I think I’ll just flag this cool little documentary up today. L found it last night. It concerns a young transwoman trying to become ‘Miss England’. Not only does it give us a glimpse of the beauty pageant circuit in all it’s vapidity, but it paints a portrait of a woman with true character and charisma. I know it is lazy blogging just to post links we find on Youtube, but I really must say how much I admire Jackie Green: she is determined to be who she sees herself as, and to hell with the bigots and bullies. That is also in part why I love and admire Lyn so much: she, like jackie, is a determined, confident woman, an example to the whole world that we must always be ourselves, no matter what the bigots who cling to outdated, simplistic binaries may say. They show the world there is more to life than conformity, and that we must all grab the freedom to express ourselves however we wish. That applies not only to gender, but anything else: yes, it might not be ‘normal’, but who the hell is?