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Title: Between Ourselves: Erin Moers
Post by: Shana A on June 24, 2010, 08:23:03 AM
Post by: Shana A on June 24, 2010, 08:23:03 AM
Between Ourselves: Erin Moers
by Jessica Carreras
Originally printed 6/24/2010 (Issue 1825 - Between The Lines News)
http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=42041 (http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=42041)
Erin Moers is a 49-year-old activist from Mount Pleasant. In her community, she works on issues of trans-phobia and HIV/AIDS.
1) You live in a rather rural area of Michigan. Does that make it harder to get involved in advocacy work?
Not so much harder to do the work, but sometimes the drive is a bit difficult after a long day. The largest obstacle to advocacy in a rural area is the area itself. There is a great deal of "trans-phobia" in less-populated places, and the general belief is that the issues I address are problems in big cities only. That simply is not true.
by Jessica Carreras
Originally printed 6/24/2010 (Issue 1825 - Between The Lines News)
http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=42041 (http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=42041)
Erin Moers is a 49-year-old activist from Mount Pleasant. In her community, she works on issues of trans-phobia and HIV/AIDS.
1) You live in a rather rural area of Michigan. Does that make it harder to get involved in advocacy work?
Not so much harder to do the work, but sometimes the drive is a bit difficult after a long day. The largest obstacle to advocacy in a rural area is the area itself. There is a great deal of "trans-phobia" in less-populated places, and the general belief is that the issues I address are problems in big cities only. That simply is not true.