Comments on: Mainstream: Mayor Eric Brewer Photos in Drag [UPDATED]

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:17:44 +0000

Yea, turns out he lost the primary, I can’t help but think that these pictures had something to do with it

By: Christine St. James

Christine St. James — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:53:42 +0000

As excited I am about the fact that no one cares that he crossdresses, I also think that given the current state of the City of East Cleveland, a crossdressing mayor is the last thing they should be worried about.

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:05:26 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion, Jessica and thank you for the lovely compliment.

By: Jessica Britton

Jessica Britton — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:26:43 +0000

Even the most innocuous photos can make a difference when someone wants to target you, especially with transgendered folks being the newest target of the religious right. If you do put your photos onto a CD or flashdrive, a program called CCleaner can help make sure the deleted files on your hard drive are really deleted. It’s a free program, and has several levels of shredding security (up to 27 passes!). Worth a look!

Great blog, by the way!

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:22:10 +0000

Thanks for bringing up that point, Tracy. The jerk that stole these photos and disseminated them should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and perhaps have his or her name and face on the front page of the paper.

By: Tracy Schapes

Tracy Schapes — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:33:23 +0000

Yes, taking sexually explicit photos of yourself in women’s clothing may not be the best choice. However, shouldn’t one be able to take their broken PC into a repair shop without someone stealing the photos off of it? Even if the mayor had burned the sexy photos onto a CD or DVD instead of the hard drive, the pictures can still be on the hard drive. Any geek worth his pay can steal them off. Most people don’t know about secure erase, but probably should. But it still should not absolve the person from stealing the photos in the first place.

That’s my $ 0.02 worth.

Tracy Schapes

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:09:49 +0000

Hahaha — his cousin! I’m sure that’s his alibi too lol

She looks good as Erica, though, huh?

By: Lavida Loca

Lavida Loca — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:59:23 +0000

Wow the 2 persons in the photo do look very similar. What if he just happens to have a cousin that has a very similar look? hahaha. Ok unlikely.
I’m loving the girl’s dressing style though. She can totally turn it out

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:53:54 +0000

I was definitely comforted by hearing the news of the community’s acceptance. You’re right, many of them are probably closeted CDs anyway, or at the very least know of one.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:52:35 +0000

Re: Update

That is the way it should be. In response to Lynn’s comment- it is LIKELY that a lot of East Cleveland’s finest closet CD’s have influenced the general sentiment. With an estimate of up to 20% of men having some level of cross dressing behavior, if just half of them quietly calmed their closest friends, you could easily end up with the general consesus. Comments on this?

Ellen

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:05:07 +0000

Wouldn’t that be amazing, like a march of men dressed in drag to show solidarity.

Yes, it’s very unfortunate that his pictures were swiped by a supposed friend when he gave his PC over to be fixed. Now the public has a hold of them and in the age of internet, no amount of deletion can fully eradicate them.

By: Lynn Jones

Lynn Jones — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:04:59 +0000

> the manly men of East Cleveland are going to turn against him

I wonder if the manly ones who dress up will also follow the herd?

If the photos were stolen then I feel sorry for the guy. If they were very personal and nothing illegal was going on, is it any of the public’s business? I suppose that’s the risk you run with any type of fame.

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:09:26 +0000

Indeed he could !

I also feel that he should have been smarter with his photos. If he’s got lewd ones, then that’s his business but he should have gone to the trouble of securing them.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:08:57 +0000

Jessica, I think if he looses his job, he could give makeup and transformation services!

I think he needs a hand for a great job, not his day one though.

There has never been any lewd pic’s of ellen to worry about.. . people should be smarter.

Ellen