Comments for Fear & Loathing in Scottsdale: A Gonzo Journey In The Wilderness at http://ts-si.org , comment 0 to 10 out of 10 comments http://ts-si.org Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:53:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://ts-si.org/content/view/3160/995/#pc_716 Holly, Knowing is what makes us committed and informed in the face of ignorance. Diane - Diane Kearny Fri, 02 May 2008 17:20:55 +0100 http://ts-si.org/content/view/3160/995/#pc_715 Thanks for the info,Diane & Lisa. I was probably better off not knowing :) - Holly Thu, 01 May 2008 20:50:30 +0100 http://ts-si.org/content/view/3160/995/#pc_714 WAPTH is a transgender grouping that became a replacement organization for HBIGDA since the transgender/transvestites hate the mention of Dr Harry Benjamin and refuse to have guidelines that might reflect his standards and/or treatment parameters. I loved the man and his associate Dr Charles Ihlenfeld, and if not for them I would not have survived. I went to the WPATH Symposium and in the foyer for all to see was a typical transgender: a man with make-up covering his very dark beard; a very obvious wig; a 1950's outfit; a hat that my grandmother might have worn; a voice that might better have suited a conductor on a railroad. And I had been told he was part of 'our community' by an attending doctor shilling for clients. Duh!!!!! I could write a book on that WPATH scam. It had nothing to do with our needs and lives but for the presentation by Dr Kettenis from the Netherlands. Pamela, I loved your comment about getting out of the bra. For me lounging in shorts or even a cotton nightgown (not the frilly silky tv stuff) is a simple comfort for me. Prefer just a bathing suit if weather nice though. I wonder how many tg's are reading this and getting excited. Oooops, Diane bad! - Diane Kearny Thu, 01 May 2008 17:14:43 +0100 http://ts-si.org/content/view/3160/995/#pc_713 You have a knack for understatement. - Sue Robins Thu, 01 May 2008 00:36:35 +0100 http://ts-si.org/content/view/3160/995/#pc_712 Sounds good to me Lisa; you can always tell a crossdresser because they will always be talking about going shopping forthat "killer" pair of high heels and those wonderful silky stocking and that marvelous ( insert what ever term you like here) and how "wonderful" it was to go out as Peaches and how the waitress treated tham just like a woman-- yatayatayata. Heck, I'm glad to get home from work and get my damn Bra OFF and slop around home in an old pair of shorts and a teeshirt-- bliss Pamela - Pamela Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:59:15 +0100 http://ts-si.org/content/view/3160/995/#pc_709 Some would say WPATH is a support organization for crossdressers and post-mod, anti-science gender theorists. Not having done a genital survey of WPATH membership or the attendees at their last convention, I have no opinion on the subject. - Lisa Thompson Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:24:41 +0100 http://ts-si.org/content/view/3160/995/#pc_708 What is WAPTH ? - Holly Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:57:25 +0100 http://ts-si.org/content/view/3160/995/#pc_707 Having been to the WAPTH Symposium I am not sure if the 'queer left' is in control but the transgender advocates surely are. One doctor/professor at the dinner table seated next to me actually argued that a fetishist could be identified as HBS, just a matter of growth. As I said before that amazed me so I asked him if he had read our HBS SOC proposal and of course he said, NO! Professor maybe, idiot - without doubt. He obviously read too many of Michael Bailey's treatise's and has yet to understand HBS is not transgender autogynephilia. The issue it seems is simply that many use the legitimacy of HBS and link to it no matter the transgender elements under that banner and call themselves 'not much different' than a person committed to being whole rather than one who hides in the closet whispering to himself after relief, 'Woe is me, woe is me'! Diane - Diane Kearny Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:53:05 +0100 http://ts-si.org/content/view/3160/995/#pc_706 I couldn't have said it better Lisa. This is a good honest look at the world according to anybody who has tried to discuss anything having to do with HBS men and woman regarding their needs. Sad to say but i really think the Queer Left is running WPATH. - Sue Robins Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:38:01 +0100 http://ts-si.org/content/view/3160/995/#pc_704 Yikes, I could have writen that since it mimics my exact thoughts. Good job, Lisa! - Diane Kearny Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:48:48 +0100