tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post2133595941060017868..comments2023-10-07T11:03:10.202-05:00Comments on Autist's Corner: Doubly Deviant: On Being Queer and AutisticLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-22698298783148882442010-12-18T14:45:52.087-06:002010-12-18T14:45:52.087-06:00Maria who is the Rental Agent at Sahara Palms Apts...Maria who is the Rental Agent at Sahara Palms Apts. Protect Rapist Daniell Grant, for some unknow reason.Thier relationship is unknow at this time. She was over heard laughing at how The Victim was tormented and RAPED she thought it was funny how Grant talked about victim.Ms Grant who resides at the apts. Danielle Grant 23, of Las Vegas is a RAPIST, she and another man used a date rape drug on Victim at Sahara Palms Apartments 2900 El Camino ave. apt 170, Danielle L Grant sodomized the victim with a plunger. She is lite skinned 4'6 to 4'7 and she drives a Black Ford Focus, She works as an dental assistant during day. STOP her please. Victim is too ashamed to tell Police. Memory just now coming back. Danielle L Grant MUST BE STOPED. She is a drug addict and dealer ( Lortab and Meth,weed ) sometimes works as a Vegas Escort/Prostitute when she needs money. If you have information on her criminal activities Please contact the Las Vegas Police Dept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-4421487046209994292010-12-01T10:52:54.199-06:002010-12-01T10:52:54.199-06:00Danielle Grant 23, of Las Vegas is a RAPIST, She a...Danielle Grant 23, of Las Vegas is a RAPIST, She and another man used a date rape drug on Victim at Sahara Palm Apts 2900 El Camino ave. apt 170, Danielle L Grant sodomized the victim with a plunger. A Very SICK person. She is lite skinned 4 '9 to 4'11 and she drives a black ford Focus, She works as an dental assistant during day.Somestimes works as a Las Vegas Escort/Prostitute .STOP her please. Victom is too ashamed to go to police, Danielle L Grant MUST BE STOPED. She is a Known drug dealer and addict (ecstasy,lortab)She was on drugs durring this crime.If you have information on her criminal activities Please contact the Las Vegas Police Dept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-91557861273131600232010-11-17T15:40:08.538-06:002010-11-17T15:40:08.538-06:00'real' trans people always want surgery or...<i>'real' trans people always want surgery or hormones and do not have pronoun switching was pretty damned dismissive of those who do not want those treatments and of non-binary people</i><br /><br />Hi DarkSideCat. I know that what I said was pretty aggressive/dismissive-sounding and it doesn't represent my feelings about all people who are non-binary, don't get surgery, and/or don't take hormones. It was a characterization of particular people that I went to school with.<br /><br />It is frustrating when (after female-assigned people who are involved in a dyke/queer subculture with a lot of masculine expression start using gender-neutral pronouns or male pronouns within that subculture, or simply identifying as trans/genderqueer) those people and their friends' way of being trans becomes their whole idea of what it means to be trans. This can result in a lack of support for trans women and other trans people who were male-assigned; binary trans people; people who want to go on hormones; people whose identity as trans didn't develop when they were part of a queer community; and other people who are not trans in the same way as the first group of people I described, or simply don't fit in with those people.<br /><br />My impression at my college was that people's idea of "trans issues," and support for people who were trans, was very centered around the experience of being raised as female, identifying as queer, presenting in a masculine way, and often not being binary, or being interested in hormones etc. I say "was" because I don't really know what stuff is like now, even though I still go to school there, because my impressions were mainly gleaned from someone I knew who didn't fit into the mold mentioned above, and didn't feel very welcomed by trans groups/community at our school. She graduated two years ago so I don't really hear as much about this stuff now. I get the impression things are better now at my school, though, because more trans female students have come out, or started attending my school, and have become involved.<br /><br />Although I do question my judgment in making the statement you're referring to, I sometimes feel uncomfortable in environments where it is considered offensive to ever criticize anyone's identification or activities, or to say that some people's activities and identities seem like an expression of culture, and aren't as permanent as other people's, and that some trans people are much more permanently stigmatized and oppressed than others. <br /><br />(I'm not saying you are doing this, but I have encountered it in the past, and it's one reason I went ahead and said that.)<br /><br />It kind of reminds me of "safe spaces" where women who identify as queer/lesbian/bi/pan etc. are not allowed to complain about the trend of lesbian-until-graduation, or girls making out at a party, etc. On the one hand, I think it's shitty to identify any particular person's behavior or identity as being fake, a phase, etc., or to judge them as an individual. However, if you do have a stigmatized identity that you've lived with for a long time and experienced oppression from, it can be frustrating when a group of people seems to be making a foray into that identity, as an adventure, at college.<br /><br />I kind of feel like I shouldn't be posting this because it is so hard to express how I feel on these issues. But I am sorry about the dismissiveness that passage implies re: non-binary people and people who don't want to take hormones.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-33421127203406493772010-11-17T12:03:36.269-06:002010-11-17T12:03:36.269-06:00That part from Amanda suggesting that 'real...That part from Amanda suggesting that 'real' trans people always want surgery or hormones and do not have pronoun switching was pretty damned dismissive of those who do not want those treatments and of non-binary people. Non-binary people do exist and this hostility does not help. It also does not help that, to get those treatments, non-binary people who wanted them would have to lie and fake at being binary. Poor genderqueer and nonbinary people exist, at pretty high rates, particularly as we find it nearly impossible to find jobs unless we fake and pass as one side of the binary. I was rather accepted and at ease as a genderqueer/non-binary poly, kinky bisexual amoung the 'queer' groups, but the more assimilationist groups hate me. I cannot go to a single event without having some part of my identity slammed in such a blatant way that even I pick it up pretty quickly.DarkSideCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867049908238110075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-46207671355093317612010-11-15T14:14:23.225-06:002010-11-15T14:14:23.225-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-9619720875547108232010-11-13T06:48:55.091-06:002010-11-13T06:48:55.091-06:00I love this post, especially the difficulties of &...I love this post, especially the difficulties of "The Difference Slot." I notice my own learned tendency to want to simplify difference when it comes to other disabled people. My mind has no trouble taking it in if someone is multiracial, or black/gay/autistic, or white/hispanic/trans/dyslexic. But when someone has multiple disabilities, I find it harder to hold them all in my mind at once--despite the fact that I have multiple diagnoses as well. <br /><br />I had contact several months ago with a woman who has MD and CP and is legally blind, and I noticed myself thinking such irrational things as "So, how am I supposed to think of you? As having MD? or CP? Or being blind?" I think this must have to do with the ways that western medicine separates so many things into discrete diagnostic boxes. There's a tendency to carve up a person into diagnoses rather than to see the person as a seamless combination of a great many things at once. It's a lot of work to undo the influence of this kind of thinking, but it's so necessary.<br /><br />Thanks for a great post.Rachel Cohen-Rottenberghttp://www.journeyswithautism.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-78373261261222691412010-11-12T15:03:32.547-06:002010-11-12T15:03:32.547-06:00You're right, a lesbian trans woman and an asp...You're right, <b>a lesbian trans woman and an aspie</b>, I shouldn't have made it seem like this post deals with LGBTQ issues when I do not talk about anything other than cis lesbian/bisexual stuff.<br /><br />Sorry about that --- I changed the acronym to reflect the limited nature of this post.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-26026229298468122772010-11-12T10:00:34.446-06:002010-11-12T10:00:34.446-06:00I'm bisexual and autistic too, and my experien...I'm bisexual and autistic too, and my experience has been that my autism has indeed influenced the way I interact with people I found attractive. Namely, I had a hard time grasping "personal space" when I was in my teens and would often make my affections known to someone by pawing them and licking their face. No small wonder that the only successful relationships I've had have been online... <br />I've never been comfortable within the larger gay community at my university either, to be honest. I'm supportive of them and attend events, but I could never be described as "active" among them. I think this is more just because they encouraged heavy socialization and parties like "queer prom" and other events which make me bristle, because I hate noises and crowds. <br />When it comes to sexual orientation, like everything else about my personality, I think I'm just more comfortable expressing it online or with a select few people, for the reasons described above. Less of an issue with violation of personal space and body heat.Leah Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798094383285526940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530548799681444324.post-72983628239740775802010-11-12T02:59:46.289-06:002010-11-12T02:59:46.289-06:00Trans has nothing to do with gay, do NOT conflate ...Trans has nothing to do with gay, do NOT conflate the two by talking about BLG issues and using "LGBTQ".<br /><br />If you want to earn the right to use the letter T, talk about trans in more than passing.a lesbian trans woman and an aspiehttp://127.0.0.1noreply@blogger.com