Today marks the launch of an exclusive, webisode series on CrushedPlanet called Gender Blender; Gender Blender follows three Transgender Beauty Pageant contestants as they navigate their lives, their loves and their gender.
The women in this series have a ton of heart. They're honest, funny, and full of insight into what makes us all human. Watching this series is a wild ride as each of them explores who they are and who they want to be.
The world is racing in two opposite directions. Fundamentalism verses openness and self-expression. Fundamentalism is not just happening in far away countries, it's deeply entrenched here. Many people in the United States don't believe in basic human rights including gay rights, don't believe in stem cell research, don't even believe in evolution.
It's so much easier to preach hate and fear than openness and self-expression. Hate and fear bring people to the polls, they're powerful emotions which can harness what we focuses on and what we ignore. Openness and self-expression can feel scary, and perhaps the part of openness and self-expression that is the scariest, is when it comes to our sexuality.
That's why I have tremendous respect for the women of Gender Blender. To understand and accept who we are, we must claim our sexuality. We need to understand what drives us sexually and try to appreciate where those powerful impulses come from. Those who insist on denying their sexuality can become a ball of confusion, and have a hard time loving themselves or anyone else. By claiming their sexuality, the cast of Gender Blender opened themselves up to live their lives and are able to love themselves and others. That's something to learn from.
CrushedPlanet is all about accepting who we are and sharing that, and then being open to others without judgment. Gender Blender gives us a view into life with honesty and openness, and we are thrilled to present Gender Blender to our viewers. Come try CrushedPlanet and be a part of our community. The fringe is our middle.
Here is the information on our premiere party for Gender Blender. Please come!
CrushedPlanet invites you to the Premiere of GENDER BLENDER
this Thursday night, June 12th.
GENDER BLENDER, a CrushedPlanet, a exclusive, captures the high stakes, drama and excitement surrounding a group of transgender beauty contestants who compete in the Queen USA and the Queen of the Universe pageants.
Click here for GENDER BLENDER trailer.
By the way: Gender Blender is, like all CrushedPlanet shows, free of product placement, advertisement or subtle manipulation to make you consume the stuff America wants you to buys. It is also free of agenda from corporations, free of censorship and free of moral judgment. Try to find that on TV!
We're celebrating the Premiere of Gender Blender this Thursday and want to invite you. The cast will be there and it's going to be a lot of fun.
Remember the party is this Thursday, June 12, 2008, 10 pm - 2 am
Club Cobra, 10927 Burbank Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
for information or questions feel free to call Felicia at 818-594-8881
or send Felicia an email: fcaplan@crushedplanet
We also hope you can support what CrushedPlanet is trying to do by spreading the word, especially to your artists and filmmaker friends. You can also purchase a membership to CrushedPlanet by clicking here.
Explore the site some more. Check out "It Just Might Work" - a humorous solution to the wolrd climate problem on our "Enviromaniacs" channel. Then there's the raw, hilarious "War on Comedy" channel. Leave a comment and let us know your favorite video.
The women in this series have a ton of heart. They're honest, funny, and full of insight into what makes us all human. Watching this series is a wild ride as each of them explores who they are and who they want to be.
The world is racing in two opposite directions. Fundamentalism verses openness and self-expression. Fundamentalism is not just happening in far away countries, it's deeply entrenched here. Many people in the United States don't believe in basic human rights including gay rights, don't believe in stem cell research, don't even believe in evolution.
It's so much easier to preach hate and fear than openness and self-expression. Hate and fear bring people to the polls, they're powerful emotions which can harness what we focuses on and what we ignore. Openness and self-expression can feel scary, and perhaps the part of openness and self-expression that is the scariest, is when it comes to our sexuality.
That's why I have tremendous respect for the women of Gender Blender. To understand and accept who we are, we must claim our sexuality. We need to understand what drives us sexually and try to appreciate where those powerful impulses come from. Those who insist on denying their sexuality can become a ball of confusion, and have a hard time loving themselves or anyone else. By claiming their sexuality, the cast of Gender Blender opened themselves up to live their lives and are able to love themselves and others. That's something to learn from.
CrushedPlanet is all about accepting who we are and sharing that, and then being open to others without judgment. Gender Blender gives us a view into life with honesty and openness, and we are thrilled to present Gender Blender to our viewers. Come try CrushedPlanet and be a part of our community. The fringe is our middle.
Here is the information on our premiere party for Gender Blender. Please come!
CrushedPlanet invites you to the Premiere of GENDER BLENDER
this Thursday night, June 12th.
GENDER BLENDER, a CrushedPlanet, a exclusive, captures the high stakes, drama and excitement surrounding a group of transgender beauty contestants who compete in the Queen USA and the Queen of the Universe pageants.
Click here for GENDER BLENDER trailer.
By the way: Gender Blender is, like all CrushedPlanet shows, free of product placement, advertisement or subtle manipulation to make you consume the stuff America wants you to buys. It is also free of agenda from corporations, free of censorship and free of moral judgment. Try to find that on TV!
We're celebrating the Premiere of Gender Blender this Thursday and want to invite you. The cast will be there and it's going to be a lot of fun.
Remember the party is this Thursday, June 12, 2008, 10 pm - 2 am
Club Cobra, 10927 Burbank Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
for information or questions feel free to call Felicia at 818-594-8881
or send Felicia an email: fcaplan@crushedplanet
We also hope you can support what CrushedPlanet is trying to do by spreading the word, especially to your artists and filmmaker friends. You can also purchase a membership to CrushedPlanet by clicking here.
Explore the site some more. Check out "It Just Might Work" - a humorous solution to the wolrd climate problem on our "Enviromaniacs" channel. Then there's the raw, hilarious "War on Comedy" channel. Leave a comment and let us know your favorite video.
I'm not sure I'm understanding this post correctly. Being transgender (including transsexual, such as some or all of the pageant contestants) deals with gender identity, not sexuality. In this post, it seems like that very important point was overlooked.
For instance, you stated: "We need to understand what drives us sexually and try to appreciate where those powerful impulses come from." But it would make a great deal more sense to say "what drives us gender-wise." The women of Gender Blender apparently understand what drives them gender-wise, which is why they are who they are and why they're doing what they're doing.
To put it another, I'll use myself as an example. I am a transsexual female. When I present myself in a feminine way, eg. wear makeup and women's clothing, I am doing so because of my gender identity, not my sexuality. On a related note, some transsexual, females have subdued or relatively inactive libidos due to the medication they take as part of their hormonal therapy. Spironolactone (an anti-androgen) is a perfect example.
Lastly, perhaps another point worth pondering is why transsexual or feminine beauty always has to be related to sex.
Cassandra, thanks for your comment. In this blog post I was comparing fundamentalism and the push to stigmatize or squash any sexual expression and exploration, with what I consider a more healthy approach, for each of us to look into and try to understand our own sexuality.
By using the word sexuality I don't mean sex. I mean sexuality in a broad sense. I just looked up the dictionary definition of sexuality, "The quality or state of being sexual". I think it is important for each of us to try to find out who we are sexually,and I would include any issues of gender in that personal search because gender is part of sexual identity.
But I get your point, and thanks for posting it, that gender identity is a specific issue and it is not directly related to sex.