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When I was a kid I used to argue with my mother all of the time over whether I did or did not know everything. I told her I knew everything and she always insisted I couldn’t possibly. It took years after to realize what I was trying to tell her was that I knew everything I wanted to about anything that was important to me. Which to a child … is everything.
Nowadays I’m always learning new things about subjects I absolutely thought I knew plenty about. I love all that I learn when I interview guests on my show, which is why these days I prefer the interview shows over anything else. This last Sunday I welcomed a friend of mine and a DJ from Rainbow Mix Radio. Her name is Danica (aka The Canadian Wild Cat) and she joined me on a show I called “Being Transgender Part II.”
Danica is on her way to gender reassignment surgery this June, so I was able to catch her at a unique time in her life; the woman on the cusp of becoming the woman. Danica was born a male with a female trapped inside. She indeed, no doubt about it, always knew her bits and pieces were a terrible mistake. What I did not know about my guest was she grew up as one of the more masculine guys. A total meathead from what she describes it, with muscles and all that.
We talked about her long journey into transitioning that started at age 37 and continues today in her 40’s. Hormone replacement therapy and where to get help if you need it were big topics. She is Canadian which is a territory I don’t usually cover so hearing that things are as archaic there as possibly the USA and UK is always sad.
The saddest thing about all of this is how much trouble it all is. I never thought it would be so hard to be ourselves in a world which tells everyone to be themselves. You can be unique … so long as it’s the kind of unique we had in mind. Right? Every second is so precious to me and it never feels like I’m spending them right. (Refer to last week’s blog about Time.)
To think that people spend 40 years of life getting around to being who they really are and then having to work their way through government bureaucracy for another five years to BE themselves … absolutely ridiculous. It doesn’t seem to get much easier but it does unmask society as the silly joker it is. So silly in fact we might as well just be ourselves … ignore the jester on the main floor carrying on like a fool about what is right and what is wrong. Just be. Just think.
The Fabulous D Show - Being Transgender Part II can be heard and downloaded for free at this link: http://theartistd.com/radio/season_5/thefabulousdshow_20120513.html
May 17, 2012- -
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