I went to see the movie Gen Silent, the movie is a documentary about elder LGBT people in the Boston area and the fear of discrimination and their loneliness that they have. Many LGBT people faced discrimination all their lives and they worry that they will also face it in nursing homes by the staff and the residents. One story they tell is when a healthcare worker comes their house and instead of caring for the dying partner the healthcare worker came with a Bible to preach to them to overcome their sinful ways.
The movie also had a trans-woman who was dying of lung cancer and how the staff went above and beyond to help her fell not alone. The movie pointed out that many LGBT have no family support, that the family had estranged them when they came out in the 50s, 60s, and 70s when being LGBT was still illegal and there were witch-hunts to weed out the gays.
After the movie I was on a panel to talk about our thoughts on the movie. One of the points that I made was only had a trans-woman was pretty much integrated into society. That many trans-people cannot afford hormones or electrolysis but they still are women.
After the panel a woman came up to me tell how wonderful the panel was and the she learned a lot, that she would never have known that I was a man. I felt like bopping her on the head like they do on NCIS and asking were you listening for the last two hours? But a friend who is a nurse politely said that trans-women are women and you should use female pronouns.
The movie also had a trans-woman who was dying of lung cancer and how the staff went above and beyond to help her fell not alone. The movie pointed out that many LGBT have no family support, that the family had estranged them when they came out in the 50s, 60s, and 70s when being LGBT was still illegal and there were witch-hunts to weed out the gays.
After the movie I was on a panel to talk about our thoughts on the movie. One of the points that I made was only had a trans-woman was pretty much integrated into society. That many trans-people cannot afford hormones or electrolysis but they still are women.
After the panel a woman came up to me tell how wonderful the panel was and the she learned a lot, that she would never have known that I was a man. I felt like bopping her on the head like they do on NCIS and asking were you listening for the last two hours? But a friend who is a nurse politely said that trans-women are women and you should use female pronouns.
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