Transgender Days

[dreamshark]

I see from my LJ f-list that today is International Transgender Day of Remembrance.

THIS LINK is more appropriate for TransAction! Day, but I wanted to post it while I was thinking of it. It does have senseless hatred of transgender people in it, but I admit that it has a happier ending than the events that inspired the Day of Remembrance. I hope people don't think it's inappropriate for the day.

I heard this story on MPR and looked it up online. It's not spelled out in the newspaper story, but what makes this story so cool is that Silverton is NOT one of those ultra-hip Portland suburbs. It's a very traditional small town from the Republican side of Oregon. You have to know that to appreciate the significance of the men in dresses.

Comments

[jiawen]

It's not clear that the mayor is a "man in a dress". I'm honestly unsure how their mayor identifies, but my guess is that it's more complicated than just as a man.