Sexology's Sad Lexicon

(In honor of Chicago's victory in the recently-concluded 2016 World Series, with apologies to Franklin Pierce Adams.)

These are the saddest of possible names:
 "Blanchard and Bailey and Lawrence."
Trio of scholars on guys being dames,
 Blanchard and Bailey and Lawrence.
Ruthlessly pricking our gender identity
 Making a trans woman face her reality—
Names that survive despite all the world's enmity:
 "Blanchard and Bailey and Lawrence."

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