Fairfax, VA, USA. One could say that a transsexual’s person is her whole being, a thing apart for a transgender. [N1] Therein the difference between the two.

Political gender activists would have you not read this. If they could, they would forbid me to write the preceding paragraph. After all and at the very worst, men and women born transsexual are only God’s second mistake.

Washington, DC, USA. First of all, I was asked to express these thoughts on behalf of a group of Lesbian friends and associates. Some of them belong to an organisation of "quiet activists," women of some professional prominence who use their networks of friends and associates to lobby for or to influence policy.

While some of these concerns I do share, I do not share all of them.

Fairfax, VA, USA. Suzan Cooke has written an eloquent and closely reasoned column on her blog, I am not Afraid of the Root Word, Sex, in the Word 'Transsexual', that is well worth your attention.

TS-Si believes her latest effort should be read by a wide audience. Interested readers should visit her blog site, Women Born Transsexual, and read Ms. Cooke’s latest. [cf. Citation]

Fairfax, VA, USA. This just in: the social media is not an island. Every post is a piece of the continent, a part of the main we call society.

The right to privacy does not exist once words are posted to the internet. No one can hide from those who understand the workings of the world. “Private” photos might as well be distributed directly to everyone on the web.

Lancaster, PA, USA. According to an old cliché, there are no dumb questions. But we’re asking one that might seem dumb — one that challenges some cherished assumptions about politics, presidents, and elections.

The question is this: What matters in choosing among presidential candidates? Does it matter if someone is ignorant of U.S. history, prone to eccentric views, belongs to an unfamiliar religion, doesn’t always speak correctly, gets confused about facts, or is given