Mara Keisling: A Panel of One (Part One)

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Mara Keisling: A Panel of One (Part One)
Posted by: John Culhane on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

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It's good to be back blogging about the many events at Equality Forum again this year. Honestly, with my life much busier than at this time last year, part of me was wondering whether I'd made a good decision to re-up. But last night's transgender panel was just what I needed.

Prompted by "conversation facilitator" and good friend Stephen Glassman of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, featured speaker Mara Keisling held forth for well over an hour on a range of issues relating to the legal and social status of the TG community. Keisling, who is the Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is amusing,1 self-deprecating,2 and insightful3 – but perhaps a bit too gracious.