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Title: Transgender Discrimination
Post by: Shana A on November 15, 2008, 08:33:51 PM
Post by: Shana A on November 15, 2008, 08:33:51 PM
Transgender Discrimination
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=9352206&nav=menu183_6 (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=9352206&nav=menu183_6)
Barton, Vermont - November 14, 2008
"I try to be cautious so not to put myself in a situation that is going to be dangerous or draw attention to myself," Michele Todd explains.
Michele wants to blend in with the crowd-- go unnoticed-- to avoid violence. She's transgender and always on alert.
"I'm not an evil person. But a lot of people would look at it that way," she explains.
So many trans people live in the shadows, hiding from a world that sees them as freaks.
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=9352206&nav=menu183_6 (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=9352206&nav=menu183_6)
Barton, Vermont - November 14, 2008
"I try to be cautious so not to put myself in a situation that is going to be dangerous or draw attention to myself," Michele Todd explains.
Michele wants to blend in with the crowd-- go unnoticed-- to avoid violence. She's transgender and always on alert.
"I'm not an evil person. But a lot of people would look at it that way," she explains.
So many trans people live in the shadows, hiding from a world that sees them as freaks.