screen space vs. real space

This is the fundamental disagreement between me and my peer group. They believe that because I haven't attended their gigs that I'm not 'really trans', and also that being a crossdresser in a public place should result in people stigmatising you. That's what they literally said in 2020, in the Dom Post. Now, all of my many allies in the Parliamentary precinct will notice that this is total garbage. They've seen me in so many outfits that they see me as human (and valid). Apparently, my Question Time reviews are quite popular on the Parliamentary intranet. This would explain how my view counts are really low, yet it seems like most people in that space are reading along. -

So, in essence, I don't need a lesson on how to be trans in public because I've been successfully doing so since 2020. I don't need cameras following me around because people were too afraid to talk to me without cameras. - Theatre space isn't real space, sorry. That's why the drags aren't as well-advanced in terms of their human rights campaign as I am. I've been fighting that fight for 4 years, and that has included refusing to accept working conditions that are less than 100% tolerant. I'm not poor because I'm a hopeless loser. I'm poor because people are afraid to hire me. But, like both Carmen and Georgina, I have an inheritance. I've used that inheritance to further the weed kaupapa, but also to further the trans kaupapa. It's a lot like Chris Fowlie described it: a change in law would change my ability to generate an income from my talents, so it's in my interest to progress those issues. But, compared to all those rich prick lobbyists, I'm sure that me and Gary are far more fun to deal with.