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Title: The Quest for Transgender Equality
Post by: enigmaticrorschach on May 11, 2015, 06:55:04 PM
The Quest for Transgender Equality

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/opinion/the-quest-for-transgender-equality.html

By Editorial Boards
May 4,2015

"Being transgender today remains unreasonably and unnecessarily hard. But it is far from hopeless. More Americans who have wrestled with gender identity are transitioning openly, propelling a civil rights movement that has struggled even as gays and lesbians have reached irreversible momentum in their fight for equality."
Title: Re: The Quest for Transgender Equality
Post by: suzifrommd on May 11, 2015, 08:32:36 PM
Love this editorial, even moreso because it was the Times that published it. I hope the nation is listening.
Title: Re: The Quest for Transgender Equality
Post by: enigmaticrorschach on May 11, 2015, 08:39:52 PM
*tips hat and talks in a british accent* why thank you mi'lady. I'm happy to be off services to you  :laugh:
Title: Re: The Quest for Transgender Equality
Post by: enigmaticrorschach on May 11, 2015, 08:47:03 PM
"The only way I will rest in peace is if
one day transgender people aren't treated
the way I was, they're treated like humans."
LEELAH ALCORN

though i firmly believe in balance, equal part happiness and equal part sorrow as well as the law of equivalent exchange, people need to stop treating other's like animals led to slaughter.
Title: Re: The Quest for Transgender Equality
Post by: Yenneffer on May 11, 2015, 08:48:39 PM
Quote from: Echo Alcestis on May 11, 2015, 08:47:03 PM
"The only way I will rest in peace is if
one day transgender people aren't treated
the way I was, they're treated like humans."
LEELAH ALCORN

though i firmly believe in balance, equal part happiness and equal part sorrow as well as the law of equivalent exchange, people need to stop treating other's like animals led to slaughter.
its nature
Title: Re: The Quest for Transgender Equality
Post by: traci_k on May 12, 2015, 08:40:16 AM
Excellent article, excellent find. Kudos!