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I Am Kielbasa
The Catholic Thing ^ | February 21, 2014 | Austin Ruse

Posted on 02/21/2014 3:06:00 PM PST by NYer

Imagine the heartache of the cis-trans male who opens up Facebook and realizes there’s no gender category for him to choose from. It’s only male and female. This is just too outré for words. 

Doesn’t everyone know that gender is a social construct – that gender is malleable and may change from moment to moment? One could be five or six or seven of them before lunchtime and a few dozen more before climbing under the covers and turning into a butterfly, or whatever.

Gender is not in the head, you know, it is not in the brain. You are not wired in any particular way. All of this is a choice you make as you make and remake yourself throughout the day and throughout your life. (But somehow gays are also “born that way” and not to be subjected to reparative therapy.) Some go so far to say that even sex is a social construct, but these brave pilgrims are truly ahead of their time.

Facebook fixed all that now that you might choose what they call a “custom” gender. This bespoke genderism is a boon to those constricted by the tired choices of our fathers and grandfathers , who after all might have felt like non-op, non-binary trans men, but probably mistook it for the grippe.

Go to Facebook. Do it now. Click on “about,” then “basic information,” then “edit,” then “gender.” You will see three choices – male, female, and “custom.” Since that is all that drops down, you have to fill in what you want to be.

Type in “trans.” Go ahead. Don’t be afraid. Your choices appear: trans, trans female, trans male, trans man, trans person, trans woman, and then trans*, trans* female, trans* male, trans* man. For the life of me, I cannot figure out those asterisks.

Put in “man” and you get cis man, cisgender man, transsexual man, cis woman, cisgender woman. . . .you get the picture.

As confusing as these words can be, their meanings are even more confusing. Some months ago I wrote a column here about the fight between Warren Beatty’s daughter, who is a binary trans man going by the name of Stephen Ira, and Sonny and Cher’s daughter Chastity, also a binary trans man, who goes by the name of Chaz.

Chaz made a huge mistake on ABC and compared his transgenderism to a cleft palate and said it was a misfiring in the brain where his body did not match up with who he thought he was inside. Stephen Ira pounced, “I am a binary trans man, and I do not want Chaz, another binary trans man, representing me and simultaneously mistreating my non-binary comrades in this way.”

Sheer gobbledygook.

But it means something to them. As I did some months ago, I turn to a fellow named Asher who has placed his “Not Your Mom’s Trans 101” on a website called The Atheist Library. Asher says, “There are many trans people who are neither male or female. They cannot be categorized as ‘either/or.’ These people may use terms for themselves like genderqueer, androgynous, agender, or neutrois. They often use gender-neutral pronouns such as ‘ze/hir/hirs’ or ‘they/them/their/theirs.’ They can be both male and female, or none of the above, multi-gender, genderless, or something else entirely.”


        Chastity (left), who became Chaz (right)

You know who has gender just about right? Weird to say: the U. N. General Assembly.

Go figure that.

There are two definitions of gender in UN documents and one of them is in a hard law treaty. The Beijing Platform for Action, which is non-binding, says gender “should be understood as it is traditionally understood.” Not bad. But the binding treaty that established the International Criminal Court defines gender as “men and women in the context of society.” That “context of society” is a fishy formulation the gender crazies hope they can fool around with at some point. But for now “men and women” is darn good and certainly precludes non-op, non-binary trans men.

As promised here are few definitions just to wet your whistle. I will get you started and then you are on your own.

Pansexual is someone who believes they are many or all genders.

Agender is someone who believes they are no gender at all.

Genderqueer, according to the North American Lexicon of Transgender Terms, is a general category for identities other than man and woman, also considered non-binary and opposed to cisnormativity. Genderqueers may want to be referred to not as he or she but as one, ze, sie, hir, co, ey or they. When writing a letter to a genderqueer you will want to address they (sic) not as Mr. or Mrs. or even Ms. but as Mx.

A trans man, according to Wiki, is a female to male transgender or transsexual person. The trans man was assigned female at birth ,but self-identifies as male.

You note my sarcastic tone. While I recognize sarcasm as the lowest form of punditry, we must muster enough of the old oomph to laugh at these people and right in the kisser. Though in this context, I shudder at that word kisser.

Make no mistake, not everyone in the gender funhouse is happy. Some folks have been left off, and they’re plenty steamed. The custom list of genders at Facebook is custom in the same way ordering a shirt at Men’s Warehouse is. There are fifty-eight, and they’re all on the rack. They left off bioguy and biogirl. They left off demiguy and probably a lot more.

Some are petitioning for new categories. On local radio in DC this week, they reported on a guy who asked Facebook to add the gender he called “kielbasa.” Makes no sense. Makes perfect sense.

But then it struck me, something deep inside. I am kielbasa. I have been kielbasa all my life. Until I’m not.

 


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Humor; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: facebook; facebookisthedevil; gender; heshe; transgender
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To: NYer
OK, but who stole the Kishka?
21 posted on 02/21/2014 3:39:32 PM PST by mikrofon (Won't you bring it back?)
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To: NYer

That’s about it for me. I’ve had it with facebook, so I went over to my account and changed my name to So Long Notinterested.


22 posted on 02/21/2014 3:45:05 PM PST by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: NYer

Strange, I don’t see faggot or dyke as an option.


23 posted on 02/21/2014 3:46:16 PM PST by ohiobuckeye1997
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To: Zeneta

How is fakebook going to reach the magic number of 69 or 86 or 666?


24 posted on 02/21/2014 3:48:31 PM PST by ptsal (Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
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To: NYer
The libs would have us believe that gender does not matter any more and then they go and invent 58 new gender categories.
Go Figure.

When we attempt to erase natural boundaries, many more boundaries take their place, like a cracked mirror.
How symbolic of our current society.

25 posted on 02/21/2014 3:48:51 PM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: NYer

Nope. No tears. Or even outrage. None of my business.


26 posted on 02/21/2014 3:48:57 PM PST by KGeorge (Till we're together again, Gypsy girl. May 28, 1998- June 3, 2013)
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To: NYer
To paraphase a familar jingle....

Sometimes you feel like you have nuts : Sometimes you don't!

27 posted on 02/21/2014 3:49:12 PM PST by sjmjax (Politicans are much like bananas. They start off green, turn yellow then rot.)
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To: Talisker

Correct !!!

Well said.

The Abusers are going to be the ones that attempt to classify someone, male or female, in the traditional sense. Self identification is the first step. Acceptance of these protocols will give the Libtards cover to claim they are offended and deserve special considerations.

Someone needs to Photoshop bathroom door signs with all the choices.


28 posted on 02/21/2014 3:52:22 PM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Kirkwood

More choices than a chinese restaurant.

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But at least you can order by number.


29 posted on 02/21/2014 3:53:16 PM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Zeneta

A gender for every county in California... Whodda thought that...


30 posted on 02/21/2014 3:54:11 PM PST by ptsal (Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
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To: Zeneta

Wow, that’s a lot of genders.

Elementary schools will have to build a LOT more bathrooms.


31 posted on 02/21/2014 3:54:13 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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To: workerbee

there will be one bathroom


32 posted on 02/21/2014 3:56:27 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: ptsal

I actually think if FaceBook would “Require” everybody to sort through the list to find “Themselves” it would be great.

It would put on full display the ridiculousness of this group.

It would back fire.


33 posted on 02/21/2014 3:56:46 PM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: NYer

I am Vienna sausage.


34 posted on 02/21/2014 4:00:59 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Talisker

I would like to see how Portman and other wimpy,lost Republicans are going to respond to this latest set of demands from the “alternative” community. If you can’t call crazy crazy then you will end up living in a world where the crazy rule. Values matter, it isn’t only about money.


35 posted on 02/21/2014 4:01:25 PM PST by cradle of freedom
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To: GeronL; workerbee

One ?

I think they would just reconfigure what they have.

Two Bathroom choices.

Sit or stand.


36 posted on 02/21/2014 4:02:18 PM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Zeneta

I’ll bet that male and female would be down at the bottom of the list.


37 posted on 02/21/2014 4:03:38 PM PST by cradle of freedom
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To: NYer

What the hell is a “Facebook” and who the hell gives a rat’s patootie?


38 posted on 02/21/2014 4:06:02 PM PST by OldSmaj (I am an avowed enemy of islam and obama is a damned fool and traitor. Questions?)
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To: NYer

They call me Tater.


39 posted on 02/21/2014 4:09:04 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek
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40 posted on 02/21/2014 4:15:51 PM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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