Activist Creates Compelling PR
By Jacob Anderson-Minshall
Published: March 6, 2008

http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=7650

"What shocked me working at the National Center for Transgender Equality...was the sheer level of discrimination out there," maintains the group's former Deputy Director Simon Aronoff. "Not letting [transgender] employees use the restrooms...or just blatantly firing them; extreme harassment, police brutality...The discrimination and oppression out there...is just really intense."

Having left NCTE to do public interest communication, Aronoff maintains, "Particularly for trans folks, communications need to take a leading role, because for us, a really basic battle is public education, public awareness around what our lives are like and what kind of discrimination we face. Those are stories that need to get out there...and more of us need to be comfortable telling these stories in clear and compelling ways."