# Oscar observations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2000, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-observations/15243 "2000-03-27T05:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-observations/15243/41 "2000-03-28T04:04:00Z")
Please forgive my ignorance, but judging from what’s been said here, I’m guessing that there’s a rumour that Kevin Spacey is, what? Gay? Bi? Oh well. Like Chris said, whether he is or isn’t, he’s straight in my daydreams too! * * * This space blank, until Wally thinks up something cool to put here. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-observations/15243/42 "2000-03-28T13:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > This is the Straight Dope Message Board, and you need to get used to the fact that someone’s beliefs do not change the facts - not even if that person died a martyr in a good cause. Were you inside Brandon Teena’s head, that you are able to know what the “facts” are? > [@](#): > > Teena Brandon was a woman who chose to live and dress as a man during the last few months (or was it years?) of her life. She used the name Brandon Teena and only had sex with women during that time. Fine. That doesn’t change the fact that she wasn’t a man and I’m not a turnip. Are you familiar with the concept of transgenderism? Or as it’s called in the literature, gender identity dysphoria? It’s when one is physically one sex but mentally and emotionally the other. Since he was raped and murdered because he dared to live as the male he emotionally was rather than the female he was not, I tend to grant more credence to his understanding of his own experience than I do to yours. Your turnip status is not at issue, although if you are raped and murdered for living as a turnip, I shall most assuredly extend to you at least the courtesy of calling you one. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-observations/15243/43 "2000-03-28T17:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Wendell Wagner** : > > … you need to get used to the fact that someone’s beliefs do not change the facts - not even if that person died a martyr in a good cause. And also like the SDMB, I suggest you do a little more research into transgenderism and sexual identity issues before throwing around such insensitive, ignorant comments. Esprix * * * [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-observations/15243/44 "2000-03-28T23:22:00Z")
I guess I get to answer my own question about Whitney Houston > [@](#): > > The Post quoted a source as saying Houston showed up for rehearsal last Thursday, gave Bacharach only 15 minutes and was “totally out of it.” > > A source told the paper that Houston seemed a bit “discombobulated” during further rehearsals Friday, missing a cue and singing the wrong song. That’s when Bacharach decided to replace her, the source said. Now the original comments in Variety make sense(See my earlier post in this thread). Keith * * * You want brilliance BEFORE I’ve had my coffee!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-observations/15243.md?page=2)