There are so many thoughtful responses in this thread, but Mia's really got me to thinking...Originally Posted by Mia Brankovic
The difficulty with an advocacy organization, is that none of us(speaking strictly for me) hetero MtF cross dressers are having any of our civil rights trampled upon. We can vote. We can earn equal pay. We can marry. We can do damn near anything we want.
One of my hobbies is collecting obscure laws here in the U.S.A....For instance, did you know that in Minnesota, it is illegal to tease skunks? Or that in (landlocked) Ohio, it is illegal to fish for whales? There are still some laws in states that state: It is illegal for a man to dress as a woman with the object to deceive...Now THAT's a scary one!!!
Fortunately, most of these laws are never enforced...In most of the south eastern states it is illegal to go to church without carrying a gun(that one dates back to colonial times because the natives had a tendency to attack villages on Sunday mornings while everyone congregated)....
Sorry, I'll stop rambling now and get back to addressing Mia's post.
Since I think it would be hard to organize an advocacy group, partly due to the fact that they don't make closets big enough for us all to meet in, I think it would be easier to declare 1 day as a CD-Awareness Day. If two guys in Oregon can declare "International Talk Like a Pirate Day", then I have every right to declare February 7th(his birthday) as "International Eddie Izzard Appreciation Day", and will start a new thread to explain it.
You've been warned:-)
Jaye
