on to what it means to be a TS woman in the public eye, and as such, helps people who have no experience of TS issues understand what Transsexuality is all about.
There will always be ignoramuses out there who, through no fault of their own, will have narrow-minded, bigoted opinions like the 2 above, but thankfully they are in the minority. (Like TS people themselves, which is why Nadia has been in her own way a benefit to the TS cause, because she got the GBP thinking about the injustices meted out by the likes of the "Evangelical Alliance" or "Christian Institute" to what is basically another "minority" group.)
I’m old enough to remember the stir that
Dana International caused when she won the Eurovision Song Contest a few years back, but I don’t recall her getting as much abuse from the bigots and tabloids here as Nadia does.
Anyway it’s way past my bedtime. :yawn:
I think I’ll finish here before it starts to look like a Rant.
Night Night. :sleep: