Chaz Bono (R) and Jennifer Elia attend the 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre on September 10, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

Listen I get it, you don’t understand bisexuality and transgender issues—but I get so tired of people who want to write about the bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender community—then turn around and badmouth two of its members; bisexual ex-girlfriend Jennifer Elia of Chaz Bono just got demoted down to another bi-erasure status called lesbianism. You know, when bisexuals date men, or date women, they have to change their status to either straight or gay/lesbian.

To top it all off, we get this very strong viewpoint from Liz Smith about Chaz not “maning up” because he decided to become the man he wanted to be and seems this writer doesn’t like it? Or she’s stating Jennifer had issues with it.

This split has been a long time coming, and anybody who had seen the documentary “Becoming Chaz” would have noted the signs and portents. As devoted and stand-by-your-sudden-man as Jennifer was — all through Chaz’s decision to self-identify as a male, have his breasts removed and be legally cited as male — Jennifer was clearly struggling and suffering. Continue reading »