036 - Transgender Day of Remembrance

Recorded: November 22, 2010.

Remembering the events at the State University of New York at Albany on November 19 and at the First Congregational Church in Albany on November 21.

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[Carollq11]

Nice chair, where did you get it from?xx

[Forlorn79]

@Carollq11 I got it online from Sumo Lounge, and I put a link in the description. It's just big enough for two people to fit close to each other.

[11nwprj]

Your chair looks comfortable. Thanks for speaking about the Day of Remembrance. I think the lady who said trans women and men should stress "We are people,"is right. And I seriously hope you don't feel pushed into de-transitioning. I am considered cis-gendered, but I know what it feels like to be pushed into acting like you're something else (an unspoken demand in job positions). When I was, I felt like I was killing my own air. I hope better for you, different situation or not. It's similar...

[Forlorn79]

@11nwprj Society as a whole pressures people to fit into a certain mold, and it's often for no good reason other than it prefers a binary way of being, typical male or female. For me, the transition is not worth dying for, but I am hopeful it will not come to that. But it's sad if people can't just be themselves, and instead would choose to live in an in-genuine way just because people will kill them for being different.

[11nwprj]

@Forlorn79 I agree it is TRAGIC if people can't be themselves.... living in an in-genuine way depending on how much a person must twist themselves is like a continual death of a different sort. But I understand, defending against physical harm. That IS something I'd do.

[VOXS2]

thanks for the new updates. regards.