Back to Mike: Money, Career, Transitioning and Tolerance
Filed by: Nina Smith
November 9, 2008 5:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/back_to_mike_money_career_transitioning.php"There is always more to be learned about tolerance." - Mercedes Ruehl, commenting on her Lifetime movie role as the mother of transgender child
Before starting Queercents, I had never interacted with anyone from the transgender community. Perhaps, it's just a by-product of living in a conservative area like Orange County, CA. I used to see a transgender woman walking regularly around the Back Bay, a nature preserve near our home. Once, I saw her waiting for take out at our favorite Mexican restaurant and I considered introducing myself. But then I couldn't think of an appropriate next line after telling her my name. As you might suspect, I never was the one picking up others in my bar-going days. I always needed a friend to provide an introduction.
My Queercents blogging has actually taken on the role of a friend doing introductions for me and even though I still haven't met anyone face-to-face in the trans community; I've done plenty of interviews and feel like I have a better understanding of our brothers and sisters in the trans world. E.g. Donna Rose, Jamison Green, Alexandra Billings, Jennifer Boylan and next Friday (11/14), I'll post an interview at Queercents with Nina Poon - the model in the Kenneth Cole ads if you'd like to stop by.
