Call for Community
Posted by Cristan
http://www.cristanwilliams.com/b/2012/03/09/call-for-community/From a 1989 speech given in San Antonio, Texas:
You may feel that a specific national broadcast or the efforts of a specific local group are not in line with your personal gender identity. This might be true, but the gender spectrum is a continuum, and for each of us, there is a level that we feel comfortable somewhere along this continuum. Gender contentment may be satisfied with an occasional outing while cross-dressed, it may be living in the opposite gender role full time, or it maybe SRS. We are all individuals and we all have different levels that we consider satisfactory along this line.
None is more correct than another. No position on the gender line carries more weight than any other. We need to keep this in mind. We need to respect the needs and desires of others in our community. It bothers me when one member of our community shuns or is negative toward another member because that person is content to be at another point on the gender line. The comments typically are, "I'm not like that," or, "They look ridiculous." The truth is, we are all very similar inside. Our position on the gender line may be different, but we still are members of this community.
