Me.
Caitlyn Jenner’s coming out as transgender is actually about
me.
I need to approve
the existence of a transgender woman because this is all about my comfort level and my values and my life. I would have appreciated Vanity Fair giving me advance notice of Jenner’s cover just to have
a head’s up on what I’d be looking at for the next several days online.
Basically, the way this woman leads her life requires my stamp of approval.
Don’t get me wrong: I think it’s wonderful that she’s happy
and I have no problem with trans people. I just think it would be more
considerate for Caitlyn and other trans people to take my feelings into account before doing anything in public. Just as a
courtesy.
Again, this is about me, in the same way that things like
the police protests in Baltimore, campus rapes, the FIFA scandal and the
circumcision of infants are mainly about me. I am only capable of perceiving
other people’s issues as light reflected through the beautiful, glittering prism
of myself.
Anyway, that’s what I
think.
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