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Kimberly Warner's avatar

Such an important post. Thank you for laying bare your personal story so we can reflect and see ourselves in it. A dear friend of mine just discovered he’s omni-sexual (yes, I had to look it up) and while he still is in the throes of understanding it and identifying as male, he’s also teaching me about how short-sighted our binary gender divisions are, citing there’s upwards of 38 biological markers and variations within the male-female spectrum. We are far from binary, and up until 2006 it was actually legal for physicians to assign gender at birth when there may’ve been confusion. I applaud your daughters for their ability to listen deeply to and trust their inner voices. The more they can be true to themselves, the more will follow and celebrate the infinite ways consciousness expresses itself on this earth. May our country and her people realize we are stronger, more resilient and beautiful because of our differences. ❤️

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

So important to be said. The concept of who we are must be accepted and talked about. And add this that the election causes us to despair for empathy. Stated and needed to be stated.

I add this: As Trump’s inauguration looms, as his threats to create detention camps loom, as prison stocks rise, as he plans to deport thousands from our nation, separating parents from their children looms,

Let us hear Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984), German theologian and Lutheran pastor, whose words appear on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial:

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me."

We must speak out to save democracy and condemn inhumanity.

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