Jayna and Mila L-Pavlin: Thoughts on Federal Hate Crimes Legislation Signed By President Obama
by: Autumn Sandeen
Thu Oct 29, 2009 at 14:00:00 PM EDT
http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/13821/jayna-and-mila-lpavlin-thoughts-on-federal-hate-crimes-legislation-signed-by-president-obamaBelow is a guest post by Jayna and Mila L-Pavlin. They are podcasters for Trans-Ponder, as well as creators of the Full Draw Studios' comic O-city.
Yesterday, we awoke with the expectation of a day like any other, confident that we were safe in a place like San Francisco. The cold wind caught our wet hair as we scrambled to the car so we could get to work on time. The usual fun chatter in the morning with one another, and traffic that seemed endless filled the early hours with the usual grumbles mixed with perky jokes. Yesterday was different however, different in a way that still has not yet passed between the rational, analytic part to the emotional centers of our brain. Yesterday around mid day, someone 3000 miles away decided that they would pick up a pen and scrawl a name on a piece of paper. Someone 3000 miles away, decided that they would have compassion on us without ever knowing who we were. Someone 3000 miles away decided that we were human and worthy of the value that it implies.
