via Shakesville,
this may be the most awesomely wonderful thing that i have ever heard of.
Thomas, and his wife Nancy are expecting a child, only it is Thomas who is expecting. they were on the Oprah show today, and while i don’t watch a lot of television anymore, i did watch the whole thing here. listening to Thomas tell his story of growing up and through his change into who he is today brought tears to my eyes. i have never heard the experience of a transgendered person explained this way.
this is such a beautiful story about being human. seldom do i find things that inspire me, and give me hope that we, as a world, can change the way we see “normal”, and try to broaden our perceptions of it. seeing the courage and the joy that Thomas and Nancy are experiencing bring me hope that we are going to see a change. a change where we stop labeling people and stop sorting people into neat little stereotypes, and stop being afraid of things that we aren’t used to.
i applaud you, Thomas and Nancy, for telling your story yourselves, and for being brave in this experience. while i realize it is not ours to take as a learning and building opportunity, i thank you both for this, for the chance to see that the love that two people share is beautiful. children should be loved and fully wanted, and if you want a child, it is your right to have one. our society’s predisposed ideas of what should or should not be should not stop you.
i wish them all of the best.
love as thou wilt.
i am having trouble getting WordPress to embed the video (i have a lot of formatting issues w/ WordPress, like, why the fuck to i have to left align everything, or else face a wall of text instead of my nice neat paragraphs), so please follow the link above to watch it all.
*the title is a quote from Thomas at The Advocate. one of the most beautiful things i have ever read.
here’s to embracing the gamut of human possibility.
Ouyang Dan
The Guy
I think this is just a sweet awesome story, but then i had to spend today explaining how Thomas is *actually* a boy, despite the fact that he hasn’t had the plumbing changed. It is just sooooooooo hard for some people to get that gender is more than a penis or a vagina.
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
i cried watching this!
i was also appalled at the backlash he is getting from some of the LGBT community. i own that i can’t exactly relate to the issue or situation but i hope someday that things like this won’t spark so much hate.
i was also incredibly saddened at how many people refuse to refer to him as a “he” or by his name, which is in fact, legally, Thomas.