Human Sexuality, LGBTQQIAAP, Transgeneration, and the Cunning Fennec Fox

30 July 2014

0929 hrs

(c)  Properfessor

Good Morning Patient Reader,

            I figured I would post my Human Sexuality paper this morning which, in its own not-so-subtle way, is still yet another rant.  Enjoy, or not.  The choice is as always your own, though I hope you get something out of it.  Tune in tomorrow for Part III of the Fonda and the Cunning Fennec Fox story, again, if you so choose.  Y'all are a great audience, and are much appreciated.

So shall I press on?  Splendid!

The Cunning Fennec Fox

Human Sexuality, Summer Term

Prof. ---------------

29 July 2014

For this assignment I watched the 

documentary film,

"Transgeneration.”

Transgeneration

            Plot Summary:  

            This documentary followed four college students as they navigated their way through school, all the while dealing with Gender Identity Disorder and the unique experiences inherent within it.

            The main topic of the movie  was, as stated above, GID and its effects on two female-to-male transition students (Lucas and T.J.) and two male-to-female transition students (Raci and Gabbie) as they struggle with Hormone Replacement Surgery issues (such as affordability and social ramifications; acceptance) and desire for gender-reassignment surgery.  The subject of familial acceptance, or lack thereof, plays a prominent role in the film as well.

            Before I watched this movie, I felt strongly about the intolerance of society and I fully supported a human being’s individual right to be whom they feel they are and ought to be.  Since adolescence, I have always been empathetic toward the gay community, even though I identify as a heterosexual.  Many of my friends are straight, as well.  I have always loathed the abhorrent behavior of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic faction of humanity that finds homosexuality and the umbrella of be-who-you-are attitudes as aberrant and abomination; the backward thinking they have toward sexuality is what is truly shameful.

Analyst/Therapist

            After I watched the movie, I knew that my views, in my not-so-humble opinion, are spot-on.  In my introduction to the class, I said that what makes me special is my faith in humanity’s potential, but my complete lack of faith in humanity itself.  I have not changed my view of this these past thirty-plus years, because I have seen nothing to counteract my theory.  No hypothesis has been put forth that can challenge the fact that human beings are the worst thing that ever happened to this planet.

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            For every brilliant scientist, e.g. Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, Neil de Grasse Tyson and Jonas Salk; 

for every genius homosexual, e.g. Elton John, Harvey Milk, Spalding Gray, Rufus Wainwright, Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein, Ellen DeGeneres, Barney Frank, and Ian McKellan, 

we have a million Rush Limbaughs and Pat Robertsons and Bush family members and Republicans 

around to dilute any discernible forward propulsion of the species.  How much further along would we be if we stopped hurting one another?  Where would we be, as a world society, if we loved more than hated?

            The specificities of sexuality portrayed in the film relates societally within the parameters of acceptance and tolerance.  Classes that teach human sexuality educate the masses toward open-mindedness, but only for those with the desire to be exposed thusly.  Too bad that in this day and age, there is still a dearth of classes confronting these issues. 

It is only through the inundation of pop culture homosexuality that the subject is broached in the first place.  How sad is that?  Instead of the famous homosexuals I listed above, we have the peccadilloes of Boy George and George Michael by which the narrow-minded judge.  We have the effeminate and/or “butch” portrayals that stereotype and perpetuate the erroneous; the perceived ridiculousness of sexuality.  Why can’t we accept that none of us have the right to tell another human being whom we can and cannot love?

            What we have talked about in class:

I love the class discussions wherein we list the words of common usage regarding gays, body parts, gender stereotypes, etc., and then deconstruct them, appropriately so, into the hurtful and lowest common denominators that they are.  Fortunately, it seems that my classmates are already leaning toward open-mindedness, at the very least, and the discussions that we have are robust and varied.

I was glad to see that most of these student’s family members were so supportive (Gabbie’s family went so far as to pay for her gender re-assignment surgery), and that this meant that what must be one of the most difficult, or perhaps the most difficult, obstacle to acceptance had been avoided (or at least ameliorated) by familial love and compassion.

In conclusion, this movie 

only reinforced my belief that I and others of similar mind-set are in the right as far as way of thinking.  Even though we are in the minority, our numbers are increasing through awareness, education, and providing safer and more tolerant environs, oases, however few and far between, for those struggling through stigma to come out and let their voices be heard.  If my own child were to come out, she would still be loved by every cell in my body, and her bravery would be praised, not belittled with sarcasm or mortification or denial and ignorance. 

I grew up in the military and

was taught the beauty, forethought, and compassion that embodies our nation’s constitution, which is a living, breathing document. We are all people deserving of the inalienable right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.  As long as people are not hurting anyone in the process, their definition of happiness is also my own.  The world is a terrible place, and worth fighting for.

Always, 

The Cunning Fennec Fox