Talk:Transgendered musicians

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The current version of this article has severe POV problems, and needs rewriting in NPOV style: it currently reads like an advocacy piece. -- Karada 18:24, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I think the POV problem has been solved by a rewrite. Gpscholar 21:20, 18 June 2006 (UTC) gpscholar

Karada, it seems that you and I are the only parties to this dispute, and, as I have rewritten the article to correct the POV problem you raised, it seems that maybe even we are not really in dispute. Gpscholar 01:01, 20 June 2006 (UTC) gpscholar

[edit] Post By A Member of One Of This Page's Subjects

I jimmo531 am the lead singer/songwriter of The Peecocks, one of this page's subjects. If you--Gpscholar--wrote that part of the page and would like to communicate, please give me instructions on how to do so privately, so that it won't wind up publicly on this Wikipedia website. Like if there is a way we could exchange e-mail addresses, I'd be open to that. I thought I had sent a private message to you, but may have done it incorrectly, would actually like to undo it if I did? jimmo531 13:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC).

I'm not even sure what "UTC" means, just copied the format of your posting, then entered the tilde the appropriate number of times to make my own Wikipedia nickname & timestamp show up. I'm really winging it here, pretty much. But I have read articles on this website before & I find it a useful resource, though often, sadly, the only website with info. on some subjects. jimmo531 13:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC).

A few things I will say about including our band on this page--grateful as I am to have a mention on Wikipedia--The Peecocks' songs' subject matter was not really "transgender," just that some of it was blatently male homosexual, with a slant on the lewd & crude side. Also, we did straight-ahead rock covers and I'd make them gender-honest if I was singing to a guy, etc. But we also did some non-sexual originals and covers too, and parodies which were kind of like R-rated Weird Al numbers. Some of us did dress androgynously on stage, and I did utilize provocative props, but that's as far as it went. Our only connections with transgenderism were that we used to cover a Jayne County song, then toured with Jayne twice (in fact, The Peecocks was her back up band at one show). She's a real trouper & it was an honor to be associated with someone from the Warhol and punk rock history books! I am retired from performing now, due to health problems, but still look back fondly on that part of my life--for the most part. In the absence of a male homosexual rock and roll page, better to be included here than have no page on Wikipedia at all. But I still think with a plethora of male homosexual rock personalities, from Little Richard to Brian Epstein to Freddy Mercury, there exists a need for someone to do a separate page on the subject. Consider that a challenge to some aspiring writer out there! jimmo531 13:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC).

[edit] 'Lola'

I can't see the relevance of the mention of "Lola" in the opening paragraph. This is an article about music by TG people, not songs about TG people (otherwise, why not include "Walk on the Wild Side" et al as well). - Iridescenti (talk to me!) 14:52, 31 March 2007 (UTC)