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Originally Posted by dreadgeek
What are we willing to pay with for acceptance and how will we know when we have finally crossed into the Promised Land?
Cheers
Aj
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Brilliant question! Whether or not I realize it, each day I open my eyes and go into the world, I must make the decision "at what cost." I do not "pass." And "passing" is not the objective of many Trans people. I lead a very open life. I am contiually talking with people, coworkers, people in my spiritual community, young people, that come to me with their questions about "Queerness." (I always make it clear that what I say is my experience and not all queers feel and think the same as I do.) The cost is a loss of personal privacy that could make for a vulnerbility that can feel overwhelming and/or put me in harms way. It's worth it, to me.
I will know I have reached the "Promised Land" when I hold respect, acceptance and love for those I once feared and held contempt for.