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Title: Anything But Straight: Choice Matters
Post by: Hazumu on April 24, 2008, 10:16:24 PM
Post by: Hazumu on April 24, 2008, 10:16:24 PM
Written by Wayne Besen
Thursday, 24 April 2008
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Thursday, 24 April 2008
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QuoteIn the middle of a serious debate, a new staffer, who was just hired from the bluest city in a blue state, earnestly rose to his feet. He proclaimed that he "couldn't comprehend" anti-trans attitudes and was dumbfounded that average people still held deep-seated prejudices against such non-conforming individuals.
"Why was this out-of-touch person hired for a GLBT movement job?" I thought to myself, upon hearing his assertion. It was one thing to believe that transgender Americans deserve equality – which I do – and quite another to be "perplexed" that some conservatives are still freaked out by transgender (and, yes, gay) people.