Lunch Counters &Amp; Mosaics the Common Threads
Transgender Tapestry › Nbr. 110, October 2006
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"Leave no person behind" is my running mantra, and this includes our magnificent transgender community. I embrace this community as the one whose individuals should be invited to lead the way, because you can literally change our world. Transgender couples who have discovered new ways of communicating, and being in committed, intimate relationships, should be the leading experts on Bush's marriage panels, if he is serious about altering the divorce rate in our country. With Southern Baptists leading the way, with the highest divorce rate, perhaps it is time to consider that their "traditional values" are in need of a tune-up. I suggest that transgender couples could work with them one-on-one, coaching them in discovering new ways to flourish in their marriages.
Perhaps you are now saying, "OK, I understand where the lunch counter comes into the equation. Where does the mosaic in the title come in?" Fair enough. When I was at Southern Comfort in September, there was a beautiful mosaic that had been created by a diverse group of transgender women at a workshop. It was offered as one of the raffle items. I REALLY wanted this beautiful art piece. Holly [Boswell] made this suggestion, "Talk to the individual who wins it if you don't. People are sometimes unable to take art home if it is too large." I couldn't imagine that anyone would part with this beautiful mosaic, but I took her advice. Before I could finish explaining that I was facilitating groups for SOs and transgender couples at the Southern Comfort Conference, and how much I admired the mosaic, she said, "Would you like to have it?" I was speechless, and broke into tears, saying "YES!"See the full content of this document
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Lunch Counters &Amp; Mosaics the Common Threads
Little did I anticipate in October, 1999 that my life would change, dramatically, in ways too significant to understand. Judy Osborne, the first transgender person I was ever aware of meeting, engaged in conversation with me. How did the path...
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