At 11:16 AM 10/13/00 -0400, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>In a message dated 10/12/2000 3:00:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
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><< Final point:
> I am interested to know if anyone else on this mailing list perhaps thinks,
> as I do, that the issue of T* safety is connected to (but obviously not
> wholly dependent upon) the ever-present need for teaching and encouragement
> of respect for ALL people, and not just particular groups. "Identifying
> particular groups for action sometimes CREATES targets - discuss." >>
>
>Peter,
>Thanks for your voice of sanity. I absolutely agree with your statement
>above. Yes, of course raising visibility can create targets. But I believe
>it must be done. Our existence must be acknowledged before it can be
>accepted, integrated, and forgotten. If we only find safety in pretending we
>don't exist, we are deluding and denying ourselves.
Hi,
While I don't normally participate in discussions (don't have the time,
generally), I find it imperative for me to agree with the sentiments
expressed, above. IMO the most important thing we can do is encourage
more and more transgender individuals to come out of the closet and become
visible. Right now we're sensational, tittillating, and that's bad for
our health. I want for us to be so normal that we're boring, for only in
that lies our safety.
Hugga,
Penni
>>>>>>>>>> Penni Ashe Matz
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