Violence'Tis the season!

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[–]lunarstrain 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I did, years ago. It was pretty interesting, it talked about the mental illness Malcolm dealt with and him being a prostitute. Also has that quote from him about being shocked someone thought he was female.

By the way, you don't have to give a video views. I use this website called Piped, it's a front-end for YouTube with a proxy built in. Means Google doesn't get any real data. Here's a link to the documentary on Piped.

[–]Virginia_Plain 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What sucks is Marsha had nothing to do with any of this shit. His last years were spent living with a friend, who took him in after it became clear he was unable to care for himself. He did not pop up and say "hey, I am the trans woman responsible for gay rights." All of this was legend created years after his death, when he could not speak.

Some would say that "Marsha didn't have the vocabulary to realize" that he was actually a trans woman, but people knew about transsexuals in the 1960s-1990s. I believe Marsha was quoted as saying something about how he was not a trans women ("some people take hormones so the muscles fall out of their arms" or something to that effect).

As for the "lack of vocabulary" argument, I find that to be at odds with another idea that is currently being promoted, which says that young, pre-verbal toddlers are able to determine their true gender identity.

[–]MBMayfair 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks so much! 👍