Identity, Authenticity - Do they conflict?

[Nat]

Originally Posted by Greyson

Yet another thought provoking thread started by you Nat. Thank you. I don't know how I missed this one up until today. I was looking for an appropriate thread to post a link to an article about a young genderqueer student at UC Berkeley. The article speaks to "Multiple Identites."

I know for me as a Queer person with multiple identies sometimes in the LGBTQ community I think some of the whole of who I am does get muddled. I am not only a gender, race, class, I am "other" which at times seem to have divergent needs.

For me my identities assist in my becoming more and more authenic. I am a viable part of the whole. (IMO we all are.) If I have no self understanding, self knowledge, self acceptance how does it color the whole of which I am a part?

Anyway, here is the link to the article about the young person who is part of our LGBTQ community and more.

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“Queer students here hold multifaceted identities and belong to multiple communities,” Rosas said, adding “many of whose lives are impacted by decisions such as these.”

http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/23/33306/

Greyson - have I mentioned lately that you're awesome?