Posted on Aug 1, 2017
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What I like most about Ms Addams is that she doesn't take herself too seriously. I don't think this video has been posted before and hope some will find it interesting, if not entertaining. Calpurnia has a rather unique way of making light of a difficult situation.
I also highly recommend seeing "Soldier's Girl" a 2003 Canadian-American dram a film produced by Showtime. It is based on a story of the relationship between Barry Winchell and Calpernia Addams and the events that led up to Barry's murder by a fellow soldier.
Calpernia Sarah Addams (born February 20, 1971) is an American author, actress, musician and spokesperson and activist for transgender rights and issues.
Addams grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She served as a Hospital Corpsman with the Navy and United States Marine Corps. During her last year in the military, she came out as a transgender woman. Addams chose the name "Calpernia" from the William Shakespeare play Julius Caesar (a variant spelling of Caesar's wife Calpurnia) and its appearance on a tombstone in the film The Addams Family.
In 1999, while working as a performer, Addams began dating PFC Barry Winchell. Word of the relationship spread at Winchell's Army base where he was harassed by fellow soldiers and ultimately murdered.[18] Winchell's murder and the subsequent trial resulted in widespread press[19] and a formal review of the U.S. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) military policy, ordered by President Bill Clinton. The case became a prominent example used to illustrate the failure of DADT to protect LGBT service members.[19] Addams' and Winchell's romance and the crimes of their abusers are depicted in the film Soldier's Girl, released in 2003. Addams was portrayed by Lee Pace. A subsequent New York Times article, "An Inconvenient Woman", documented the marginalization and misrepresentation of transgender sexuality even by gay rights activists.
I also highly recommend seeing "Soldier's Girl" a 2003 Canadian-American dram a film produced by Showtime. It is based on a story of the relationship between Barry Winchell and Calpernia Addams and the events that led up to Barry's murder by a fellow soldier.
Calpernia Sarah Addams (born February 20, 1971) is an American author, actress, musician and spokesperson and activist for transgender rights and issues.
Addams grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She served as a Hospital Corpsman with the Navy and United States Marine Corps. During her last year in the military, she came out as a transgender woman. Addams chose the name "Calpernia" from the William Shakespeare play Julius Caesar (a variant spelling of Caesar's wife Calpurnia) and its appearance on a tombstone in the film The Addams Family.
In 1999, while working as a performer, Addams began dating PFC Barry Winchell. Word of the relationship spread at Winchell's Army base where he was harassed by fellow soldiers and ultimately murdered.[18] Winchell's murder and the subsequent trial resulted in widespread press[19] and a formal review of the U.S. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) military policy, ordered by President Bill Clinton. The case became a prominent example used to illustrate the failure of DADT to protect LGBT service members.[19] Addams' and Winchell's romance and the crimes of their abusers are depicted in the film Soldier's Girl, released in 2003. Addams was portrayed by Lee Pace. A subsequent New York Times article, "An Inconvenient Woman", documented the marginalization and misrepresentation of transgender sexuality even by gay rights activists.
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Considering I am a leo... Subtlety is not my thing... I will ask a transgender any question I want despite how rude they think I am... And will tell them the truth in the most brutally honest fashion because facts don't care about feelings....
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Why do I need to have my intelligence insulted by a sarcastic transsexual? If I were to post a video insulting the intelligence of transsexuals I would be called a bigot, a xenophobe, or some other names. There seems to be a double standard in the making here.
This is the second video posted here that insults or berates those that hold values or beliefs that do not meet the standards of the transsexual community.
As a group the LGBTQ community makes up somewhere around 6% or so of the US population. This in no way constitutes a majority. Still this small but quite vocal group finds it necessary to force change upon the rest of the population in order to make itself part of our every day lives.
The LGBTQ community as a whole is not what I have a problem with. The individuals that insist upon thrusting values that many do not share in our faces are the problem that I share with you today. Unfortunately I see no resolution presenting itself. These individuals are acting well within their rights. Their values are at odds with mine. My point being that while I am being tolerant, I do not want anyone to think that this tolerance is in any way a showing of approval on my part. And while my values and beliefs are under attack, I will not sit quietly by while it happens. I know that I am not alone on this issue. But to speak out is to risk expulsion from this community, so I do not expect much in the way of support from likeminded fellow members.
This is the second video posted here that insults or berates those that hold values or beliefs that do not meet the standards of the transsexual community.
As a group the LGBTQ community makes up somewhere around 6% or so of the US population. This in no way constitutes a majority. Still this small but quite vocal group finds it necessary to force change upon the rest of the population in order to make itself part of our every day lives.
The LGBTQ community as a whole is not what I have a problem with. The individuals that insist upon thrusting values that many do not share in our faces are the problem that I share with you today. Unfortunately I see no resolution presenting itself. These individuals are acting well within their rights. Their values are at odds with mine. My point being that while I am being tolerant, I do not want anyone to think that this tolerance is in any way a showing of approval on my part. And while my values and beliefs are under attack, I will not sit quietly by while it happens. I know that I am not alone on this issue. But to speak out is to risk expulsion from this community, so I do not expect much in the way of support from likeminded fellow members.
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Cpl Benjamin Long
Don't care.. I will not modify my language to bend to a gender bender.... If they have medical condition... Go see a doctor that cares....
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PFC Roger Goff
SSG Diane R. I did watch the video for the first four questions. I was thoroughly put off by that point. If you found the video entertaining and informative then more power to you. I found her presentation to be sarcastic and crude. The air of superiority she put on was rediculus. If she is looking for greater understanding and respect for transsexuals this was in my opinion very much the wrong way to go about it.
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