Thursday, March 04, 2010
Article by Andrea James
Political progress in the mainstream trans community has occasional distracting flare-ups involving bizarre fringe groups. They often try to criticize the community or assert their authenticity as True Transsexuals™ while remaining anonymous. When their veil of anonymity is lifted, they are invariably shown to have been brainwashed in some manner. It’s always due to belief in some cult-like ideology about how they are different from or better than other trans people. I have also discussed wannabe movements previously: wannabe disabled, wannabe intersex, wannabe autistic, wannabe transsexual, etc. After a lull, the fringe groups have recently become active again.
I have just published a new piece on major participants from two especially bizarre fringe movements: the “Harry Benjamin syndrome” movement and the transkids.us hoax.
PurpleGirl, aka Courtney Michelle Holder, who self-identifies as black and having “Harry Benjamin Syndrome.”
Cloudy, aka Sillyolme, aka Candice Brown Elliott, who self-identifies as a “homosexual transsexual.”
Both have been causing a lot of problems online under assumed names. Now that the transkids.us hoax site has gone back online after being gone for about a year, I felt it was time to publish this information and analysis.
More than ever, we need to ignore the divisiveness caused by these pitiable anonymous critics. They lack the courage of their convictions and cause a lot of long-term damage and distraction. If anyone refuses to be open and honest about their identities, don’t waste your time listening to them and responding to them, whether you agree with them or not. They will invariably turn out to be exaggerating or lying when making fallacious arguments from authority based on their self-described transitions.
Don’t believe those who are too cowardly to identify themselves. They are probably giving you misinformation or just getting off on causing trouble, as we have seen time and time again.
Among future people I’ll profile: a bizarre scientist wannabe who is African-American (for real, not a race wannabe like PurpleGirl), as well as a “furry” (an interspecies wannabe) also involved in the “transkids” hoax. The first one did time for a serious crime. Stay tuned for more on delusional kooks and high weirdness from the fringes of the trans movement.
Full article:
Transgender fringe flare-ups: “PurpleGirl” and “Cloudy”/”Sillyolme”
http://www.tsroadmap.com/info/transkids/cloudy-purplegirl.html
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Andrea James on 03/04 at 01:15 PM
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Sam Winter notes:
The Transgender Health Handbook. A health resource (currently in English) for transwomen in Asia. Produced in 2010 by APNSW (Asia-Pacific Network of Sex Workers) with funding from amFAR (the Foundation for AIDS Research). Superbly comprehensive advice for transwomen in plain English.
Please visit it at our TransgenderASIA website:
http://web.hku.hk/~sjwinter/TransgenderASIA/index.htm
The Transgender Health Handbook (PDF)
http://web.hku.hk/~sjwinter/TransgenderASIA/apnswtghandbook.pdf
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Andrea James on 02/27 at 02:47 PM
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Reader Sandra has begun a project to translate this site into German. She notes:
Schönen guten Tag an alle!
Die TS Roadmap von Andrea James gibt es als “Wegweiser für Transsexuelle” bald vollständig in deutscher Sprache. Ich darf mich als eure Übersetzerin vorstellen 
Ich bin Sandra, 32 Jahre alt, lebe in der Nähe von Idar-Oberstein und bin dabei, die 1600+ Seiten zu übersetzen, was natürlich eine gewisse Zeit dauert. Aber schaut bitte regelmäßig herein, es gibt sicherlich jedesmal neue Inhalte zu entdecken.
Ziel des Wegweisers ist es, euch auf eurem Weg Tipps und Hilfestellung zu geben und euch über praktisch alle Aspekte rund um Transgeschlechtlichkeit/Transidentität zu informieren. So wird der Weg viel, viel einfacher, da ihr euch nicht alles in mühsamer Kleinarbeit selber erarbeiten müsst. (Ich muss sagen, mir helfen die Texte beim Übersetzen auch sehr viel. Ich bin selbst transident und befinde mich mitten in der Umwandlung)
Wenn ihr Ergänzungen habt, Anregungen, Korrekturen, Adressen von Organisationen im deutschsprachigen Raum, die unbedingt hier reinmüssen, interessante Filme oder sonst irgendwas, schreibt mir ruhig unter:
Liebe Grüße
Sandra
Wegweiser für Transsexuelle
http://www.tsroadmap.com/deutsch/
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Andrea James on 02/27 at 01:33 PM
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Maxillofacial surgeon Dr Bart van de Ven, director of the Agave Clinic, notes:
Attached I send you our brochure about facial feminization surgery that contains lots of information about FFS.
http://www.tsroadmap.com/notes/images/uploads/FFS_patient_guide_en.pdf
Further reading:
Facial Feminization Procedures
http://www.tsroadmap.com/physical/face/facesurgidx.html
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Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD, MA notes
Want to be part of a resource guide for transgender and other gender-variant people?
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves features a line-up of wonderful transgender and genderqueer authors, and they’re looking for your help to make the book amazing.
Take the survey and your thoughts could appear in the book!
Go to http://www.transbodies.com/Survey.html for surveys designed for:
-Transgender/genderqueer people
-Parents of gender-variant children
-Partners of transgender/genderqueer people
Please forward widely.
YOUR VOICE is greatly appreciated!
Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD, MA
Editor, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves
transbodies@gmail.com
http://www.transbodies.com
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Andrea James on 02/27 at 01:22 PM
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