Transgender Pride
Filed by: Donna Rose
June 10, 2008 4:00 PM
June is PRIDE month in most cities and states across the country (Phoenix PRIDE is in April - by June it's too hot). All manner of celebrations, parades, and other activities are planned to observe TransPride.jpgthis month set aside to acknowledge "gay" Pride. This year's observances are particularly timely and relevant due to the recent same-sex marriage ruling in California. There truly is lots to be proud about.
Little by little, however, the transgender community is finding its own identity away from its larger, louder, more established GL (and sometimes B) siblings. It is finding that it has unique needs that are not being met in the context of the broader community and, in fact, often get glossed over or missed as part of the bigger movement. Some in the community see this as reason to "secede" from the GLB communities (as if such a thing were even possible) while others are simply finding ways to celebrate our own unique identities in our own ways. It is in that spirit of celebrating our uniqueness that Transgender Pride has been born.
