More transphobia in the media

[istopi.livejournal.com]

I know that transphobic journalists are nothing new and many here are probably sick of dealing with it. I know it has been brought up in the past, so I was hoping to get some positive stories about people writing into the news media and actually getting an apology.

Here is some local (to me) Detroit crap journalism that I just had to respond to:
http://www.freep.com/article/20110529/COL01/105290429/Mitch-Albom-We-good-news-s-brand-new-baby-something-

( For those of you that are interested, here is my long response )

It just really got my blood boiling. This weekend is Pride and I wish I had more time to edit and revise what I wrote, but I really wanted to get the line in about inviting him to Pride. Also, I remember in the past there was some discussion on here about the AP style guidelines when writing about individuals that are transgender so I made sure to add that.

Sorry for the sad news, but it is pride month! I hope you all are celebrating.

I came out to my long-time friend last night

[ohka15.livejournal.com]

About a week ago I posted this about my wondering how and when should I come out to my friend Will as transgender.
http://transgender.livejournal.com/2473950.html  (sorry, damn link won't stick)

I know some of you expressed interest in how it would go so here it is.

Last night he came over to visit me and hang out for the first time in 2 weeks. We watched TV and talked for like 30 to 45 minutes. He eventually started asking me about what I planning to do about my professional future. I talked about how I wasn't sure exactly and how I might need to figure out other stuff too in my life. Then he immediately brought up how I smile everytime that I mention my unclear future. Will said that he wanted to know what I am hiding. He knew that smile meant I was hiding something from him, and he reassured me that whatever I was going to tell him wouldn't change his opinion.

We then proceeded outside so he could smoke. After stumbling my way through it, kept trying to put it off, I eventually said it.

For the next hour, I basically slowly spilled my guts. Told him how I thought this way even since before I knew him. Some things that I found interesting after our really long talk.

( Some general things that we talked about )

It was difficult telling this all to my closest, long-time friend.

We went back inside for a bit to watch more TV. We talked a little bit more, but he had to get home to sleep since he was tired and had to work in the morning. Will said that he wanted to learn more about what I am going through since he was very uninformed about trans people in general. I sent him an email with good informative links to read in his spare time.

About 10 minutes after he left, I got this text from him:

"I know it was hard for you to tell me what you did and I just want you to know I view you the same as one of my best friends. Nothings changed"

I am glad that it went so well. Now I have to tell my parents someday soon, which we shall see how that goes.