Big News!! Now I'm Free!! Again!!

I have big news to share.  I am once again moving out of the house that belongs to my parents.  I will be moving into the Pinnacle Fort Union apartments with my great friend Sierra.  Our move in date is on 2/25/11.  I am excited!!  I think I'm going to have so much fun being roommates with Sierra.  We get along great.  I will finally be able to be myself at all times at home once again.  Now, who wants to help me move?

Why so much hate for "Born This Way"?

I realize that there were many people who hated on Lady Gaga before "Born This Way" was even released.  I can't help but feel like there is an unusual number of people hating on her since the release of "Born This Way".  I hate to go to this, but it's hard not to think that the main message of the song is the reason for the high amount of hate.  You can read the lyrics in my previous blog entry here.  Here is a YouTube video of the song.

I hope I'm wrong.  Do people who hate the song really hate its message?  Do they have hatred for the LGBT community, and as such are showing that through hating this song?  I just felt like getting this off my chest.  I really hope I'm wrong.  What does everyone else think?  Are people hating the song just based on the sound, or do they hate the message?

LivingSocial Super Bowl Ad Degrades Transgender People

Like millions of other people around the world, I sat down to watch the Super Bowl around 4:00 PM MST on 2/6/11.  Sadly it started on a sour note, thanks to an offensive advertisement from a website called LivingSocial. Once again transgender people were used as a punchline to a joke.  This is unacceptable and needs to stop.  I refuse to allow these offenses to continue to go unchecked.  It just continues to add to the discrimination faced by the transgender community.

Here is the offending advertisement:

Why is this offensive?  It says: look at this masculine man in a dress, isn't it funny?  It sends a message that transgender people are something to laugh at.  That is not okay.  Some comments were posted to the YouTube video calling out this anti-transgender message.  LivingSocial couldn't take the heat, and decided to disable comments on the video.  It currently has 28 likes, and 29 dislikes.

Below I present a screenshot of some comments on LivingSocial's Facebook page.  It is an example of the harm this ad has done to the transgender community.  Click the image to enlarge it.

I Liked the Facebook page so that I could post a comment.  Here is the comment I posted:

You should be ashamed of yourselves for the horrible anti-transgender ad you aired at the beginning of the Super Bowl. I was unaware of your company prior to the ad, but will now be telling everyone I know to stay away. You should have thought twice before making that ad, because now you have angered the transgender community. I hope you enjoy the loss of business after spending money on that terrible ad.

In closing, I strongly encourage everyone to boycott this LivingSocial service. They should apologize for airing this advertisement, and pull it from all distribution channels. Please share this blog, and help spread the word.