To the closet cases

ie James Cain and Elliot Vaughan, but also many others. People with female partners who like to dress up in the sack, or at a gig. You can't be 'for' trans rights while participating in conversion therapy, so don't pretend. - Newsflash: that's not being trans, or non-binary, in terms of public presentation. For you it's a giddy thrill; for me, it's the life I've lived since early 2020.

How dare you question my validity as a transgender individual? Haven't seen you at GMA, and neither have I seen you out on the streets. I don't have a girlfriend, and none of them have stuck it out with a trans person. - My motivations are my own, and it's hard to deny that unfiltering myself caused me to leap from gifted amateur to talented professional. With my inheritance, the equation alters. I expect a real apology. I highly recommend watching the movie of Torch Song Trilogy, then shutting up. - Why do I hate James Cain so much? Because I know he has a day job that pays well, and then he has the temerity to tell me how to fucking dress via online porn. The reason he has that day job is because he is in the closet. RNZ hired an out trannie, but they weren't expecting me to be out at the office, so shoved me on the night shift. They didn't fire me; they knew that would look bad, and I had a defensible claim. At least RNZ feel guilty, while Red Scare feel no guilt over harassing and threatening me. I'm simply demanding that they acknowledge guilt as a way of avoiding court. Believe me, James and Cass, I'll win and it will be public knowledge that you're bigots. Either way, your bullshit will be public, but you can choose to apologise before court. - Your musicians aren't salaried, so you're not a band. Amateurs with day jobs. Lots of those people want to play my stuff, and that requires a public apology. Otherwise, all the Orchestra Wellington people that didn't bully me get to play my opera, and your people will be found out and fired. - No VUW students can be involved unless I receive an apology from John Allen. There's no learning experience for your diminished music department unless I hear explicit language that says transphobic views from that faculty were plain, and that your administration didn't do enough to question them. Blinded by dollar signs... that's what I think happened. Dr. Fisher might need to say: 'I'm not a better composer; my idiom is simply what the funders want, but that doesn't mean that I've spent years researching non-Western musics, as Amanda has, nor does it mean that I have a full understanding of classical vocal music, as that's not my specialty.' A creative collaboration isn't research. That's just exploiting Jerome to make money. Literally; her taonga pūoro dude is called Jerome. Pan's Preludes required zero special instruments to 'sound' Māori. People at TWOA want to attribute that to my whakapapa, and that might be part of it, but I'm just a Pākehā that has an instinct for various musics. My film teacher was an ethnomusicologist, and shared that with me as well. -

Bear in mind I could do this opera in Otago, Christchurch, Auckland or possibly Melbourne, London or Toronto.

Wellington happens to be where I live, but these people are making it impossible. Bullies don't get rights to my IP: that's all I have to say. Courtesy, respect and procedural fairness are what count. Dave A's been fair, and they've been a bunch of sneaky shits attempting to force themselves on me. Dave's not bound to Wellington re: production. He'd totally travel for a premiere. - That, Cassandra, is a completely valid answer that forces an apology.

You and your husband are straight. Sorry!

As straight people that have a kinky bedroom life, you aren't qualified to comment on my self-expression.

You presumed I'm a kink case cos James is. You've never spoken to me, and never met me. How could you possibly think you had the right to make my script? You didn't think. Now it's costing you. Apologise promptly to allow me to attend gigs again.

You, Red Scare and VUW, are why the boycott isn't over. People want me reviewing things, so give me the apology I require.