It's Charity for Them, and Work for Me...

As I've been writing in my other two Waterlily blogs today, I'm at a place where I have to ask for my pay in this business if I'm going to continue working with the secret police project....  The police and firefighters have their regular paycheques that they're receiving; and it's fine for them to contribute some charity efforts to this cause....  And I've made efforts to contribute--quite a bit--without pay, so far....  But this situation has to change for me and the time is now....  The parties have had some concern about God and religion...and I don't believe God expects anybody to spend their life helping other people without getting any proper pay or without getting their living expenses met adequately....  I've had social assistance but the police have mentioned pay and I believe they've collected a lot of profits from their connections with film/TV people.... 


If the police don't care about my efforts further, that's fine....  I won't waste their time and they won't waste mine....  But I'll give them a little time to think about it....  [And I've addressed this issue in my private writing....] 

One More Detail--part 2

According to my Internet research, psychiatrists say that "gender nonconformity" isn't a mental disorder, in itself, but a small percentage of these people suffer "clinically significant distress" over their assigned gender at birth and there's treatment available for them....  This problem is known is "Gender Identity Disorder" or "Gender Dysphoria."  These people really do seem to have significant stress and we need to have compassion for their problems; and it's thankful that some help is available--if they're able to access it....  [The reality isn't always as easy as the theory, I'm sure....]  Part of the help is in the form of psychotherapy, if I understand correctly, but there are other forms also including hormone therapy.... 

One More Detail

Just to be completely clear, at this point, some people are also adding a "+" sign after LGBTQ.--It's LGBTQ+.  Also, from my reading on the Internet, you practically have to be an expert--like a psychologist or a psychiatrist--to remember and understand all the various definitions of gender that are currently being used.--And these definitions are continually being expanded on.... 


Our society has been changing; and people want to say it's normal and/or acceptable....  And I'm not going to disagree with them if they want some rights...!  Let them have the rights they think they need....  [And by the way, there was a concern that some males who identified as women were or would be attacked by other men in the men's bathrooms....  It was deemed safer for the transgender men to use the women's bathrooms....]

Covering All the Bases....

Just to make sure I've covered everything, would like to mention that the LGBT initials are now using a Q at the end also--LGBTQ--and the Q stands for Queer or Questioning.  There's also a broad range of definitions of variations in gender--people who don't clearly define themselves as either male or female, mentally or physically....  I don't want to pretend to know or understand all the terms; and I don't really think I need to....  But I just want to acknowledge that these kinds of people exist.  Also, by their own admission, some of their agencies say that the people and terms are constantly evolving....  In Canadian news recently, someone was interviewed who said the male and female definitions have a broad range in between and people can be anywhere on the scale--or can fluctuate too, actually....  So, maybe that's the best way to understand what's happening in our society today...? 
And I believe we need to accept people where they are....  It's complicated for bathrooms and shower rooms, and perhaps in some accommodations but I think these things will be worked out.... 


As for the official movie for the secret police project, I've said we should go ahead soon and I still believe so....  The transgender and other issues can be addressed in the movie; and it's better to have major publicity than to continue in discussing or writing about matters in private....