06 A Gender Journey: Diana Dotto pt 1

Just Out of Curiosity with Shelley Dee

And so, my curiosity today leads to gender expression and identity. I hear lots of talk about trans people and questioning or not understanding things and parts about trans issues. I hear less of people actually talking to trans people to understand what that disconnect is with how we express ourselves. What I really think is there’s a lack of compassion. We’ve gotten so used to living with labels and in binaries that when people try to move outside of that, we spend more time comprehending why they would want to do that and what that could potentially mean for folks that conform, instead of being compassionate about the struggles and even violence that happens to those that don’t.

I’m learning more and more that maybe, I need to check myself and how I see the world and understand that not everyone lives my life with my experiences, much like I won’t live through someone else’s experiences to understand them. What I’m trying to do is listen more. If someone wants to answer my questions, then I will ask. Because, as GI Joe taught me, knowing is half the battle. What you do with the other half is up to you.

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