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phrase comes out of my mouth much than ever. sheep - 5 sheep — black sheep (yep,
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of me, which is a worn—out version past the time whenIshould have gone Shhhhhh, until next month. Love :,
‘ of me that doesn’t have the energy to to bed. When I finally get to retire to ya’ll.
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Recently, I wrote about the Maybe it is time to choose not to is in a hurry to put you in is your
importance of participating or not choose. sexuality. Besides “straight” (if that
participating in our political system, I am a transgender woman. even really exists), there are many
because choosing not to participate My pronouns are her and she. other categories, as evidenced by the
is a choice in and of itself. I think Make no doubt that I am a woman. growing number of letters for those
everyone should have the right to Transgender is just an adjective I use in the LGBT... community. I guess
choose “not choosing.” As I wrote to describe myself. Some people may of all the boxes we get put into, this
about that aspect of my life, I began or may not use that word to describe one I really hate. It’s not the fact thatI
to explore other parts of my life themselves. I have no problem couldn’t care less if someone sees me
where choosing and fitting in have whatsoever with someone who wants as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or another
been important. to self-identify as how they want sexual orientation. It really comes
Obviously, gender is one of to self-identify. How you describe down to that I really don’t want to
the things I thought about first. From yourself may include: man, woman, put myself in a box. I was married
a very young age, when you meet transexual, transgender woman, for 39 years and I was faithful to my
someone for the first time, it seems transgender man, and some describe wife during our time; we loved each
of utmost importance that gender themselves as non-binary, which is other deeply. Now thatIamawidow,
is designated, often by the other like answering, “I am not choosing.” Iwant to love again, butIdo not want
person. Why? I believe this is taught If someone says that their pronouns to define in advance what that love
to us. When a baby is born, almost are them and they, then by all means should look like. I want to leave this
without exception, the first question use those; it’s not that hard. wide open for the future. I want to be
that is asked is, “Is it a boy or a girl?” As far as gender—specific free to choose to love, and that is also
Why is it so important to know the norms, I couldn’t care less what a choice.
question of male or female? Almost someone else likes and doesn’t like, It is time to re-examine the
every form we fill out from a very but at the same time, please don’t try choices we make for ourselves and ;
young age asks us our gender. to make me follow your ideas about for one another, whether it is gender, 3
I have never understood why feminine and masculine. If I want to our activities, or the people we are l
a driver’s license needs gender on it. It watch or play sports, I will. If I want attracted to and love. Not choosing l
has apicture of you right on the front. to dance and twirl, I will. I couldn’t should always be a viable choice. Or
So many forms ask about gender that care less what someone thinks that maybe boxes just don’t fit me.
it is completely unnecessary. Why I should or shouldn’t be doing. One You may write me at
does someone need to know if I am of my favorite things in the world is tmeadows828@gmail.com or
M or F to get a loan, a job, or get into the look on someone’s face when my follow me on Twitter @trishgigi.
college? Well, I know the answer. daughter introduces me. She will say, Now Tuesday’s gone with the wind.
It is because our society has made “This is Tuesday. She’s my dad.” 0
up some stupid rules about gender. The next box that everyone
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but the airwaves are stinking with become a “model minority,” and we It turns people against their own. l
America’s dirtiest laundry: outright excuse the conditions because of free It turns the oppressed into the
I’m—not—trying-to-hide—it—anymore— speech, we’re doing it wrong. We are oppressor. 5
hatred toward anyone who is not living inatime where political rallies So here we are with a few l
‘ white, male, cisgender, and identifies are bubbling caldrons of vile displays months left in the most bizarre and l
as straight. And folks, that’s A LOT of violence attached to “freedom” and vile political season I’ve ever seen. As i
of people to target. It’s the majority “religion.” The last name of political each day goes by, the air gets thicker .
of the people who are reading this candidates is now a transparent code and thicker with frenzied bigots who .
right now. It is US, fam! Much of it for all things ugliest about our nation. are emboldened by their “leaders.”
is happening under the shield and We know what you mean when you If you think it’s bad now, you ain’t |
protection of the First Amendment. spray paint it on things or when you seen nothing yet. This wave of legally '
Good old freedom of speech. chant it atagroup of people duringa endorsed and protected identity-
Constitutionally protected hate. sporting event. Congratulations, you based violence is coming. But 3
Politically fertilized hate. This is have finally found the perfect beard instead of washing groups away, it’s l
where we are. for the real you. actually growing its own opposition. l
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as routine as the oppressions we all exclusion. And now the & m '
seek to dismantle. Because we are foundation is cracking,
all under attack. The trans woman crumbling, buckling, MW lean/WW
who has security called on her for and breaking. It’s like
being in the “wrong bathroom.” The building a house on a u _ .
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student who is also same-gender weight of the house over
loving. A lesbian couple trying to time cannot be sustained. ”w ‘
live in a community where the only Eventually the house
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teenager who has been abducted into as a nation. We must
human trafficking. They’re coming remember that the Constitution The activism that is exploding in so
I for all of us. wasn’t written with most of the many ways across this nation is the
But folks gloss over the people reading this article in mind. only thing that will save us. When I
i impact of words and symbols. When Please let that sink in. So if you’re see college students of all identities in i
we start seeing “No Faggots, Dykes, a champion of things that are being solidarity against anti—LGBTQ laws,
or Trannys Allowed,” on doors and used to destroy people’s lives, you that’s hope. When I see protestors
walls across the south, that’s violence. are complicit. Even more so if you bring interstate travel to a halt, that’s
All under the cloak of “religious are part of the community that hope. When people in positions
freedom.” Christianity is the “freest” is targeted at every turn. But that of power engage in accomplice
religion on the face of the earth. internalized oppression is real, ya’ll. behaviors, that’s hope. And right now,
When we continue to see the toxic And it’s so incredibly painful to see it that’s the only thing left for many of
environment for marginalized college play out with people that we love and us to cling to.
students in which they are expected care about. But that’s how infectious Follow me @ctshz'm71
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Horse of a Different Color,” was the theme of the 2016 Mr. and Miss Lexington
Pride Pageant held at the Kentucky Theater on April 21, 2016. The contestants
performed for the audience and the panel of judges in different categories including
talent, speaking (question and answer), pride wear, and evening wear. The event was a fundraiser for the
upcoming 2016 Lexington Pride Festival, which will be held on June 25 this year.
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individual categories with Scott Robinson as guest D]. As a tribute to Prince, who died earlier in the day, Scott
playedéfurple Rain for the 100-plus people in the audience that evening.
" The evening started with a stirring performance by the extremely talented Miss Phoxee Esparanza .
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Kat Wilkie Kennedy, Pride Chair, and Chad Hundley, Pride Vice—Chair, directed the show, which
had been planned by Dwight Vires, Chair of the Lexington Pride Festival Fundraising Committee. Everyone
agreed that making the show family-friendly was a great success.

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