Maybe it's just my boundless optimism, but the title of this article makes me a little sad:
Transgender Chicagoans find refuge in their city
Refuge? Not community, or pride, or something else actively positive? "Refuge" sounds like an apology, like transpeople are on the very fringes of society and grateful simply to survive on the scraps tossed to us by the generous normals, or something. I know the intention of the article is in the right place, and it's always good for our groups to get exposure, but somehow it just rubs me wrong. Like it's just reinforcing the unhelpful idea that trans*people are all victims.
::sigh::
(unrelated) Note To Self: Flirting with heterosexual boys now makes them uncomfortable. Don't overdo it.
hehehehe...
\o/
7/14/09
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It reads a little old-fashioned I think? Like "progressive" articles on "how women are advanced here" from 30 years ago.
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