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"I never thought I’d be here. And yet just a few months ago, at the age of 63,
I came out as a transgender woman.
First of all, I’m well aware there’s a cultural expectation in America that
once you hit the age where 401(k)s become reality rather than theory, the most
exciting experience you have left is seeing which closes up first — your
arteries or your mind. This is supposed to be the time to start thinking about
endings, not beginnings. Given all that, I realize how unlikely it is that
anyone would take on perhaps the biggest do-over there is: gender transition.
Even worse, I’m doing this at a particularly treacherous time, when far too
many presidential candidates and groups with words like “liberty” and “freedom”
in their names have turned people like me into their political piñatas. To
them, we’re just trying this out for some perverse thrill. However, being trans
isn’t like experimenting with bangs. It’s not something you dabble with and
then grow out of. It’s a feeling we’ve spent a lifetime trying to ignore until
we either die fearful and silent, or decide that living whole and happy is
worth having people hate us."
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
