The Creating Change Conference Reinstilled My Hope & Faith In The LGBTTI Coaliti

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The Creating Change Conference Reinstilled My Hope & Faith In The LGBTTI Coalition; There's Still Work To Be Done
Trans Forming Media (TFM)
Posted by Ashley Love
08 February, 2011


http://transformingmedia.blogspot.com/2011/02/creating-change-conference-reinstilled.html


Last month was quite a whirlwind for me personally. My faith was put to the test in such a way that made me question where I wanted to go in life, if my dreams were achievable, if I should take a different path and who my real friends were. Sinister forces used a public platform as a bully pulpit to engage in libelous and transsexual-phobic smear campaigns against many transsexual and intersex activists. I too was attacked by politicians who felt I was not submitting enough to the status quo and speaking out too much about inequality and transsexual-misogyny.

Since I refused to be a mute model for Equality Incorporated, and actually wanted a vote, I was punched out. As I layed there dazed and confused, I asked myself if the frustration and disappointments were worth it. I got back up and said "No, I will not lie down for your anti-transsexual agenda. I am WOMAN, hear me roar!"