Kalina Talks About the Transgender Umbrella - 06/03/11

[jeanton1]

Thats how you dress at work? How long have you been full time?

[kalinaisato]

@jeanton1 Since July 2010. We have a pretty relaxed dress code where I work. Cool, huh?

[Vanessalevesque3]

well put and great observation. It is a curious scenario that once a person "completes" transitioning, they often feel the need to discard the labels such as trans- or whatever.

[rammstein11004]

Wow that's how you dress and look at work? Beautiful like that.

[kalinaisato]

@rammstein11004 Yep, thanks. Read my blog on transvamp and you'll see how I look every day.

[rammstein11004]

@kalinaisato  thank you I could not work with you I would touch you ( I would lose control ) and then I would be in EEO and probably OTD it would have been worth it. Are they hiring?

[kknight62]

ok so your not rich but you are very exciting beautiful woman

[kalinaisato]

@albertjaime I am! How are you?

[kalinaisato]

@sizzlingtv27 I'm talking about transsexuals who are trying to remove themselves (and others) from the term transgender. There's a small movement of transsexuals out there who feel they need to separate themselves from the rest of the transgender world. They will be offended if you call them transgender because to them transgender is a term for crossdressers. It's a stupid battle and I hope people don't try to break up an already small group of transgender people into trans-this and trans-that.

[kknight62]

hey you do work for a living lol I thought you was rich and didnt work lol

[kalinaisato]

@kknight62 Ha! I wish! :)

[fd10801]

We need to agree that names are not important, but we need to arrive at common definitions, to make communication easier...

[fd10801]

We have come to believe, over the centuries, that he who controls the names, controls the things. For example, are people who oppose abortion, "anti-choice"? Are people who are not "anti-war", "pro-war"? Why isn't there a name for people who think Kennedy's assassination was a conspiracy? Why is there no name for people who think the 1969 moon landing was faked?

[fd10801]

We all want to be unique, and an "island unto ourselves," but, at the same time, we want to 'name', 'label', 'catalog', and 'categorize' our world ("world" meaning everything else BUT ourselves).

[mdredheadguy1979]

Your right. It's never good to use labels to put everyone in small, cramped boxes (figuratively speaking).

[janetcd1]

Thank you for saying what I have been trying to say for a long time.