I have not bitched for a while. This situation is stressful and unhealthy.
Keeping a stiff upper lip and emotions bottled up is a dangerous combination.
Just like hydrogen gas, it might blow up unexpectedly.
It is wise to remember that “a bitch a day keeps the shrink away.”
But before I start venting, I would like to salute William Bruce Jenner.
Because it takes a lot of balls to do what this man just did.
At age 65 Bruce Jenner went public, and announced that he is a transgender and will transition to womanhood.
This is a very gutsy decision and it takes a lot of heart to do that.
Bruce Jenner. The Golden Boy. Decathlon Gold medal winner at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal.
All American hero. The embodiment of virility. The perfect male specimen. Father of 6 children.
After a lifetime of pretending, in an emotional TV interview with Diane Sawyer, Bruce comes clean and said in that he never felt comfortable being a man. He might have had the physical attributes of a male, but deep in his heart, Bruce always felt like woman.
Contrarily to what some fools assert, you are born a transgender, lesbian or homosexual, and there is no “cure” for it.
So you may as well embrace who you really are.
And it is becoming easier, thanks to courageous people like Bruce.
Nobody chose to be homosexual or transgender. It is a fluke of nature.
For a long time LGBT people (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) were ridiculed and discriminated against.
To change this perception takes a few ballsy celebrities. These people are different, but not weird.
And what business of yours is it anyway to interfere with their lifestyle?
I applaud Bruce’s decisions to go public and choose a way of life he feels most comfortable with.
No matter what happens, he is still an Olympic champion and nobody can take this away from him.
In my eyes, he is the embodiment of determination and courage!
So long Bruce and may the wind always be at your back.
“May neighbors respect you,
The angels protect you,
The angels protect you,
And heaven accept you.”
I am now too tired to bitch but take heart, I’ll be back soon with plenty to “kvetch” about.
Alain