[Video] Georgia transgender woman speaks out on discrimination
by Dyana Bagby
April 19, 2011 13:45
http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/news/national-news-menu/2473-georgia-transgender-woman-speaks-out-on-discrimination-she-other-trans-people-faceA new video is out from In the Life Media featuring two transgender woman — Ja'briel from Hinesville, Ga., located just more than four hours south of Atlanta near Savannah, and Michelle, who is from Los Angeles — speaking out about the discrimination they face.
The video is being released to highlight the findings of the first national report on transgender discrimination released in February by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.
"Everything is kinda of taboo in the South and instead of trying to understand, people tend to go off hearsay ... they tend to construct things in their minds an image of what they think a transgender person is," says Ja'briel, who is a school bus driver.
