THE FOLLOWING IS MY OPINION AND IS NOT MEANT TO BE PRESENTED AS INCONTROVERTIBLE FACT.
I was just trying to warn people about what I considered a deceptive practice. I have nothing against transgendered people. But I do have something against any person who deceives others for fame and profit. So I was trying to do a public service here by letting others know about this. And for that, I've been called a bigot and worse. The old saying rings true once again: No good deed ever goes unpunished.
Anyway, here are a few other items I can throw your way. And if this doesn't convince you that I'm not making this up, then I don't know what will. I don't know why that second link I posted vanished, but I can at least provide the picture from it. A simple Yahoo image search reveals this headshot, and it also reveals that the headshot comes from the page I tried to link to before.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/image...sigb=12gm5cm0u
Next, and perhaps more convincingly, we have a person by the name of Erika Ervin attending a charity event. Now this is where you all have to put two and two together. Erika Ervin is the writer of the first article who openly admits in said article to being transgendered. In the two charity event pictures I'm posting, you see in attendance an obviously towering Erika Ervin who looks very much like both the Erika Ervin in the first article and Amazon Eve.
http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2009/10...ryraffleME.jpg
http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2009/10...ikaErvinME.jpg
Scrolling down on the right side of this page, you'll see confirmation that these pictures are of Erika Ervin.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb2969744.htm
And no, I don't enjoy using a charity news story to prove this kind of point, but I've been put on the defensive and this is all I have left to offer.
And hey, Erika/Eve obviously has some very good qualities about him/her: being an advocate for transgendered people, involvement with charity... but deceiving others for profit and fame unfortunately appears to be a black mark on his/her record.
By the way, consider that Ervin may have fabricated a younger-than-actual age just for his/her character "Amazon Eve". Also, keep in mind that generously applied make-up and intense photoshopping can do wonders when it comes to creating a more youthful appearance. I'm referring here to the Zoo photos.
I really don't want to be enemies with anybody here, nor with Erika Ervin/Amazon Eve for that matter. I just want people to be honest. And if that's considered a bad thing, then this world is even worse off than I thought it was.
Lorekeep, feel free to delete this thread at your discretion. It's obviously gotten way out of hand. I leave it up to you.