Trans guests on Dr. Keith show - available on YouTube

[Marlena Dahlstrom]

For those of you who missed the show, the segment with Helen Boyd and her husband Betty is online:

Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHowP_dBoCc) and Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZQ3VhgZQH8)

Helen and Betty showed what a class act they are. With only about 11 minutes to work with, things were obviously rushed (Helen and Betty were preceeded by a FTM who was more than a bit of a jerk—earth to Rene, being loud-mouthed and arrogant doesn’t make you a man, it makes you a prick—and followed by an intersexed individual with a rather fascinating life story.) But Dr. Keith handled things well, with respect and a minimum of sensationalism. Helen and Betty were charming, straightforward, open and honest, and I thought Betty was great about explaining the difference between body disphoria and “social disphoria,” which is her own motivation for wanting to live life as a woman.

The one annoying thing is that the show made no mention that Helen’s written two excellent books on trans issues (and issues of being the partner of a trans person). So let me promote them here: the Lambda Literary Award Finalist “My Husband Betty,” (http://www.amazon.com/My-Husband-Betty-Love-Crossdresser/dp/1560255153/sr=8-10/qid=1172294244/ref=sr_1_10/105-9291188-8518824?ie=UTF8&s=books) and her latest, “She’s Not the Man I Married.” (http://www.amazon.com/Shes-Not-Man-Married-Transgender/dp/1580051936/sr=8-1/qid=1172294244/ref=pd_bbs_1/105-9291188-8518824?ie=UTF8&s=books)

[Rachel Morley]

Thanks for posting this Marlena. I was thinking about doing this myself if you hadn't have as I think a lot of people would be interested to see it. Crossdressers as well as transsexuals.

Hugs
Rachel

[Michelle Ellis]

Thanks for the post...

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[Di]

Thanks hon....I was going to do this too.....but you beat me. They did a fantastic job on the show.

[marie354]

I found this to be very intereasing. Thanks Marlena.

[pocoyo]

Hi, cool, I will check those out :happy:
Was there any footage of the idiot ftm? Grrr, there's so few ftm's about it's really infuriating when one acts like a prat and gives out the wrong impression of us :rolleyes:

[Marcie Sexton]

I have the first book, makes for for good reading...I know my wife and I both learned a lot about each other after reading it...We are going to order the second one shortly...

Thanks for the post, we missed the show...

[Marlena Dahlstrom]

The person who posted it is a friend of H&Bs, so she only posted their bit. Not sure if there are plans to post the full show, which is too bad because the third segment had a really interesting intersexed individual who did a MTF transition around age 20, lived for a woman for 20 years and then transitioned FTM (although he's not having bottom surgery).

Poc, sadly the transguy was an even bigger jerk in his segment. Just the epitome of a loud-mouth arrogant ******. Granted (judging by his accent) he grew up in a less accepting part of the states, but I'm not sure which was sadder -- the fact that he'd been in 300 street fights, or the fact that he kept count. Unfortunately, he's apparently been on some of the other TV shows too.

If it's any consolation, I've seen more than few MTFs in the public eye or YouTube, etc. who cause me the cringe.

[suzanne]

That was an excellent, insightful piece. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. I had never heard of Dr. Keith before and he is as good as you say. An excellent counterpoint to that bully Dr Phil.

[Sierra Evon]

Alright I'll check it out too, thankx for the heads up !!!!!!

[melissaK]

That was fun! Love a good talk show with the folks mixing it up! IMHO it would've been boring w/o the FTM . . .
hugs,
'lissa

[tommi]

Great link thanks I have seen and heard wonderful things about their book and
they really have done the transgendered community a great service.
Thanks for sharing :hugs:

I would love to watch the whole show.

[CaptLex]

Poc, sadly the transguy was an even bigger jerk in his segment. Just the epitome of a loud-mouth arrogant ******. Granted (judging by his accent) he grew up in a less accepting part of the states, but I'm not sure which was sadder -- the fact that he'd been in 300 street fights, or the fact that he kept count. Unfortunately, he's apparently been on some of the other TV shows too.
Not the kind of guy we want out there representing us - definitely seems to be overcompensating.:rolleyes: I caught the look Helen and Betty gave each other when he chimed in with his opinion. :heehee: Glad Dr. Keith set him straight too. I'm glad I didn't get to see more of him or I would have probably been very upset. Helen and Betty did great - thanks for sharing that. :happy:


If it's any consolation, I've seen more than few MTFs in the public eye or YouTube, etc. who cause me the cringe.
Of course, we know that people are just people, with all their faults and limitations, but the uneducated will probably think we're all like this, if that's all they ever see. :p

[SherriePall]

Marlena -- thanks for posting that. I missed the show because I didn't know my local station changed the time.

[MsEva]

Wow, glad you posted it! That was really enlightening and to some extent I found a kindered spirit with Betty. Thanks for sharing!

[diane59]

Wow!!!!!