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NOW’s move a misstep
I found your article, "NOW calls for
education on transgendered, transsexu-
als" (Dallas Voice, Aug. 8, 1997) a curi-
ous inclusion in the Voice in that the
issues facing the transgendered are not
necessarily the same as those faced by
gays and lesbians. For the latter group,
the issue centers on one's sexuality, not
gender. Among the transgendered, the
opposite is true. They don't consider
themselves gay or lesbian, but rather as
individuals upon whom nature has
played a cruel physical trick. That the
National Organization for Women is
not concerned about transgendered
individuals unless they are men who
become women is not surprising con-
sidering the group's propensity for
hypocrisy. They won't accept these men
until they mutilate their genitals to
become females. Then, in NOW's view,
the value of their lives is upgraded and
they become important. While still
men, transgendered women are most
certainly subjected to extreme verbal
and physical harassment due to their
effeminate appearance and behavior.
But until they make that complete
physical change, NOW won't view any
violence or oppression they might suf-
fer as a serious matter.
Ironically, NOW has taken up the
issue of female genital mutilation that
occurs in a handful of underdeveloped
countries and is pushing for legislation
to outlaw the practice in the United
States. They ignore, however, that the
vast majority of newborn males in this
country are routinely circumcised with-
out anesthesia and for no established
medical reason. NOW maintains insur-
ance policies that cover this procedure,
but the same policies also require
potential hysterectomy or mastectomy
patients to obtain second opinions.
The statement by NOW official
Elizabeth Toledo that her group has a
"commitment to eliminating stereo-
types associated with gender" is outra-
geous when the organization perpetu-
ates such feminist myths as all men are
violent and fathers are inconsequential
in children's lives. The mission of NOW
has changed from securing equality for
women in all aspects of society to
ensuring that the civil rights of adult
females are protected at all costs.
Consider that they will move heaven
and earth to safeguard their sacred
abortion rights, but haven't worked at
all to change divorce and child custody
laws that are mostly disadvantageous
to men. They don't want pregnant
women who deliberately consume alco-
hol and/or drugs to be dubbed crimi-
nals, but demand that men who are
merely accused of rape or child
molestation be incarcerated without
question. They talk of equal rights for
everyone, but haven't led a convoy of
women to the post office to register for
Selective Service. Therefore, it's beyond
me why [Dallas Voice] published this
articles, as NOW is clearly a biased
assembly, while the homosexual com-
munity tries desperately to abolish the
hate and discrimination that its mem-
bers have universally experienced. I
also wonder what NOW thinks of
women who come to realize that they
are actually male and undergo surgery
to achieve that. Not much, I'm sure.
Lazaro De La Garza
Dallas
FBI improving relations with gays
I have come to believe that often
times there is an opportunity in many
of the crises in our lives. Crises can
motivate us to change the way we view
our world, or even more, to change the
world.
Recently the gay and lesbian com-
munity experienced a crisis, as Andrew
Cunanan became one of the most want-
ed people in America. I think we han-
dled this situation fairly well, but many,
including the FBI, have stated that the
FBI could have done more during its
investigation to reach out to our com-
munity. Such a public admission by the
FBI is unusual, and perhaps indicative
of the changes in the FBI and in their
relationship with us.
As a gay man and career FBI agent, I
can attest to the recent changes in the
FBI regarding gays and lesbians. The
FBI now has a number of openly gay
and lesbian agents and support person-
nel (some are in supervisory positions),
and the Bureau hires openly gay and
lesbian applicants for these positions.
During the Cunanan investigation,
the Special Agent in Charge of the San
Diego FBI office spoke of assigning an
FBI agent as a permanent liaison to the
gay and lesbian community. We are also
discussing other ideas and approaches
with the FBI, which might help all of us
in the future.
This is an opportunity for us to take
the initiative and reach out to the FBI
with our ideas, recommendations or
complaints. Request that the agent in
charge of your city's FBI office appoint
a permanent liaison to our community.
Contact FBI Director Louis J. Freeh at
FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
and request that he adopt this liaison
program nationwide and undertake
other measures to improve the FBI's
relationship with us.
This moment in time affords us an
excellent opportunity to take the lead
and create positive changes. Our com-
munity, the FBI and the entire country
will benefit from our actions.
Frank Buttino,
Retired FBI agent
San Diego
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AUGUST 15, 1997
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