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Journal tomhudson's Journal: Threatening to "out" me? Silly kook ... 171

Silly usenet kook - trying to troll me is like bringing coals to Newcastle :-) This is one of the netkooks who threatened to sue me earlier this year. Since that worked so well (not) they're resorting to the lowest and stupidest of threats ... ;-P

It was funny to see a usenet kook (search for "Jennifer Usher srs kook faq") threatening to "out" me. I've been "out" on slashdot since 2005, and slashdot has a lot more readers than an obscure usenet group.

Of course, outing someone against their will is in bad taste, not to mention it could have serious real-world consequences, from job loss to physical injury. It's one reason I recommend not "being stealth", even when, like me, it's a realistic option. Not to mention that it's illegal in plenty of places (like where I live), and a violation of many TOS. Oh wait, I just mentioned it. Silly me :-)

Part Two: The advantages and disadvantages of being "out"

First, consider that in the long term you may not realistically have a choice. It's almost inevitable that if you're living in "stealth mode", there are going to be some slip-ups. It could be as simple as someone from your past accidentally mentioning it to someone they thought already knew, or gaps in your cover story that will elicit questions. A legal issue could arise that requires you to acknowledge your previous life before you changed gender. Someone you trusted may simply decide to out you over some petty grievance.

You don't have control over how this happens, and when that happens, life can get ugly. Damage control will be difficult, and the consequences both at home and at work can be devastating. On the other hand, if the people around you already know, and you treat it like a non-issue, so will most of them.

simplify your life and reduce your stress

There's also something else to consider when weighing the question of "to stealth or not to stealth" - just how much background stress are you experiencing when, in the back of your mind, you have this nagging worry that some day the other shoe will drop. Do you remember how relieved you were to start living full-time as a woman rather than maintaining two identities? Consider how much better life could, not just for you but for those around you, when the world isn't divided into "those who know" and "those I hope don't find out.".

Society has changed in the last few decades, and the perceived stigma associated with having a transsexual past is less than ever. Most people understand that it's not something you "choose", it's something you "are", same as your skin colour or your height or age, or whether you catch colds easily. When it comes to gender, "it is what it is", same as sexual orientation.

Another advantage is that when you finally find the job you like and are settled in, it won't suddenly become an issue that you may have fudged your resumé to cover for some of the gaps in your past.

There are, of course, problems that can come up by being open about your past. There will always be the gossip, the petty person who can only make themselves feel good by making others feel bad. If they don't know, they can't use it against you. However, by the same token, if you don't care who knows, and if the people around you already know, they can't really use it against you either. By being "out", you've at least partially immunized yourself from such ignorami.

Usher attacks anyone - transsexual, transgender, cross-dresser, whatever - who doesn't "measure up" to some mythical standard because Usher is, quite literally, unable to pass as a woman. Once claiming to be a transvestite, then "more than a transvestite but less than a transsexual", then all sorts of other crazy combos, nobody believes Usher ever was a transsexual, and is certainly not typical. Confronted with this after a decade of attacking transsexuals, Usher attacks all transsexuals who disagree, or those of us who, like me, support the rights of all LGBT, not just other transsexuals.

Like every other group, transsexuals attract a certain subset of crazies. Dealing with them is where I first learned to troll, so it has its' good points. :-)

A bit more context: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.srs/browse_thread/thread/37ddf476ca3cece1#

Usher is the archetype of a transquisling. Claims to belong, but motivated by self-loathing, fear of being discovered as a fake, and sheer stupidity, actively works to undermine transsexuals. Oh well, another month, another silly threat ... c'est la vie!

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  • I skimmed the link and cannot tell who is trolling whom.

    • Usher has been attacking transsexuals and other transgenders on-line for the past decade. Usher also is an employee of the University of California San Francisco, working with CAPS - one of the departments that deals with LGBT issues. As such, Usher has access to information about people who would be sensitive to being outed.

      For a state employee in such a position to not only attack members of the LGBT community on a regular basis, but to now start threatening to out them, is one of those WTF situations

      • by gmhowell ( 26755 )

        Didn't know this tool was employed in a position of trust. While I doubt Anonymous would be of help, there's certainly ways to make a public employee's life hell.

        • It gets better ... the aforementioned tool has gone ahead with the threats, and said that it won't matter because it wasn't done at work. I'm in the process of doing what has to be done. BTW, say "hi" to the tool - because the tool is reading everything I write, and has been doing so for some time.

          The funny thing is that Usher doesn't have a clue. For example

          • claiming that I am not a transsexual. Who am I going to believe - a usenet kook or 4 doctors? That's SO hard to decide ... :-)
          • claiming that I
          • by gmhowell ( 26755 )

            I've never understood the motivations of the stalker. People seriously need better hobbies. (Like my ex-wife's friends, is it really that interesting reading what I'm saying here? Maybe Tom and I could introduce one of you to Usher and you could leave us alone?)

            • <quote><p>I've never understood the motivations of the stalker. People seriously need better hobbies. (Like my ex-wife's friends, is it really that interesting reading what I'm saying here? Maybe Tom and I could introduce one of you to Usher and you could leave us alone?)</p></quote>

              Well, why not ask tomhudson, who has been stalking me for some time. That is why I responded as I did. I simply provided tomhudson a taste of what tomhudson has done to me, except I told the truth.

              In fa
              • by gmhowell ( 26755 )

                Tom gets a pass because she is entertaining. So far, you don't earn a pass.

                • <quote><p>Tom gets a pass because she is entertaining. So far, you don't earn a pass.</p></quote>

                  Sorry, but for me this is not a joke, or something to be entertaining about. You see, for me this is about my life. Unlike some, for example, tomhudson, I am not interested in telling any and all about my history, Some in my life know, most don't. I don't broadcast my situation. I did not choose to be out online, but was outed quite against my will.

                  Quite frankly, I am not looking for
                  • You've been slagging anyone and everyone you disagree with for a decade. You've been caught in so many lies, so many times, that people are fed up. There's a reason nobody likes you. You have abused too many people, for too long. And now it's all coming out. And BTW, keep posting here - google indexes my journal entries. It'll just make it much more visible that Jenifer Usher, netkook trs ordinaire, the "more than a transvestite, less than a transsexual" who then "became" "transsexual" and then "true transe
                    • Just to hit the high points...

                      I don't attack people because I disagree with them. I do stand up to petty little bullies who can't take what they wish to dish out.

                      I don't identify as a "woman born transsexual." The person who invented that term is a well known kook, but that is a story for another day. As I said, I identify a a woman, period.

                      Actually, tomhudson wanted me to join in starting a discussion site and I declined. He became angry and started attacking me. Funny, but he does exactly what he cla
                    • Anonymous Coward...

                      Truer words were never spoken.
                  • I am not looking for a pass

                    Good thing, because we've seen the pics, and pass you don't.

                    You see, that is what separates a transsexual from the rest. We are not interested in making sure everyone knows our secret. We simply want to live our lives in quiet peace, but there are those who try to prevent that. They want to force us to join their efforts to change society, and when we decline, or worse, oppose their efforts, they become angry and attack.

                    So lets see ... Andrea James [andreajames.com] isn't a transsexual. Lynn [umich.edu]

                    • You attempted to out me in the newsgroup. You said: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.srs/browse_thread/thread/16f58babe3c5dafc# [google.com]

                      Coming soon, to a newsgroup near you ...

                      The exciting story of the real Barbie....

                      See him hoist by his own petard....

                      Find out some interesting facts....

                      Find out his REAL name...

                      Find out some of his dirty little secrets...

                      Stay tuned...

                      Jennifer

                      The only reason I'm out here is because I got outed helping someone else back in 2005 - and there are still ma

                    • Nina Arseneault has two post-graduate degrees. You have nothing.

                      Nina Arseneault is being sponsored by companies like Shoppers DrugMart - Canada's largest drug chain - for her next play. You went on workfare to get your 1-room bug-infested SRO on skid row.

                      You meet Andrea James definition of akook. [tsroadmap.com]

                      Some emotionally disturbed people regularly post to various trans newsgroups and bulletin boards.

                      If you anger some people online, they will not hesitate to spend a big part of their lives trying to track yo

                    • Many of these newsgroup "hangers-on" are very adept at using sophisticated computer techniques to discover your electronic trail, and any posts you make can give them clues as to your identity. Not long after this article was originally put up, someone was outed by another trans woman on this Internet "support" newsgroup. The person who outed them included the closeted person's full name,

                      You're the one who outed me on usenet, not the other way around. That makes you the netkook. You're the one with the q

                    • I have never threatened to reveal anyone's birth name anywhere. You did. Maybe I should send a link to AJ and ask her to comment on it, since you seem to think she's a friend of yours.

                      You're the one who is making this public, by following me here (I have never posted on your crappy justjenniferblog.blogspot.com blog). I'm just exploiting it to the max, to let the world see how UCSF (University of California San Francisco) needs to revamp their hiring practices because they let a known trans-hater named

                    • Your lies about being a computer programmer are easily disproved, and germane to slashdot.

                      You claimed to have all this computer experience, and you you have spent the last decade living on the streets, in homeless shelters, or cadging a room in someone else's home. The last 5 years you've been living in an SRO (single room occupancy) in the Mission Street Hotel, which only accepts placements from other government agencies working with the homeless.

                      They got you a workfare job as a clerk.

                      All that "IT kno

                    • You've been pushing people around for years and years, and we're all fed up with it - not just in the news groups but on the web.

                      Your attacking people from a UCSF computer makes it a public policy problem. You've done it before, and you were warned by UCSF then, remember?

                    • I already gave the instructions. Not my fault you can't use google - everyone else can find them easy enough.

                      but what the heck, I'll just take this opportunity to post what some other people think of you:

                      A classic from 2007 http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.srs/msg/47303ec58e82f63d [google.com]

                      THE THOMAS 'JENNIFER' USHER TRANSVESTITE KOOK FAQ

                      Thomas "Jennifer" Usher, known net-wide by his more common name of Tommy Usher, has been accused of being an internet kook and posting several thousand messa

                  • by gmhowell ( 26755 )

                    Unlike some, for example, tomhudson, I am not interested in telling any and all about my history, Some in my life know, most don't. I don't broadcast my situation.

                    Your TL;DR post elsewhere in this journal calls this into question.

                    • Sorr We've been putting up with this brain-fart's crap for almost a decade. The lies, the threats to sue (too numerous to count), the abuse. A little noise pollution in my journal on Troll Tuesday in return for some great background quotes is a fair trade-off.

                      This is probably going to get a LOT more public over the next 3 months.

                    • by gmhowell ( 26755 )

                      I'm not sure why this person has so much invested in this. For christ's sake, my ex-wife's friends have done me real damage online, yet I let it roll off my back, knowing that their loveless marriages are the crop they are reaping with their harpyish behaviour.

                      Similarly, if your stalker is so offended by you and your actions, the best bet would be to ignore it. Living well is the best revenge (although, based on what pc thinks is 'living well', I'm not sure that that is possible).

                      FWIW, I've generally though

                    • Thanks.

                      There's a long history here, I sort of let some people down 5 years ago after first exposing this retard - I didn't follow through. This is one of those "pay it forward" things. Other people stood up so I can enjoy the rights I have. Plus porkchop has messed up a few people, including someone you've encountered online.

                      FWIW, I've generally thought of you in asexual terms. Except when it comes to the topic of this JE and similar ones, I don't give a shit whether you were born or made or became this

                  • I am not interested in telling any and all about my history

                    The contents of your 70,000 usenet posts, your transvestite geocities web site (when you were claiming to be a transvestite), your cyberstalking transsexuals all over the internet with the recurring leitmotif - "You are not a transsexual" and going on and on about why you are and they aren't, say otherwise.

                    Care to tell us how many sites you've been banned from? Hint: It's more than one. Lots more.

              • (for future reference)

                Warning; When I say cheesy, I mean cheesy. Worse than "gubbemint cheeze" cheesy. Originally posted to a group devoted to cross-dressing.
                http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.support.srs/msg/9573472c3f90b401?&q=lacey+satin+jennifer+usher [google.ca]

                There's more, but I think this makes the point.

                Question # 1: Who would write crap like that - a woman (genetic or trans), or some guy with a transvestic fetish?

                Question # 2: How much of a dumb fuck do you have to be to follow me here knowing

  • http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.srs/browse_thread/thread/daa7efadfefa1c1f# [google.com] The Myth Of Howard Thomas Usher's Sex Change The Myth Of Howard Thomas Usher's Sex Change

    by JenniferFlusher

    Howard Thomas Usher, also known on the internet as Jennifer Usher, likes to
    pretend that he is a person who underwent a sex change in 2006.

    This post will prove that Howard almost certainly never had sex change
    surgery and give the reasons why. Howard has been known as "Jennifer
    Usher" since 2000 on the i

  • Anatomy of a transquisling - Part 1 - Jennifer Usher attacks transsexuals and other transgenders

    Topics in this post include Jennifer Usher's attacks on transgender and transsexual women, years of attacks on a woman who was raped, a crude attempt at outing me, claims of 'special privilege', and the University of California San Francisco's action (or lack thereof) over the years concerning Usher's use of UCSF computers and work time to harass transsexuals on the Internet.

    Introduction To begin this sto

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