OurLadyJ

difficult people

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my boss sneared at me this morning while i was putting lipstick on:

‘i think you already have enough on’…

i had not a drop on, as i had just finished my coffee.

she would never have said this to a co-worker who was born female.

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perhaps our bosses seem difficult sometimes.

they probably think that they are doing a good deed

simply by employing a trans-person.

but i don’t believe it’s too much to ask

to be respected on top of being employed.

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i would expect an employer to tolerate, if not understand

the difficulties in transitioning,

such as adjusting to the amount of makeup to wear or not wear,

the way to dress,

the courage that it takes to stand in front of hundreds of public school children

and go on with the show- teaching.

i would expect this, but i haven’t found this.

even in 2008, in nyc, in an arts education program

there is a hostility.

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disappointing, to say the least.

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fashion fashion, please

today, a photoshoot for v magazine

capturing tranny realness for the mainstream

with justin bond

glen marla, kate bornstein, nathan carrera, m lamar & machine dazzle

dazzling…

i LOVED every minute of it.

$$#$

how much can we pay u
to put ur spiritual health on the line

how many dollars to leave ur free-lancing love affair

for a private excursion with a company policy

not enuf