Prepare for the disappointment that it doesn't look like Candice Swanepoel.
Posted on 08/04/2017 9:44:32 AM PDT by simpson96
Pat Manuel’s half-hour runs along the quiet, tree-lined streets of Altadena are only partly about exercise. Mainly they’re a time to reflect on the journey that has brought him here, one that was a lot longer and bumpier than the hilly roads on which he runs.(snip)
Manuel says the biggest daily reminder that he has finally taken control of his life comes when he looks in the mirror each morning. For years he saw an uncertain woman looking back at him. Now the reflection is of a confident young man, the Adam’s apple and scruffy facial hair evidence that while Manuel’s journey is not complete, it’s now headed in the right direction.
“I still have split seconds of not recognizing myself. But for the most part, I feel more comfortable than I ever have in my body,” says Manuel, who underwent gender-reassignment surgery, becoming the first boxer in U.S. history to fight first as a woman and later as a man.
“It never crossed my mind to give up. It has absolutely been worth this journey to live publicly as my true self.”
Exactly who that true self was wasn’t apparent to Manuel growing up in the South Bay. But it was obvious to his mother, Loretta Butler, that something was unique with daughters Patricia and Megan.
“Every Christmas I would be buying toys at Toys ‘R’ Us and everybody would say, ‘You have two boys at home, huh?’ Neither Megan nor Pat played with dolls,” she says. “They both wore boys’ clothes.”
Looking back Butler blames herself for missing the cues for both Manuel and his sister Megan, who is gay.(snip)
“Pat has always been a male. It’s just Pat was not assigned properly at birth.”
Manuel, whose ancestry is Irish, Mexican and black, never really knew his father.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
And I should give a crap because...
Can’t wait ‘till this gets to the nfl.
Maybe he/she will get some sense knocked into her.
Refreshingly, this appears to be of a woman stepping up to competition, rather than a man cross-dressing down against less competitive women.
FOOLPROOF GENDER IDENTITY and LAVATORY QUALIFICATION TEST!
Designed for those unfortunate individuals still confused as to their gender,
this simple test will assist with that vital, possibly life-changing decision.
Can be performed at home in any climate.
THE TEST!
If there were snow on the ground and you stepped outside,
COULD YOU WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE SNOW?
If you are capable of performing this intricate feat, UNIQUE TO MALES, or even come close,
PLEASE USE PUBLIC FACILITIES LABELED “MEN”.
If, however, you cannot even attempt this remarkable feat, and normally SIT or SQUAT while urinating, PLEASE USE THE FACILITIES DESIGNATED “LADIES” or “WOMEN”.
THANK YOU!
(This message provided by the millions of American citizens who are FED UP with insane distractions of this sort by renegade and out-of-control, bureaucrats, leftists and courts, the obvious goal of which is the total and absolute destruction of any remaining common sense standards en-route to a totalitarian command tyranny.)
This “problem” may even extend to the animal kingdom.
When deer hunting season opens, I have a question. If I bag a buck, but I only have a doe tag, can I claim that the buck wasn’t really a buck?
I mean … maybe he’d always wanted to be a doe, but with no choice of his own he was born with the physical attributes of a male.
And yet … on the inside he’d always known he was truly a female.
I’m just wondering if the game warden will buy it, because society and the Supreme Court does.
Just because this fool is insane enough to cut off his pecker, doesn’t make him a woman. Just an idiot.
I didn’t play with dolls either, and I wore what my mom bought us....sheesh
She / He will not last long in this sport.
Please - no pictures.
“Pat has always been a male. It’s just Pat was not assigned properly at birth”
Anyone who can say that is insane.
Liberalism is insane.
First of all, “Kevni,” I can’t glean from the article what sex the person was, is, thinks it is. Poor writing. I could guess but why should I.
Second of all...oh forget it.
Um...I think you read it wrong
That chick has some nasty looking nipples.
I don't understand how it has gotten as far as it has. Don't organized sports have very strict rules about drug use? How the heck to folks who take drugs that mask their identities and change their hormones get to participate in professional sports?
It’s PAT!
I’ll let you in on a little “secret,” Kevni Baxter.
Boxing has beeen dead for years.
The two fake Liston-Ali “fights” were the point that marked the significant shift.
Push, push, push...
Push, push, push...
Push, push, push...
THE AGENDA!
The MSM pushes EVERYTHING and ANYTHING to destroy the West’s Judeo-Christian heritage. Just a hint, MSM; you can’t destroy God, try as your spiritual father satan might like. In the end, you WILL face your Creator and will have to explain why you led so many from the narrow road onto the wide road.
Plastic surgery does pig's snouts too.
Come on Kevni Baxter - go for the whole enchilada... How about then fights AS A BIRD? A boxer with feathers inserted under his skin would be an even BETTER story! Might even 'creep out' the folks in flyover... Oh go for it Kevni it could be sooooooo edgy.
“To warm up, Manuel shadow-boxed a pair of vending machines “
How do you do that?
Prepare for the disappointment that it doesn't look like Candice Swanepoel.
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