TerraPrime Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I am happy to see that the organizers are sensitive enough to offer participants the option of not being photographed or filmed. I only hope that the media covering the event manage to adhere to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I got a note from the rally's organizers. Here it is. Here is my reply. I'm not going to lie, I'm choked up by your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Valley Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 ^^^ Me too Robin. Please tell us how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Of House Hill Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 TerraPrime, on 24 Oct 2014 - 11:29 AM, said: I am happy to see that the organizers are sensitive enough to offer participants the option of not being photographed or filmed. I only hope that the media covering the event manage to adhere to that. I think most organizers in the trans community provide that option and I think the media, here in LA, will respect that. When it comes to people with cell phones, all bets are off. Arch-MaesterPhilip, on 24 Oct 2014 - 11:30 AM, said: I'm not going to lie, I'm choked up by your reply. Breathe! ^^^ Me too Robin. Please tell us how it goes. You breathe, too. I'll post updates on Facebook, as I can and any pictures of videos I take, when I get back home. If the rally makes the news, I'll post links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roose Seal Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Godspeed Robin! I remember how scared I was when I attended my first Pride rally... but it was all I hoped and more :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Of House Hill Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Godspeed Robin! I remember how scared I was when I attended my first Pride rally... but it was all I hoped and more :) Thank you, RS. The funny thing is that it isn't fear that I feel, but a sense of failure. When I transitioned, the goal was to go through life, undetected. To some degree, I've already failed. What I'm doing now, just makes that failure complete. I'll always wonder if at any point, I could have done things differently and have avoided detection. But, this is a cause I have to show up for. After all, if it gets government and police to realize that violence against us needs to be stopped and they actually do something about it, I stand to benefit from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Of House Hill Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I've returned from the rally. The speakers were good and made sense. The crowd was enthusiastic. There were only two areas of disappointment. Of the over 150 that said they'd attend, only about half showed up. None of Los Angeles's news outlets showed up. apparently, they are only interested in us when we are assaulted or murdered, not when we are protesting being killed. One unexpected thing did occur. After all the scheduled speakers were finished, they left the mike (bullhorn) available to any in attendance. Yep, I did. As best as I recall it, there is the text.I'm here because in 1976, a transgender woman offered to help and allow me observe how she lived, what was easy, what was difficult, how she interacted with people and they with her, the good and the bad. Because of her, I realized it was possible for me and I began my transition. Four months later, I learned she had been brutally murdered. So, I'm here today, for her, for me and for you. No one should ever have to wonder, as they walk out their front door, "am I going to make it back home", because we are subject to assault and murder, solely because we exist. The world has to be told, over and over, until they believe it, that TRANS LIVES MATTER! Short, but I thought it was well received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillio Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Robin, I'm so proud of you!! That was a big step for you to take. You continue to amaze me! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I'm also really proud. Much respect Robin xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Well done Robin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Well done Robin, I'm not sure I could have done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Of House Hill Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Karaddin, I hate to say it, but I was preaching to the choir and there were no TV cameras. I have to admit, however, if there had been TV cameras, I'd have done it anyway. I had listened to a friend who transitioned seven months ago, speak with such heartfelt conviction, that I didn't have a choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I was getting scared just asking a question in front of a room of 40-60 geeks at LonCon about fluffy topics :p taking the mic is still a step up from that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraPrime Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Much congratulations Robin. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 :cheers: Awesome job, Robin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Awesome, way to go Robin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Of House Hill Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I don't know about, "awesome", but I wrote a short piece about the look and feel, through these old eyes, of the rally, here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraPrime Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Saw this article ina trade magazine about higher ed: The Education of a Scholar Who Chose to Become a Black Man Was your medical transition difficult to balance while trying to complete your doctoral studies? My medical transition was easy. It alleviated a lot of stress. Much of that transition happened away from campus, while I was completing my dissertation. But now that I’m a black man, there have been situations where I realize that there’s a fine line between black-lesbian masculinity and trans masculinity that blend into one another. Black women, regardless of sexuality, are always seen as masculine—strong, aggressive, angry, loud. All these masculine traits are mapped onto black women’s bodies. Black transmen are considered the same. When I’m in a space where people don’t know that I’m trans, I see how blackness is so mistreated. When I was a black woman, I was hated. Now, as a black man, I’m feared. People are afraid of me. As a black butch, people weren’t afraid of me in the same way. People literally cross the street and they don’t want me in their space. When I was a woman, I feared street harassment. Now, as a black man, people touch me more and grab me aggressively to tell me that I’m out of place. When I began my hormone therapy, I had to attend a conference in San Antonio, and a friend let me stay at her apartment. She left the key under a rock. I arrived at the hour, got the key, and the tenants downstairs came into the apartment and told me that I wasn’t supposed to be there. A few minutes later, there were police officers flashing a gun in my face and telling me to get … on the floor. That’s when I knew I was passing as a black man. As a woman, I wouldn’t have been perceived as an intruder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Of House Hill Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 TP, the link is back to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraPrime Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Sorry. I think fixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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