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Isis is an interesting name, more so as in Greek mythology, Isis is celebrated as the ideal mother and wife, patron of nature and magic; friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, the downtrodden, as well as listening to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats. and rulers.
Isis also is known as the goddess of simplicity, from whom all beginnings arose, and was the Lady of bread, of beer, and of green fields. In later myths, Ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile River flooded every year because of her tears of sorrow for her dead husband, Osiris.
Ok – Isis is also the name of a 22 year old entrant in the 11th cycle of “America’s Next Top Model”. Isis King (or Tsunami) is a guy1.
“I did the shoot, gave it my all, and the rest is history. They liked me, I really tried to shine because I told myself, you never know what can come from this opportunity.”
King explains: “I pulled Mr. Jay [Manuel, the art director] to the side and said, ‘If I wanted to come back and try out for the show, have you ever had a girl who was born in the wrong body?’ And he said, ‘I guess they haven’t put that much into it.’”
The inclusion of Isis on the show is being hailed by GLAAD2president Neil Giuliano as “an unprecedented opportunity for a community that is underrepresented on television.
“We applaud Tyra Banks and The CW for making this historic visibility of transgender people possible,” Giuliano said.
So I have to wonder why in this world where transgendered people want to live their lives in a quiet, normal manner, would someone stand up on TV and proclaim they are not what they appear to be.
Why the attention? Heck, Isis looks like a female, albeit an airbrushed one. Bitch – 22 years old and looks like what she says she identifies as.
I wish her well although she draws an aura of freak around MTF transgendered people.
[1] I think he’s actually a female impersonator. Drag queen. Transvestite. Not a transgendered person.
[2] Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
