I came across a CNN article that chronicled a LGBT group of Oklahoma youth visiting their states capital. Unfortunately, their visit coincided with an email that stated "crossdresser in the building ". While I agreed that this was an awful and ignorant statement, the response from the group leader left me felling marginalized and upset. The quote was "crossdressers is an offensive term". Below is my email to the organization. What are your thoughts??
Hello, I'm writing to express my objection to the statement of "crossdresser is an offensive term" that was reported in the recent article I read on CNN. I was immediately outraged about the incident involving your group of students visiting the state capital and the email that stated "crossdresser in the building ". I was extremely upset by this and fully in support of your organization. However, as I read on, I came to the part where you representative made the statement that "crossdresser" is an offensive term. That is where I take issue. As a person who identifies as a crossdresser and a transgender person, I was hurt by this. Coming from a person who is representing the lbgT community, I would expect more sensitivity. Yes, it was awful what was contained in that email, but only by the fact that the group was being singled out inappropriately and most definitely incorrectly. However, crossdressers are a part of the same community and deserve the same respect. We are the most over looked segment, but are still human and have a need to be excepted like every one else.
Thank you for your time, Pete/Piper, proud crossdresser.
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Here is the link to the article: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/us/lgb...rnd/index.html