Bitch Over Troubled Walters

A few days ago, more than a few diners were about ready to puke when Walter/Jenna Talackova stripped down to a bikini to pose for a photo shoot when his room wasn't set up to do it.

After some complaints to the bigwigs at the hotel where he was staying, he did get the photos taken indoors and saved the restaurant money from a ruined carpet.

No, I am not going to be a liar and called "Jenna" a "she." He isn't.

As far as I am concerned, this type of surgical mutilation of people with psychological problems should have ended with "Christine" Jorgensen. Nobody raised the obvious ethical problems at the time, and few have the nerve to do it now for fear of alienating the very vocal LGBT community.

What is interesting is when surfing the internet over this topic of "transgendereds/transsexuals" (I guess there is a difference between the two), some of the most vicious commentary comes from those in the gay/lesbian community. Many of them don't believe the "Ts" should even be included in their struggle because their issues are different. More than a few of them are just as vicious as anybody in the straight community about these people's mental state.

I have always felt this way about the whole concept of "sex change." The ONLY time any of this type of surgery should be performed is in the rare cases of hermaphroditism, called "intersexed" by the trans community. That of course is a physical disability, not some psychological disorder. Big difference, although the liars in the trans community want them to be lumped in with the mental misfits who should get psychological help for their identity disorders. The latter are far more common, but even so, these people are a tiny minority of the population. Too bad we can't ignore them totally.

Speaking of "Jenna," he was on 20/20 with Barbara Walters last night. I understand he has a boyfriend, making "Jenna" gay. Now "Jenna" may think he is a straight female, but the reality is he is gay. If he were involved with a woman, he would think he was a lesbian, but in fact he would be straight. If "Jenna" were involved with a FTM trans, he would still be straight. He's lucky that if he does get married, he can do it regardless of what his partner is because it is legal in Canada.




Speaking of "Christine" Jorgensen, the 1970 movie based on his life can be seen here. It was panned by critics at the time.