Comments on: Benny Lee Ferguson shows democracy has its moments

By: Zoe Brain

Zoe Brain — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:44:17 +0000

You never know where one of these weird “transgenders” will turn up.

One has been on the Samizdata blogroll for a number of years.

If you didn’t know better, you’d think they’re almost human. No, that’s not fair, not around here. But it would be nice if Alisa had said “Good luck, she‘s going to need it.”. Never mind, that’s a mere quibble, a trifle. What isn’t a trifling matter is that at the recent International Transgender Day of Remembrance, the list of those flayed, crucified, disembowelled etc because they were Transgendered was 17 pages long.

By: RAB

RAB — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:03:37 +0000

Yes best of luck to benny (he could do with better dress sense though)
Whatever next? Eddie Izzard runs for President of Europe? He’d be in with a chance I recon.

By: Alisa

Alisa — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:41:00 +0000

E&B: we are not in Cambridge any more:-)

By: Effing and Blinding

Effing and Blinding — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:12:14 +0000

What’s the big deal? Cambridge (UK – yep the one with the university) currently has a transgender mayor and the Lady Mayoress (her partner) is also a transgender.

Have met them both and they are very pleasant, they don’t make a big deal of it (and don’t dress like the chap pictured) and are doing a good job.

Nobody blinks an eyelid, and Cambridge has not been swallowed into the earth.

By: Alisa

Alisa — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:39:53 +0000

Good luck indeed – he is going to need it:-)