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Title: TransQueer essay contest adds voice to Pride
Post by: Shana A on July 16, 2010, 05:00:33 PM
Post by: Shana A on July 16, 2010, 05:00:33 PM
TransQueer essay contest adds voice to Pride
By Mike Fleming | Jul 15, 2010 | 1:29 PM
http://www.projectqatlanta.com/news_articles/view/transqueer_essay_contest_adds_voice_to_pride?gid=5888 (http://www.projectqatlanta.com/news_articles/view/transqueer_essay_contest_adds_voice_to_pride?gid=5888)
If the pen is mightier than the sword and one voice can create change, Atlanta Pride and TransQueer Nation are onto something. The winner of their "Be Visible" essay contest will speak as a new feature of the annual Pride Trans March.
"Everyone has a chance," says JP Sheffield, executive director of Atlanta Pride. "We all thought that not only will it enhance the Trans March, but that it opens the door for perhaps a voice we've never heard before. That's pretty exciting stuff."
The contest asks for any transgender or gender queer take on the theme "Be Visible." Use your words—600 to 800 of them—to reflect, inspire and, heck, perhaps become more "visible" yourself as a result.
By Mike Fleming | Jul 15, 2010 | 1:29 PM
http://www.projectqatlanta.com/news_articles/view/transqueer_essay_contest_adds_voice_to_pride?gid=5888 (http://www.projectqatlanta.com/news_articles/view/transqueer_essay_contest_adds_voice_to_pride?gid=5888)
If the pen is mightier than the sword and one voice can create change, Atlanta Pride and TransQueer Nation are onto something. The winner of their "Be Visible" essay contest will speak as a new feature of the annual Pride Trans March.
"Everyone has a chance," says JP Sheffield, executive director of Atlanta Pride. "We all thought that not only will it enhance the Trans March, but that it opens the door for perhaps a voice we've never heard before. That's pretty exciting stuff."
The contest asks for any transgender or gender queer take on the theme "Be Visible." Use your words—600 to 800 of them—to reflect, inspire and, heck, perhaps become more "visible" yourself as a result.