Friday, December 15, 2017
Friday, December 08, 2017
[akkai padmashali's question and obama's answer...]
Direct link to video
Here's part of the conversation:
“How can I speak up in front of a society when I am a criminal under Section 377?” she [Akkai Padmashali, a transgender activist] asked.
“I think the answer is, it begins with what you just did, which is to find your voice and be able to articulate your views and your experiences, and tell your story,” Obama answered.
“And that’s true of any group that is marginalized, stigmatized,” he continued. “Finding that voice, and being able to tell a story so that the perceptions somehow that you are different are broken down, because they start seeing their experiences in you. They see your humanity.”
“Once that voice is there, hopefully others join you. So now you have networks, and organizations, and allies,” he said.
“And then, once that happens, it’s a matter of applying political pressure and being able to mobilize public opinion,” he instructed.
Read the whole article at:
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/12/barack-obamas-inspirational-answer-question-trans-woman-will-give-hope/
categories:
lgbtq,
margins,
transgender
Wednesday, December 06, 2017
[queer virtue: what lgbtq people know about life and love...]
Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity
The Reverend Elizabeth M. Edman.
Beacon Press, Boston MA 2016
Read more about this book, including praise, a sample chapter, and a free study guide at the publisher's webpage.
sample quotes
For Paul, love was the glue that holds a community together. But that love was never designed to be insular. Rather, the evangelistic impulse is precisely about expanding that sense of love outward both in proclamation and in service to the larger community. This was one of the significant ways that Christianity diverged from Judaism, becoming a community that transgresses ethnic ties, hoping to expand in scope and scale to include those in need throughout the world. (p. 25)
The path of queer virtue looks something like this:
One discerns an identity;
One risks telling oneself and others about that identity;
One engages with others, touches others, to explore that identity;
One confronts and is confronted by scandal;
One lives out one's identity with and through community, looking to the margins to see who is not yet included. (p. 27)
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
apologies from the prime minister and others
It's the month of apologies...
Today, we apologize to former students of Newfoundland and Labrador residential schools and to the families, loved ones, and communities for the painful & tragic legacy these schools left behind: https://t.co/BKatosyFfM pic.twitter.com/PsJ30Zr6zj— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) November 24, 2017
LIVE NOW – Official apology in the House for the state-sponsored, systemic oppression, and rejection of LGBTQ2 people: https://t.co/55bmrnw6vZ— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) November 28, 2017
Justin didn't mince any words with his apology. Note the detail in the apology, and the language used.
Text link to the full apology.
And coming sometime in the future...
P.S. Was Justin also apologizing on behalf of Christians?
categories:
indigenous,
jesus prays,
lgbtq
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