http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4100819.html 

Here is the title to the chronicle’s obituary story on Brenda:

“Thomas, a leading transgender activist

‘Pioneer,’ 64, didn’t disguise her masculine voice”

You know… I just don’t have it in me to write Allan Turner (allan.turner@chron.com) to let him know what a disservice he has done to Brenda, her family, the good work she did or the thousands of lives she touched.

When I read the tagline, I felt as if I was just hit in the gut. 

Even in death we are made into one-dimensional jokes. What is worse, he quotes me in his damn article. My words are being used to prop up this person’s insult… and I just feel sick about it. 

I just don’t have the energy to pen a message to this guy that would be anything other than a reactionary flame – and that too would be a disservice to her memory.

The rest of the article isn’t complete tripe, but an awful lot of it is. He writes about her as if she were this walking joke – a preposterous gender clown. The focus of the article works to chisel the notion of Brenda as a comical in-your-face freak into the reader’s mind. 

Now, it is entirely possible that I am overreacting and the article is not so bad. It could be that I am just raw, but I would appreciate other folk’s take on it before I react in a way that will not be honorable.