I’m guessing this has nothing to do with the age difference. Transexuals are marginalized and stigmatized far worse than homosexuals. It’s difficult enough convincing people that ‘I’m not crazy and I don’t need psychiatric help. My brain is fine. It’s the body that’s all wrong.’ without a preop having sex in a tree and demanding diet vanilla pepsi.
Not to mention that an earlier story used the phrase “man in a black dress”. Referring to an mtf as a man is about as sensitive and accurate calling homosexuality a choice.
I suspect it’s due to the fact that now not only do homosexuals get the privledge to be embarassed by this spectacle, but transgendered people TOO will be associated with this display of pure human brilliance.
Is this newsworthy because they did it down by the chess & checkers in daytime?
I find it hard to believe that farther north, in the Ramble, nobody’s ever climbed up and fucked in a tree. In fact, I’m off the IMHO to start a thread “have you ever fucked in a tree?”
I don’t think it’s so much that all gays should be pillars of teh community and perfect angels as so to set an example, but these two are acting like complete and utter morons while protesting homophobia and bigotry.
THAT I think is what gives it a bad name, not so much that they’re gay/transgender, whatever these two are, but that they’re doing it in the name of protesting.
Pretty snotty response from someone who’s wrong. Some states use 17 or even 18.
Well, now you have. In some states it would be (or an equivalent, but differently named crime, like sexual assault), especially given this age difference.
"If you’re a transvestite, you get lumped into that weirdo grouping, you know? When I was in New York, there was a guy in the Bronx who was living in a cave… like you do, and he was coming out and shooting at geese and… ( chuckles ) a lot of weird things going on with this guy; and the police picked him up and they found a collection of women’s shoes, and they thought, “Maybe he’s a transvestite.” And if he is, he’s a fucking weirdo transvestite!” – Eddie Izzard
SanibelMan The arboreal primate in the story is a transexual, not a transvestite. Allow me to explain through a bad Eddie Izzard impression
[Eddie Izzard] Somebody once asked me what it was like to be a transexual. I don’t know, because I’m a transvestite. I stand here in latex bosoms, this dress (which I think is rather stunning), eyeshadow and lipstick. And it makes me quite happy. But, beneath this outift is an accessory which has been worshipped by cultures across the globe since the dawn of time. It figures prominently in the art of the Babylonians, the Sumerians, the Greeks, and the Romans. I call it . . . Mister Winky. Mister Winky has been my companion through many adventures. There are times that I thank god for Mister Winky. There are other times when I’m convinced Mister Winky is god and that I should go forth to every land and tell people to build shrines unto him. ‘Yea, I am a divine messenger. It is the will of god that you fashion a great winky of stone. It shall be fifty cubits in height, not counting the bollocks.’ that sort of thing.
If I were a transexual, I would not be remotely happy about the winky. 'God? There’s been a mistake with my order. Yes, I’m quite sure I did not ask for a winky. And where the bloody hell are my breasts? I distinctly asked for breasts. Hormone therapy, you say? Orchiectomy? Inversion? Well, it’ll have to do. But with service like this don’t expect a good review. [/Eddie Izzard]
What’s really odd is that, when you think of a gay/transgender couple having sex in a tree in a public park, pretty much the last thing you think of is “vanilla.”
DocCathode, you’re quite right about the difference and I’m sorry for mixing them up. I think the point still stands that the fact that this disturbed person is a transsexual is beside the point, at least with regard to their mental state. I hope I’m being clear and not obfuscating the point further.
Yeah, as a tourist trap, dead senators don’t have that certain required je ne sais quois that the gay men in the tree have. One of these days Cowtown will be like a Big Apple.
What, another day and still no knuckle-dragging gay-bashers have shown up here for their purse-thrashing? …Wait, actually, that’s a good thing. I’ll put “The Black Vinyl Flame of the East” back on the shelf, I guess.
Libertarian She is. She revealed this to the Dopers with ‘I may be a lady, but I was raised to be a gentleman.’ Analysis of various photographs of Eve reveal facial characteristics and bone structure indicating she may actually be Anjelica Houston. Think about it. Have you ever seen madame Golden and madame Houston together?