however, when a transfemale shows up at a battered woman's shelter looking for help, it seems to me that it is beyond the need to explain that she is in dire need of assistance and it would consequently seem to me that an empathetic person, female or not, would and ought to be concerned about helping that person avoid being the victim of further or greater violence, rather than trying to figure out if they have a penis or not. the latter point doesn't strike me as very important.
i don't think that transgendered people want to be the focus of this kind of politics. this is petty and stupid.
perhaps rosie should start her own party, and call it the Blonde Party, where she can cry if she wants to, cry if she wants to.
after all.