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Title: Why Do I Do What I Do?
Post by: Shana A on June 28, 2009, 08:48:47 AM
Why Do I Do What I Do?
by: Autumn Sandeen
Sun Jun 28, 2009 at 07:00:00 AM EDT

http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/11750/why-do-i-do-what-i-do (http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/11750/why-do-i-do-what-i-do)

This is a guest post by Kim Pearson, the mother of a transgender child, and Executive Director and co-founder of TransYouth Family Allies.

Why Do I Do What I Do?

By Kim Pearson

I have never really written a 'note' to share personal thoughts with 'the public' before, but then I have never experienced 'the public' sharing their personal thoughts with me in such a personal way before either.

I am referring to the responses I am getting from my recently published article in 'Diversity Rules.' I don't know what it is that I said or how I may have said things differently than so many other times, but the response is clearly different.