August 15, 2007

My son's birthday was August 13. He is 27 years old. I called to wish him Happy Birthday, but got his voice mail and left a message to let him know I love him. I've gotten no response. I have to admit it leaves a rather empty feeling.

I'm not the only one who deals with these issues. However, as everyone knows, it is small comfort to know there are others in your situation.

Lots of people are talking about the Larry King interview with transgender guests this past Friday evening. The guests did a wonderful job of presenting themselves and representing the community.

But you would think Larry would have done enough of these interviews that he would know more about the subject by now. Someone said towards the end, if you didn't know better, you would think he was doing a comedy routine. He asked former Largo, FL City Manager, Susan Stanton if she was a crossdresser since she's not had surgery. Next, he asked if she stood up or sat down to use the rest room. I could almost hear groans going up from all over. He even coined a new word, "transgenderite", as if we didn't have enough labels already.

I suppose exposure such as this is better than none at all, especially considering the calbire of the guests. You just do get tired of the same irrelevant questions from a supposedly intelligent host. I must say, I did like his suspenders.