-> Knowing his occupation and observing him briefly and superficially were sufficient, together, for me to guess confidently about aspects of Edwin's life that he never mentioned. I know what he was like as a boy. I know what kind of person he is sexually attracted to. I know what kinds of activities interest him and what kinds do not. I am least sure what he will look like five years from now.
+looking for a use—
+
+> "My dear, let us hope it is not true; but, if it is true, let us hope it will not become generally known."
>
-> —J. Michael Bailey, _The Man Who Would Be Queen: the Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism_, Preface
+> —[probably apocryphal](http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/02/09/darwinism-hope-pray/) reaction to Darwin's theory of natural selection
+
+> "—but if one hundred thousand straights can turn up, to show their support for the gay community, why can't you?"
+>
+> I said wearily, "Because every time I hear the word _community_, I know I'm being manipulated. If there is such a thing as _the gay community_, I'm certainly not a part of it. As it ahppens, I don't want to spend my life watching _gay and lesbian_ television channels, using _gay and lesbian_ new systems ... or going to _gay and lesbian_ street parades. It's all so ... proprietary. You'd think there was a multinational corporation who had the franchise rights on homosexuality. ANd if you don't _market the product_ their way, you're some kind of second-class, inferior, bootleg, unauthorized queer."
+>
+> —"Cocoon" by Greg Egan
+
+> I knew the mass of men conceal'd
+> Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd
+> They would by other men be met
+> With blank indifference, or with blame reprov'd;
+> I knew they liv'd and mov'd
+> Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest
+> Of men, and alien to themselves—and yet
+> The same heart beats in every human breast!
+>
+> "The Buried Life" by Matthew Arnold
+
+> All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world
+>
+> —Thomas Jefferson
+
+----
(An Infovist's Advisory)
> I said, "The truth is whatever you can get away with."
>
> —[@InstanceOfClass](https://twitter.com/InstanceOfClass/status/296450595420778497)
-> I cannot believe my eyes
-> How the world's filled with filth and lies
-> But it's plain to see
-> Evil inside of me
-> Is on the rise
->
-> —"My Eyes", _Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog_
-
(response to hate mail)
> And believe me I am still alive
> I'm doing science and I'm still alive
>
> —[_Steven Universe_ extended theme](https://youtu.be/H23rpzOAIzQ?t=48s)
-> "My dear, let us hope it is not true; but, if it is true, let us hope it will not become generally known."
->
-> —[probably apocryphal](http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/02/09/darwinism-hope-pray/) reaction to Darwin's theory of natural selection
-
-> "I will destroy you and steal your fiancé, booty booty booty booty rocking everywhere!"
->
-> —[from](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2HCgzxMDA) _Friendship Is Witchcraft_, "Foaly Matripony"
-
-(Reduce Gender Identities)
-> And there's a fine, fine line
-> Between what you wanted
-> And what you got
-> You've got to go after the things you want
-> While you're still in your prime
->
-> —"There's a Fine, Fine Line", _Avenue Q_
-
+(sex differences are the right thing to deny)
> Some mommies are ranchers, or poetry makers
> Or doctors or teachers, or cleaners or bakers
> Some mommies drive taxis, or sing on TV
>
> —"Parents Are People", _Free to Be You and Me_
-> "—but if one hundred thousand straights can turn up, to show their support for the gay community, why can't you?"
->
-> I said wearily, "Because every time I hear the word _community_, I know I'm being manipulated. If there is such a thing as _the gay community_, I'm certainly not a part of it. As it ahppens, I don't want to spend my life watching _gay and lesbian_ television channels, using _gay and lesbian_ new systems ... or going to _gay and lesbian_ street parades. It's all so ... proprietary. You'd think there was a multinational corporation who had the franchise rights on homosexuality. ANd if you don't _market the product_ their way, you're some kind of second-class, inferior, bootleg, unauthorized queer."
->
-> —"Cocoon" by Greg Egan
-
(The Gender Czar's Compromise)
> Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.
>
>
> —"Deception", _Jem_
-> The realization blasted through Harry like a vast dam breaking, releasing out all its water, bursting through his mind in an irresistible flood that swept everything away.
->
-> There is only one reality that generates all of the observations.
->
-> If different observations seem to point in incompatible directions, it means the true hypothesis is one you haven't thought of yet.
->
-> —_Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality_ by Eliezer Yudkowsky
-
> Ooh-bi-doo, I wanna be like you
> I want to walk like you, talk like you, too
> You see it's true, an ape like me
>
> —"I Wanna Be Like You", _The Jungle Book_
+(Mary's Room?)
Moliere on "dormative virtue"
-> I don't want to sabotage you
-> But you see, I've got to try
->
-> —"I'll Fly", _My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic_
-
-(the story of my name??)
-> Sometimes the things you want
-> Are not the things you need
-> And it was right there in front of me
->
-> —"Right There in Front of Me", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
-
+(Blanchard's Dangerous Idea)
> MUGATU
> The man has only one look, for Christ's sake! Crossdresser, demigirl, trans woman? They're the _same people_!
>
>
> —[_Zoolander_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKBWtoH93Q) (paraphrased)
-> I knew the mass of men conceal'd
-> Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd
-> They would by other men be met
-> With blank indifference, or with blame reprov'd;
-> I knew they liv'd and mov'd
-> Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest
-> Of men, and alien to themselves—and yet
-> The same heart beats in every human breast!
->
-> "The Buried Life" by Matthew Arnold
-
-> I know there's more that's out there
-> And I just haven't found it yet
-> I know there's more that's out there
-> Another me I haven't met
->
-> —"What More Is Out There", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
-
-> I don't give a damn about my reputation
-> You're living in the past it's a new generation
-> A girl can do what she wants to do
-> And that's what I'm gonna do
->
-> —"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett
-
-> All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world
+> Perhaps someday we [...] will be able to forthrightly acknowledge the paraphilic hand we were dealt and play that hand without equivocation or apology.
>
-> —Thomas Jefferson
-
-http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/
+> —Anne Lawrence, _Men Trapped in Men's Bodies_
(The Hand I Was Dealt)
> This is the one that I had to write
>
> —"Dying to Begin" by Stretch Princess
-(The Hand I Was Dealt)
+(The Hand I Was Dealt?)
> I'll write my way out
> Write everything down, far as I can see
> I'll write my way out
> "It doesn't feel like anything," one girl told me. "It feels like having an elbow, a nose, a toe. It just is."
>
> —Jennifer Finney Boylan, _She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders_
+
+----
+
+Less obviously fitting—
+
+> Knowing his occupation and observing him briefly and superficially were sufficient, together, for me to guess confidently about aspects of Edwin's life that he never mentioned. I know what he was like as a boy. I know what kind of person he is sexually attracted to. I know what kinds of activities interest him and what kinds do not. I am least sure what he will look like five years from now.
+>
+> —J. Michael Bailey, _The Man Who Would Be Queen: the Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism_, Preface
+
+> I cannot believe my eyes
+> How the world's filled with filth and lies
+> But it's plain to see
+> Evil inside of me
+> Is on the rise
+>
+> —"My Eyes", _Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog_
+
+> "I will destroy you and steal your fiancé, booty booty booty booty rocking everywhere!"
+>
+> —[from](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2HCgzxMDA) _Friendship Is Witchcraft_, "Foaly Matripony"
+
+> And there's a fine, fine line
+> Between what you wanted
+> And what you got
+> You've got to go after the things you want
+> While you're still in your prime
+>
+> —"There's a Fine, Fine Line", _Avenue Q_
+
+> I know there's more that's out there
+> And I just haven't found it yet
+> I know there's more that's out there
+> Another me I haven't met
+>
+> —"What More Is Out There", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
+
+> I don't give a damn about my reputation
+> You're living in the past it's a new generation
+> A girl can do what she wants to do
+> And that's what I'm gonna do
+>
+> —"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett
+
+> "The Order of Silent Confessors exists in the hope that, so long as humanity is sane, it can make choices in accordance with its true desires. Thus there is our Order dedicated _only_ to that, and sworn not to interfere in politics. So you will spend more time discussing this scenario, my lords, my ladies, and only then generate solutions. And then ... you will decide."
+>
+> —[_Three Worlds Collide_](http://lesswrong.com/lw/y6/war_andor_peace_28/) by Eliezer Yudkowsky
+
+> The realization blasted through Harry like a vast dam breaking, releasing out all its water, bursting through his mind in an irresistible flood that swept everything away.
+>
+> There is only one reality that generates all of the observations.
+>
+> If different observations seem to point in incompatible directions, it means the true hypothesis is one you haven't thought of yet.
+>
+> —_Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality_ by Eliezer Yudkowsky
+
+> I don't want to sabotage you
+> But you see, I've got to try
+>
+> —"I'll Fly", _My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic_
+
+> Sometimes the things you want
+> Are not the things you need
+> And it was right there in front of me
+>
+> —"Right There in Front of Me", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
+
+http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/
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