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Title: Overcoming Obstacles As an African-American Transgender Woman
Post by: Natasha on February 23, 2012, 02:25:54 PM
Post by: Natasha on February 23, 2012, 02:25:54 PM
Overcoming Obstacles As an African-American Transgender Woman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/toni-newman/african-american-transgender-woman_b_1292187.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/toni-newman/african-american-transgender-woman_b_1292187.html)
2/23/12
Toni Newman
As an African-American transgender woman, I have suffered discrimination, bullying, false arrests, and hatred for just being myself. Fear and shame controlled my life for many years, yet I never had the fear of not finding myself. Living in fear created a very unhappy life and existence. My goal and mission was to find out who I was. I was never the type of person who could live a lie forever, but for many years I was very afraid to do what I knew had to be done. Before my transformation, I knew that if I continued lying to myself and everyone around me, the lies would eventually consume me. I wanted peace and happiness without the lies. I was on a journey to find myself and nothing less. Though I did not know how, I knew I had to make the transformation from male to female.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/toni-newman/african-american-transgender-woman_b_1292187.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/toni-newman/african-american-transgender-woman_b_1292187.html)
2/23/12
Toni Newman
As an African-American transgender woman, I have suffered discrimination, bullying, false arrests, and hatred for just being myself. Fear and shame controlled my life for many years, yet I never had the fear of not finding myself. Living in fear created a very unhappy life and existence. My goal and mission was to find out who I was. I was never the type of person who could live a lie forever, but for many years I was very afraid to do what I knew had to be done. Before my transformation, I knew that if I continued lying to myself and everyone around me, the lies would eventually consume me. I wanted peace and happiness without the lies. I was on a journey to find myself and nothing less. Though I did not know how, I knew I had to make the transformation from male to female.
Title: Re: Overcoming Obstacles As an African-American Transgender Woman
Post by: BlonT on February 27, 2012, 07:07:56 AM
Post by: BlonT on February 27, 2012, 07:07:56 AM
In my opinion saying i am XXXXXX-American is dumb ,why wel i never hear european-american.
All the language, skin color and clothing profiling is so BAD and the basis for discrimination of all humans.
Don`t forget there is only ONE race on earth ! With many local diversities as nature love variation.
Its so easy to point at somebody being black or wearing a towel on there head.
As i am old i never forget that most of the old hippies are now just as bad as the ones the cursed long ago :)
Life is not easy or nice but it should be.
All the language, skin color and clothing profiling is so BAD and the basis for discrimination of all humans.
Don`t forget there is only ONE race on earth ! With many local diversities as nature love variation.
Its so easy to point at somebody being black or wearing a towel on there head.
As i am old i never forget that most of the old hippies are now just as bad as the ones the cursed long ago :)
Life is not easy or nice but it should be.