Reality Check: where I stand on gender expression and the body
I am again being attacked on the internet for speaking truth to political correctness regarding gender
politics. I know I have little recourse to the slander. But I am putting this statement out there for anyone who may be interested in a reality check. Character assassination has always been the tool of fascism on the right or political correctness on the left. The goal, it would seem, is to stop political debate and public discourse.
politics. I know I have little recourse to the slander. But I am putting this statement out there for anyone who may be interested in a reality check. Character assassination has always been the tool of fascism on the right or political correctness on the left. The goal, it would seem, is to stop political debate and public discourse.
I am being dissed for a simple statement of scientific fact, taken out of context. I have fought for the
right of everyone — most specifically for gender variant people — to be able to control their own bodies. I have actively fought for the right of individuals to have access to information that will assist them in making INFORMED choices about their bodies.
right of everyone — most specifically for gender variant people — to be able to control their own bodies. I have actively fought for the right of individuals to have access to information that will assist them in making INFORMED choices about their bodies.
I am deeply troubled, and yes outraged, at the things homophobic and transphobic people will do to
harm, bully, brutalize and even murder persons based on their gender expression.
harm, bully, brutalize and even murder persons based on their gender expression.
I stand with the person attacked for their gender expression, regardless of debate over theory.
I challenge anyone to find evidence that refutes what I have written here.
I am deeply dismayed at the deep roots of the binary rules and misogyny implanted in all of us.
Detoxing these irrational poisons is a necessary first step to authenticity and freedom in gender
expression.
Detoxing these irrational poisons is a necessary first step to authenticity and freedom in gender
expression.
For me, gender variance is the norm, not the exception. On the arc of gender expression, there is
no correct expression. This is what feminism taught me.
no correct expression. This is what feminism taught me.
Remember: we live in a world of social media manipulation. We also live in a world where the right to
be different and treated with respect, dignity and equality is under attack; here in the United States,
particularly in academia and through political correctness group-think; and worldwide, as we
gender-variant and same-sex-loving individuals, of a diversity of gender expression, become more visible.
be different and treated with respect, dignity and equality is under attack; here in the United States,
particularly in academia and through political correctness group-think; and worldwide, as we
gender-variant and same-sex-loving individuals, of a diversity of gender expression, become more visible.
I suggest that before you attack someone like me, you speak to them directly; confirm what is being said
about them; or interview them to find out what they actually think and what their actions have actually
been — before you name-call, judge, character-assassinate and then erase.
about them; or interview them to find out what they actually think and what their actions have actually
been — before you name-call, judge, character-assassinate and then erase.
My decades-long friendships with Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson have been called into question
and attacked. Yes, Sylvia was my friend until she passed. Even in the midst of the early trans attacks on
me, Sylvia and I would meet privately and talk frankly. We had spent many activist moments together
and we both knew that despite any debate over theory, we had each other’s backs.
and attacked. Yes, Sylvia was my friend until she passed. Even in the midst of the early trans attacks on
me, Sylvia and I would meet privately and talk frankly. We had spent many activist moments together
and we both knew that despite any debate over theory, we had each other’s backs.
I am amazed at the number of people who did not know either Sylvia or Marsha who refuse to listen to
people who did!
people who did!
Want to talk? Hit me up. We don’t have to agree. But then you will know the truth of who I am and not just learn fake facts and false and fabricated fantasy.
jim fouratt 10/02/2019
