“His” “Her”, etc.

My great friend Alexandra Billings weighs in beautifully on the Bruce/Caitlyn thing over at the Huffington Post.

As we figure this out, all of us together, let’s try to keep in mind that the beautiful part of you is always recognized by the beautiful part of others. So share it. Release it. Give it as a gift. Quoting scientific fact doesn’t change that spiritual center of our faith. When was the last time that actually worked? So move into allowance and beauty. Into openness and attention, for as we all change, as we all grow, as well as transition, our legacy will be how we lived in it.

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2 Responses to “His” “Her”, etc.

  1. Carolyn Clarke says:

    I discovered your website about a month ago shortly after I started watching Supernatural and have been lurking for a while. Your insights are particularly interesting to me because they focus on what I think are the professional aspects of this wonderful show — the characters, the acting and the visuals. TV is nothing without visuals and good writing. I put Supernatural in the same category as Justified. While the writing isn’t also as consistently fine as the writing in Justified (with the exception of Ben Edlund, I love him), the crew at Supernatural usually exceed my expectations and I love the humor. I wouldn’t watch if it wasn’t so funny.

    However, on this post, I want to comment on the Bruce/Caitlin “thing”. Having grown up in the east village during the 60’s and 70’s (and if you can figure out my age from that, please keep it to yourself), I’ve seen my fair share of gender identification issues from one side to the other. Straight, gay, trans, cross dressers, and the very confused. When I was 22, I lived in a brownstone that had been purchased by a group of people consisting of a gay couple on the first floor (2 guys), a gay couple on the 2nd floor (2 women), a family of nudists on the third floor and gay gentleman with the ironic name of Bruce Mann on the top floor. While everyone was very different, most had one desire – to be accepted and if you couldn’t do that then they asked to be left alone to live their life, whatever it was. I’m not sure why Caitlin feels the need to publicize this aspect of her life. Please understand that I am quite aware that the media is a giant machine that must be fed, but I must admit that it is almost unseemly an old fashioned word that seems to fit) over her willingness to give interviews and have pictures taken, etc. I suppose it is one way to control this sunami of attention. But sooner or later, this intense spotlight will pass. I hope she is ready to be alone with herself.

    • sheila says:

      // I’m not sure why Caitlin feels the need to publicize this aspect of her life. //

      Bruce Jenner lived a very very VERY public life. I’m not sure why “coming clean” in a public way would be confusing.

      Also, there is another reason: To help others.

      Alex has written a lot about how seeing that there were others out there like her literally saved her life. This was back in the 70s. Here’s another post she wrote that addresses that. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexandra-billings/hearing-jarod-leto_b_4607895.html

      I watched the Diane Sawyer interview – and I admit, I was skeptical at first – I don’t watch the Kardashian show at all – but almost immediately, once the interview started, I thought, Some kid is out there watching this, and a life is actually being saved right now. By this publicity.

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