Genee,
I say "Good!" There is a gathering going on here called "Rally in Tally." It is sponsored by Equality Florida, a GAy and Lesbian political action group, who now tells us they are supporting all efforts to include Trans folk into thier quest for equal rights. I say "Bunk." I've heard this too many times. They remind me of the boy who shouted wolf too many times. I know a couple of transwomen who have bought into it, and are going to the State capitol to pester politicians. For years, Florida has been run by the GOP, and they are very radically right wing and mosly evangelical.
I say the whole effort is a waste of time, and I told them that. I think they'll be swept aside like so many flies at a picnic. I told them that local volunteerism is the way to gain what we want. I'd rather feed the homless and pick up litter than talk to politicians, I cannot relate to them. And, I can prove that we're much better off aligning oursleves with "straight" folk who are open minded, than any blurry vision of a GLBT "community". In Florida, it doesn't exist.
Nuff said.
