"Standing at the Crossroads" - Empty Closets - A safe online community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered people coming out

thedreamwatch · 24th Jan 2011, 03:59 PM

http://www.ourlivesmadison.com/files/OL22.pdf

scroll down and check out the article on page 16 about gender.

I thought it was lovely.

maverick · 24th Jan 2011, 04:37 PM

That's really awesome, pretty much sums up my feelings about being a "two spirit" in a nutshell. Unless you're born somewhere towards the middle of the gender binary, you have no idea how strongly ingrained in our society the role differentiations between male and female are, and the punishments for bucking them are often severe.

thedreamwatch · 24th Jan 2011, 05:06 PM

I believe it. I mostly fit into my determined gender role, other than being into girls and a few assorted "quirks". I can't imagine what it's like to truly be in-between, but what this article said about being an individual and not a zero, it struck me as the ideal I also hold dear to my own heart. Not just about gender, but about mental illness, sexuality, race, class, creed....you name it.

24th Jan 2011, 03:59 PM	#1
thedreamwatch Maximum Ridiculosity Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Kinsey 5. So, pretty gay. Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 1,274 Join Date: Jan 2011	"Standing at the Crossroads" http://www.ourlivesmadison.com/files/OL22.pdf scroll down and check out the article on page 16 about gender. I thought it was lovely. __________________ "I came out laughing, I came out screaming, I came out dancing..." - T&S

24th Jan 2011, 04:37 PM	#2
maverick let watchers become warriors Full Member Gender: You tell me. Orientation: Hey good lookin'. wink Out Status: It's pretty obvious. Location: Alabama cue banjos Age: 26 Posts: 2,118 Join Date: Nov 2010	Re: "Standing at the Crossroads" That's really awesome, pretty much sums up my feelings about being a "two spirit" in a nutshell. Unless you're born somewhere towards the middle of the gender binary, you have no idea how strongly ingrained in our society the role differentiations between male and female are, and the punishments for bucking them are often severe. __________________ Shelter me oh genius words, just give me strength / to pen these things, and give me peace to well her wings / and oh, oh carry on, all you minstrels of the world, we will catch our lady's ear, we will win for us the girl.

24th Jan 2011, 05:06 PM	#3
thedreamwatch Maximum Ridiculosity Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Kinsey 5. So, pretty gay. Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 1,274 Join Date: Jan 2011	Re: "Standing at the Crossroads" I believe it. I mostly fit into my determined gender role, other than being into girls and a few assorted "quirks". I can't imagine what it's like to truly be in-between, but what this article said about being an individual and not a zero, it struck me as the ideal I also hold dear to my own heart. Not just about gender, but about mental illness, sexuality, race, class, creed....you name it. __________________ "I came out laughing, I came out screaming, I came out dancing..." - T&S

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