URNotAlone

Hmmmm.....

April 1st, 2008 11:56 pm MDT

I've been lonely lately. I was at work a few days ago, 2 other staff and I were by the TV and monitors talking about a story from 20/20 about a pregnant transman. They were saying they thought it was disgusting. For him to have transitioned at all, let alone having transitioned and being pregnant. I felt sick listening to them. I had to point out that 20/20 hadn't actually talked to him and they felt obliged to talk to his neighbors, who didn't appear to know. I don't remember his name, but he works for the Advocate and had made public his pregnancy. So many people are so ignorant. The agency I work for says they embrace diversity, yet there are so many people working in this field that are clueless. The agency has at least a few LGBT people living or working in their programs, more working than living in the programs, but still. If education is lacking in a human care giving agency(dealing with People with Developmental Disabilities) how are the people we take care of going to feel. I know some act mainstream just to fit in and be accepted by the larger group. I live full time somewhere in the middle. You've got male on one end and female on the other and I'm somewhere in between. Definitly not feminine but not quite a "Man". At the agency I can do intimate care with females only because my record there states I am one, as my birthcertificate and ID also state. I've never felt like one, but that's the box I check because there's no "other". Grey is the color between black and white. I am Gra.

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