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Re:How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized ... by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @03:01PM (#23693540)
>Transgender icon J Edgar Hoover

Citation please. This is the first time I've ever heard him called that. There was some speculation he was gay but nothing conclusive AFAIK. In any case he's one of the last people anyone should pick as a positive representation of their group.

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Re:How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized ... by dredmorbius on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:07PM (#23694227)
The claim seems unlikely:

https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2423/was-j-edgar-h...

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Re:How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized ... by BurningFrog on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:41PM (#23694532)
The cross dressing claims are pervasive but not very substantiated. So we can all believe what we want.

I was just trying to be witty when telling a story. Not make any grand statement about anything.

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Re:How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized ... by katbyte on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @05:20PM (#23694926)
regardless crossdressing != transgender
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Re:How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized ... by tialaramex on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @10:03PM (#23696934)
Indeed. When I'm wearing heels and a floor length flower pattern frock I would say I'm just a bloke wearing a dress, but if you insist that's cross-dressing I shan't disagree.

However my gender remains resolutely unaffected and I have no time for people who expect otherwise. Judge a book by a cover you might, but slipping the dust jacket from Moby Dick onto a copy of The Princess Bride certainly won't make it into a story about whaling.

Also, this word always reminds me of Eddie Izzard: "They're not women's clothes, they're my clothes, I bought them".

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