There are areas in Florida where there have been a number trans women murdered.
A few weeks ago I was reading an article about a study in bias.
They were researching about how to stop the polarization of the country, conservative v. liberals; the suburbs v. the city.
What they researches did was to bring people from the suburbs and the city together in groups, they gave them several dinners where they had social time together before the “focus group.” The researches lead them to believe they were studying the focus group topic but in reality they were their conservative and liberal views. What they found was as they got to know one another their conservative views moved more toward the center and the same thing happened to the liberals.
Their conclusion; that when you get to know the people outside of your community it becomes less about them v. us but more about “we.”
During the summer I go up to my cottage on the Cape while I’m there I meet the people who live there year round.
I visit the Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and there are two ladies who collect the fee and answered questions and I got to know them. Many times I go to restaurant there on the beach and they got to know me as a regular customer, the same goes for another restaurant that I eat at regularly and bring other trans friends.
That is how we bring about change.
Transgender community facing dangers in Suncoast communityMost of those murdered were blacks just trying to survive any way they can. Many were disowned by their families, many dropped out of school because of bullying or violence and the school system turned a blind eye at the violence.
My Sun Coast
By Jess Doudrick
January 25, 2019
SARASOTA (WWSB) - Twenty-six transgender people in the U.S. last year were violently killed, according to the Human Rights Campaign, with many of those cases involving some type of anti-transgender bias. One of those alleged victims [Yeah right! “Alleged victims” she shot herself multiple times and then she threw herself in to the bushes.] was from North Port.
Last September, North Port Police identified a 20-year-old shooting victim as Tyren Kinard. Kinard was shot multiple times, and the was body left in a bush on the side of the road. According to local LGBTQ advocates, Kinard was known in the LGBTQ community as Londonn Moore.
It was a case that Vanessa Nichols said she followed closely. That’s because her son, Dylan, is transgender.
With all of these dangers that the LGBTQ community faces, how can the rest of the community help? First, advocates say to stop stopping the conversation. Second, educate yourself and those around you. Third, get to know people in the LGBTQ community.I think the last is important… get to know a trans person.
A few weeks ago I was reading an article about a study in bias.
They were researching about how to stop the polarization of the country, conservative v. liberals; the suburbs v. the city.
What they researches did was to bring people from the suburbs and the city together in groups, they gave them several dinners where they had social time together before the “focus group.” The researches lead them to believe they were studying the focus group topic but in reality they were their conservative and liberal views. What they found was as they got to know one another their conservative views moved more toward the center and the same thing happened to the liberals.
Their conclusion; that when you get to know the people outside of your community it becomes less about them v. us but more about “we.”
During the summer I go up to my cottage on the Cape while I’m there I meet the people who live there year round.
I visit the Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and there are two ladies who collect the fee and answered questions and I got to know them. Many times I go to restaurant there on the beach and they got to know me as a regular customer, the same goes for another restaurant that I eat at regularly and bring other trans friends.
That is how we bring about change.
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