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Title: How we see each other
Post by: Shana A on April 14, 2008, 08:03:20 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 14, 2008, 08:03:20 AM
How we see each other
Jerry Large
Seattle Times staff columnist
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jerrylarge/2004347040_jdl14.html (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jerrylarge/2004347040_jdl14.html)
Seems like everyone belongs to a group with a cause.
And whether they recognize it or not, many causes share a common desire to be accepted.If they'd start by accepting each other, we might get somewhere.
I thought about that Thursday, when I had the chance to hear three people talk about life from a transgender perspective. The three transgender, black people were on a panel put on by the Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas.
Jerry Large
Seattle Times staff columnist
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jerrylarge/2004347040_jdl14.html (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jerrylarge/2004347040_jdl14.html)
Seems like everyone belongs to a group with a cause.
And whether they recognize it or not, many causes share a common desire to be accepted.If they'd start by accepting each other, we might get somewhere.
I thought about that Thursday, when I had the chance to hear three people talk about life from a transgender perspective. The three transgender, black people were on a panel put on by the Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas.
Title: How we see each other (opinion)
Post by: Natasha on April 14, 2008, 05:54:28 PM
Post by: Natasha on April 14, 2008, 05:54:28 PM
How we see each other
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jerrylarge/2004347040_jdl14.html
4/14/2008
"The quest for transgender acceptance transcends individual encounters. And it's about more than gender. It's about whether we all can recognize that there is more than one way of being an OK person. That gender, race, class, weight, etc., shouldn't be all we see of anyone."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jerrylarge/2004347040_jdl14.html
4/14/2008
"The quest for transgender acceptance transcends individual encounters. And it's about more than gender. It's about whether we all can recognize that there is more than one way of being an OK person. That gender, race, class, weight, etc., shouldn't be all we see of anyone."