GenderTalk

• Recent conferences attended by Nancy & Gordene
• Military base closings: consolidating for better targets?

• Nebraska: Judge strikes down anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment
• Atlanta: Police probe arrests of 2 gay men
• Denver: Pharmacist wins fight to transition
• Crossdressers being left behind?
• Wisconsin: High school senior suspended for wearing prom dress
• Study shows gay men respond differently than hetero men to sexual stimuli
• Colin Powell on HIV/AIDS
• Alabama trans woman still missing
• Second Araujo trial opens
• Washington Blade editor gay-bashed in Amsterdam

"Hi Nancy. I heard your short rant about how out and visible trans people do the most work for the least acceptance in the community. That really hit home. When I first transitioned, I was completely passable, but I came out to everyone, even some people at bus stops at times. I would work it into conversations. I know I really opened some eyes and put a "face" on trans people. The strange thing is that once I had worked through all my issues and felt completely comfortable about being trans, I no longer felt a drive to come out to people. Now I find myself in an small-town all-female work place and somehow I've worked myself into a closet. Am I doing a disservice to myself or my community by not comming out to my co-workers?"
(From: Susan)

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