LGBT Communities Little Dark Secret Still In The Closet - The article by Buzzfeed regarding main street press discrimination towards trans individuals may or may not be true, as I haven’t conducted a study or researched any specific studies into the situation. However, I can state unequivocally, as for myself, the LGBT media shouldn’t be pointing fingers and making allegations towards anyone. The “main stream press” are not the only ones who discriminated against trans people or the trans community. I’ve been featured in the “main stream press” all my life, including after my transitioning to Camilla Rose Waters. However, not one single LGBT press or media organization, except for Transition Radio TV, produced by Mark Angelo Cummings and Jessica Lynn Cummings, ever covered my story. Not that I haven’t attempted to correct this situation and introduce myself to many LGBT press/media organizations. I’ve been told I’m the only professional trans woman musician in the world performing Cowboy music. The first ever trans in the Western Music Association and the first trans in the Portland Folk Music Society, not to mention being Blind and that I was a John Denver look alike and performed tribute concerts worldwide. Now are you trying to tell me that a Blind Trans Cowgirl Professional Musician who was an Internationally renowned John Denver look-a-like and tribute artist, plus is the only one in the world doing what she is doing and shattered the glass ceiling of western music community is not a story? Even here in the ”liberal” city of Portland, Oregon USA, a city that is supposedly Trans friendly. For me this has been true by mostly everyone, EXCEPT for the LGBT community. I have attempted many times now to connect with the LGBT community and press and yet not one LGBT news media person will even speak with me, locally, nationally or internationally. Despite, the Portland Folk Music Society made me the featured artist for November and December 2013. Plus, for the first time ever the Western Music Association reviewed a trans musicians CD and placed it under the category Best of The West in their glossy magazine The Western Way. Thus far in my life, in general and not all, I’ve found the LGBT community,locally, regionally, nationally or internationally to be highly discriminatory, especially towards trans individuals, enjoy private cliques, bitter, resentful, closed minded, not supportive, uncooperative, suspicious, paranoid and never will acknowledge you, unless you pass their own structured litmus test. On the other hand, the “regular straight community and main street media” have been, more often than not, open and accepting of the new me. I even have performed concerts at christian churches, cowboy ranches, cowboy bars, western and folk events etc… and have always felt welcomed. On Facebook, out of approximately 5000 people, I have more Christians, hard core western and rodeo people by far, maybe 300 to 1, than LGBT people. I have not performed, nor been asked to perform, although Ive tried, for any LGBT event of any sort, except for the 2010 Colorado Springs Pride Fest. Here in Portland for over 6 months I attempted to reach the local LGBT coordinators of the Pride Northwest Fest celebrated in Portland. Only a few days before the festival do I get a call back saying they never received any phone calls or emails from me, and I sent many, that there was no room at the event for someone like me. I’m not the only trans person in the world to encounter this LGBT press/media discrimination, to say the least. Its a little dark secret no one wants to talk about or acknowledge. In other words the secret is still in the closet. I know one trans woman in particular who dedicated much to the trans community and even helped create and pass revolutionary Colorado state laws for trans people and has yet been unable to get her story in any LGBT media. When the Trans and LGB community stop acting and reacting like oppressed individuals/people, support its own community and people - the better off it will be for all. Feel free to contact me at anytime for an interview. Thanks to all my friends and supporters. Camilla Rose camillaroselive@yahoo camillaroselive (719) 588-7549
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 10:23:47 +0000
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