[nabs-l] Blindness vs. Other Minority Groups

Sun Nov 6 22:39:54 UTC 2011

Oh=20my=20gosh,=20how=20ridiculous=20these=20people=20are!=20Wow,=20Andi,=20=
what=20a=20
testament=20to=20the=20downright=20stupidity=20of=20some=20people!=20Well,=
=20I=20
think=20we=20need=20to=20try=20and=20educate=20people,=20and=20if=20they=20=
still=20don't=20
get=20it,=20they're=20either=20really=20stupid=20or=20really=20closed-minde=
d,=20and=20
we=20can't=20control=20their=20thoughts=20after=20we've=20tried=20to=20educ=
ate=20
them.

Chris

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Andi"=20<adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=201=20Nov=202011=2013:32:17=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Blindness=20vs.=20=20Other=20Minority=20Groups

I=20have=20a=20friend=20who=20is=20in=20a=20wheelchair=20and=20when=20we=20=
took=20trips=20
together=20or
even=20just=20went=20out=20to=20lunch=20together,=20it=20was=20both=20anoyi=
ng=20and=20
offensive=20and
yet=20some=20how=20funny,=20because=20people=20did=20not=20know=20which=20o=
ne=20of=20us=20
to=20treet
like=20we=20were=20stupid=20or=20incapable.=20=20It=20always=20offended=20u=
s=20the=20way=20
we=20were
treeted=20but=20we=20use=20to=20make=20a=20bet=20with=20each=20other,=20whi=
ch=20one=20of=20us=20
would=20be
the=20"one=20that=20needed=20help"=20and=20which=20one=20of=20us=20would=20=
be=20the=20
"helper."=20=20We
were=20allways=20rong=20when=20we=20thought=20it=20would=20be=20both=20of=20=
us=20thought=20
of=20as
stupid,=20because=20people=20think=20if=20you=20have=20a=20"disability"=20t=
hen=20you=20
need=20an=20aid
or=20helper,=20so=20when=20their=20were=20two=20people=20they=20feel=20are=
=20helpless=20
their=20brain
cant=20handle=20the=20confewsion.=20=20It=20never=20occurred=20to=20them=20=
to=20think=20
we=20were=20both
capable=20intelligent=20people.=20=20Once=20I=20went=20to=20the=20club=20wi=
th=20a=20
sighted=20friend
and=20I=20was=20weighting=20to=20use=20the=20bathroom=20when=20my=20friend=
=20walked=20in=20
wondering
where=20I=20went.=20=20Some=20stranger=20yeld=20at=20my=20friend=20for=20le=
tting=20me=20
wonder=20off=20by
myself=20as=20thoe=20I=20were=20a=20child.=20=20My=20friend=20told=20her=20=
that=20I=20was=20a=20
big=20girl=20and
did=20not=20need=20a=20keeper,=20but=20the=20chick=20just=20didn't=20get=20=
it.=20=20One=20
time=20I=20went=20to
lunch=20with=20a=20group=20of=20sighted=20friends=20and=20my=20friends=20al=
l=20were=20
given=20glass
glasses=20while=20I=20was=20given=20a=20styraphome=20cup=20with=20a=20lid.=
=20=20I=20asked=20
the=20waiter
why=20I=20was=20given=20the=20cup=20with=20a=20lid=20while=20my=20friends=20=
were=20given=20
glass=20glasses
and=20he=20pretended=20not=20to=20speek=20english.=20=20He=20went=20and=20f=
ound=20the=20
restoront
owner=20and=20they=20had=20a=20long=20conversation=20in=20korean=20which=20=
I=20was=20told=20
was=20a
translation=20of=20what=20I=20was=20asking=20but=20was=20most=20defanatly=20=
a=20
discussion=20about
what=20to=20do=20with=20me.=20=20He=20told=20me=20he=20thought=20I=20wanted=
=20take=20out.=20=20I=20
laughed=20and
asked=20him=20why=20he=20would=20think=20so=20when=20I=20sat=20at=20the=20s=
ame=20table=20with=20
my=20friends
and=20took=20my=20coat=20off?=20=20He=20finally=20told=20me=20he=20just=20t=
hought=20it=20
would=20be=20better
so=20I=20wouldn=E2=80=99t=20spill.=20=20I=20am=20not=20that=20clumbsy=20but=
=20I=20almost=20took=20
the=20top=20off
and=20dumped=20it=20out=20on=20the=20floor=20just=20to=20proove=20a=20point=
=20but=20I=20did=20
not.=20=20We
finished=20eating=20and=20when=20I=20went=20to=20pay=20for=20myself=20and=20=
my=20friend=20
who's
birthday=20it=20was,=20I=20was=20swept=20aside=20and=20my=20friend=20was=20=
asked=20for=20
money=20on=20my
behalf.=20=20Needless=20to=20say=20I=20was=20livid,=20and=20my=20friends=20=
told=20me=20I=20
was=20over
reacting=20about=20the=20whole=20thing=20and=20just=20needed=20to=20calm=20=
down=20
because=20the=20man
just=20did=20not=20understand=20blind=20people.=20=20Thees=20are=20just=20a=
=20few=20
examples=20as=20you
all=20well=20know=20we=20have=20to=20deal=20with=20it=20every=20day.=20=20I=
=20try=20to=20
enlighten=20people
and=20sometimes=20it=20works=20and=20sometimes=20it=20doesn't.=20=20Some=20=
people=20are=20
just=20to
dence=20too=20ever=20understand=20anything=20beyond=20their=20skewed=20pers=
eption=20
of
themselves=20and=20the=20world,=20but=20some=20times=20people=20will=20unde=
rstand=20
once=20they
are=20given=20a=20chance.=20=20One=20time=20I=20went=20to=20a=20sushi=20res=
toront=20and=20the=20
waittriss
probably=20had=20never=20seen=20a=20blind=20person=20in=20her=20life=20and=
=20thought=20I=20
was
helpless=20at=20first=20but=20once=20she=20heard=20me=20talking=20like=20a=
=20normal=20
person=20and=20did
not=20need=20the=20fork=20she=20gave=20me=20because=20I=20could=20eat=20wit=
h=20the=20
chopsticks=20she
started=20talking=20to=20me=20like=20I=20was=20a=20normal=20person.=20=20Sh=
e=20even=20was=20
joking=20with
me=20as=20I=20was=20leaveing.=20=20The=20change=20from=20practically=20shuv=
ving=20me=20in=20
a=20chair
because=20she=20was=20afraid=20I=20would=20brake=20if=20I=20took=20another=
=20step=20to=20
asking=20my
opinian=20about=20her=20relationship=20was=20enough=20to=20tell=20me=20that=
=20some=20
people=20if
educated=20can=20come=20around.=20=20The=20ones=20who=20will=20never=20get=
=20it=20no=20
matter=20how=20well
you=20prove=20yourself=20I=20feel=20bad=20for=20it=20must=20really=20suck=20=
to=20be=20so=20
stupid.=20=20I
say=20stupid=20because=20I=20truly=20believe=20there=20is=20a=20difference=
=20between=20
stupid=20and
ignorent.=20=20If=20you=20are=20ignorent=20it=20is=20not=20your=20fault=20b=
ecause=20you=20
just=20don't
know,=20but=20if=20you=20are=20ignorent=20because=20you=20refuse=20to=20lea=
rn=20then=20
that=20person
is=20stupid.=20=20I=20am=20sorry=20for=20the=20ranting=20and=20the=20run=20=
on=20sentences=20
but=20I=20get
mad=20when=20talking=20about=20the=20stupid=20people=20of=20the=20world.=20=
=20As=20far=20as=20
other
minorities=20go,=20I=20have=20friends=20in=20pretty=20much=20every=20commun=
ity=20
there=20is=20and
the=20descrimenation=20is=20just=20as=20bad=20for=20them=20it=20is=20just=20=
a=20different=20
form.=20=20My
friend=20Canesha=20who=20is=20black=20just=20had=20an=20insident=20where=20=
she=20was=20
being=20wached
for=20shoplifting=20and=20she=20is=20the=20last=20person=20on=20earth=20who=
=20would=20
shoplift.=20=20She
was=20being=20wached=20for=20no=20other=20reason=20then=20because=20she=20i=
s=20black.=20=20
She=20was=20so
angry=20about=20it=20but=20told=20me=20it=20happened=20at=20every=20store=20=
she=20went=20
to.=20=20It=20made
me=20so=20mad.=20=20My=20friend=20Youmi=20is=20from=20Korea=20and=20when=20=
we=20were=20in=20
highschool=20she
did=20not=20have=20many=20friends=20because=20everyone=20thought=20because=
=20she=20
had=20an
accsent=20and=20her=20english=20was=20not=20perfict=20that=20she=20was=20st=
upid.=20=20She=20
had
skipped=202=20grades=20that=20is=20how=20smart=20she=20is.=20=20People=20st=
ill=20talked=20
baby=20talk=20to
her=20that=20made=20me=20mad.=20=20She=20never=20acted=20like=20she=20was=20=
mad=20but=20I=20
know=20it
bothered=20her.=20=20I=20have=20a=20friend=20who's=20knew=20name=20is=20Mar=
ia,=20but=20had=20
a=20former
name=20of=20Peter=20and=20she=20lost=20a=20lot=20of=20family=20and=20friend=
s=20when=20they=20
met=20Maria.
she=20is=20the=20same=20person=20she=20was=20except=20now=20her=20phisical=
=20gender=20
maches=20her
mental=20gender.=20=20People=20act=20like=20she=20has=20a=20contagious=20di=
sease,=20
that=20makes=20me
mad.=20=20My=20own=20father=20through=20a=20toster=20through=20a=20glass=20=
door=20when=20he=20
found=20out
I=20was=20dating=20a=20man=20from=20Guatemala.=20=20He=20did=20eventually=20=
come=20around=20
though=20and
is=20now=20suportive=20of=20our=20engagement.=20=20However=20he=20is=20stil=
l=20more=20
happy=20with=20my
sisters=20white=20boyfriend=20who=20treets=20her=20taribly=20then=20my=20br=
own=20
feeonce=20who
treets=20me=20like=20a=20queen.=20=20If=20the=20world=20was=20more=20openmi=
nded=20and=20
less=20stuck=20on
themselves=20then=20none=20of=20us=20would=20have=20problems=20but=20unfort=
unatly=20
it=20is=20not
that=20symple=20and=20all=20the=20education=20in=20the=20world=20will=20not=
=20fix=20the=20
problem.
Thankfully=20not=20all=20people=20are=20so=20stupid=20and=20we=20just=20hav=
e=20to=20focus=20
on
educating=20the=20people=20who=20are=20inteligent=20enough=20to=20not=20wan=
t=20to=20be=20
ignorent.
-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Joshua=20Lester
Sent:=20Tuesday,=20November=2001,=202011=202:49=20AM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Blindness=20vs.=20=20Other=20Minority=20Groups

Cortnie:
Welcome=20to=20the=20list!
I=20hope=20you=20enjoy=20your=20time=20here!
I=20agree=20with=20your=20statements.
I'll=20E-mail=20you=20offlist.
Blessings,=20Joshua

On=2011/1/11,=20Cortnie=20Ryan=20<cortnie.ryan at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Hello,=20my=20name=20is=20Cortnie.
=20This=20is=20an=20extremely=20interesting=20topic=20of=20discussion.=20=20=
One=20in=20
which
=20I've=20pondered=20multiple=20times.=20=20I'm=20relatively=20new=20on=20t=
his=20
mailing=20list,
=20and=20haven't=20quite=20had=20the=20nerve=20to=20put=20my=20thoughts=20a=
nd=20opinions=20
down
=20for=20all=20to=20see.=20=20Shy?=20I=20don't=20know.=20=20Anyway,=20on=20=
with=20the=20show,=20I=20
guess.
=20First=20off,=20I=20should=20say=20that=20the=20way=20this=20was=20brough=
t=20to=20the=20
table=20was
=20very=20well-said,=20and=20I=20could=20tell=20it's=20something=20that=20w=
as=20thought=20
about
=20at=20great=20length.=20=20Yes,=20forgive=20me=20for=20stating=20the=20ob=
vious,=20but=20a=20
cause
=20for=20controversy=20is=20definitely=20a=20possibility,=20but=20these=20i=
ssues=20
need=20to
=20be=20discussed=20in=20order=20to=20reach=20a=20potential=20and=20satisfa=
ctory
=20resolution.=20=20Mind=20you,=20this=20is=20only=20my=20opinion,=20but=20=
it's=20an=20
opinion=20I
=20feel=20very=20strongly=20about.=20=20No,=20I=20don't=20feel=20that=20it'=
s=20different=20
at=20all.
=20What=20you=20may=20feel=20as=20a=20compliment=20to=20another=20person,=20=
may,=20
essentially,
=20be=20a=20slap=20in=20their=20face.=20=20Saying=20that=20you=20do=20somet=
hing=20well=20for=20
a=20blind
=20person=20is=20no=20different=20than=20if=20you=20were=20to,=20as=20previ=
ously=20
stated,=20do
=20well=20for=20being=20a=20woman.=20=20Quite=20frankly,=20that=20sounds=20=
sexist=20and
=20degrading,=20no=20matter=20how=20well-meaning=20the=20comment=20was.=20=
=20It's=20all=20
about
=20the=20perception.=20=20What=20someone=20else=20may=20see=20as=20complime=
ntary,=20you=20
may
=20see=20as=20an=20insult.=20=20There=20have=20been=20many=20times=20those=
=20types=20of=20
statements
=20have=20been=20made=20to=20me.=20=20For=20instance,=20"Wow,=20I'm=20impre=
ssed.=20=20You=20
do=20really
=20well=20with=20crossing=20the=20street...=20=20for=20a=20blind=20person."=
=20Yet,=20
comments
=20like=20that=20aren't=20made=20to=20any=20other=20minority.=20=20A=20more=
=20tactful=20
approach
=20is=20taken.=20=20I'm=20unsure=20why=20it's=20that=20way,=20but=20I'm=20i=
nclined=20to=20
believe
=20that=20it's=20a=20lack=20of=20education=20as=20well=20as=20the=20fact=20=
that=20most=20
people=20see
=20blindness=20as=20a=20physical=20disability=20or,=20I=20really=20hate=20t=
o=20use=20this=20
word,
=20but=20a=20handicap.=20=20We=20as=20blind=20people=20may=20be=20a=20small=
=20fraction=20of=20
the
=20population,=20but=20blindness=20has=20been=20around=20as=20long=20as=20g=
ays=20have,=20
or
=20even=20unconventional=20religious=20practices=20and=20beliefs.=20=20Take=
=20it=20
from
=20someone=20who=20has=20struggled=20through=20a=20couple=20different=20sit=
uations.=20=20
I
=20found=20my=20experiences=20to=20be=20quite=20similar.=20=20Lots=20of=20s=
tereotyping,=20
but
=20different=20approaches=20were=20made=20when=20dealing=20with=20it.=20=20=
We=20all=20
just=20want
=20to=20be=20accepted=20and=20cared=20about=20for=20who=20we=20are=20on=20t=
he=20inside.=20=20
That's
=20all=20that=20should=20matter.=20=20Unfortunately,=20though,=20that's=20n=
ot=20what=20
people
=20see=20when=20they=20meet=20us.=20=20Our=20supposed=20disability=20oversh=
adows=20our
=20disposition=20and=20personality.=20=20It's=20the=20same=20with=20our=20s=
uccess.=20=20
We=20can't
=20possibly=20make=20it=20in=20the=20fast-track=20world=20of=20the=20all-mi=
ghty=20
sighted.
=20Note=20the=20sarcasm.
=20Well,=20there's=20so=20much=20more=20I=20could=20write=20about=20this=20=
subject,=20but=20
then
=20it=20would=20just=20become=20even=20more=20of=20a=20rant.=20=20I'm=20try=
ing=20to=20avoid=20
that.
=20Once=20again,=20very=20well=20written.

=20On=2010/31/11,=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>=20
wrote:
=20Wow!
=20Arielle,=20I've=20been=20waiting=20to=20say=20something=20about=20this=20=
issue!
=20I=20was=20listening=20to=20the=20National=20Quartet=20Convention,=20(Sou=
thern=20
Gospel
=20music's=20largest=20event,)=20when=20legendary=20singer/songwriter=20Bil=
l=20
Gaither
=20made=20this=20comment,=20while=20introducing=20the=20next=20group.
=20Gordon=20Mote,=20is=20his=20pianist,=20and=20he=20happens=20to=20be=20bl=
ind,=20so=20bear=20
this=20in
=20mind.
=20Bill=20Gaither=20said=20this,=20while=20introducing=20the=20Southern=20G=
ospel=20
trio,
=20"Greater=20Vision."
=20"Now,=20we=20go=20from=20lesser=20vision,=20(refering=20to=20Gordon,)=20=
to=20Greater
=20Vision,"=20(referring=20to=20the=20group.)
=20It's=20okay=20to=20make=20fun=20of=20blindness,=20but=20if=20I=20told=20=
a=20joke=20against
=20someone=20else,=20I'd=20be=20criticized.
=20There's=20a=20double=20standard=20in=20the=20politically=20correct=20wor=
ld.
=20What's=20good=20for=20the=20goose=20is=20good=20for=20the=20gander!
=20Blessings,=20Joshua

=20On=2010/31/11,=20Arielle=20Silverman=20<arielle71 at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Warning-this=20topic=20has=20the=20potential=20to=20start=20a=20heated=20=
debate,=20
but=20I
=20also=20think=20it=20is=20an=20interesting=20and=20important=20topic=20fo=
r=20us=20as=20
blind
=20people=20to=20think=20about.
=20Lately=20I=20have=20been=20thinking=20a=20lot=20about=20how=20the=20prob=
lems=20faced=20
by=20the
=20blind=20are=20similar=20to=20or=20different=20from=20those=20faced=20by=
=20other=20
minority
=20groups=20in=20this=20country=20historically=20and=20in=20the=20present.=
=20=20More=20
than
=20that,=20I=20have=20been=20thinking=20about=20how=20the=20general=20publi=
c=20sees=20us=20
as=20a
=20group=20in=20comparison=20to=20how=20they=20view=20other=20minority=20gr=
oups.=20=20It=20
has
=20struck=20me=20that=20oftentimes=20members=20of=20the=20general=20public=
=20treat=20us=20
in
=20discriminatory=20ways=20or=20stereotype=20us=20without=20even=20consider=
ing=20
that
=20this=20kind=20of=20treatment=20resembles=20stereotyping=20and=20discrimi=
nation
=20against=20other=20minority=20groups.
=20Let=20me=20give=20a=20concrete=20example.=20=20In=20his=20book=20Freedom=
=20for=20the=20
Blind,=20Jim
=20Omvig=20writes=20of=20a=20time=20when=20he=20was=20directing=20a=20train=
ing=20center=20
and=20a
=20female=20staff=20member=20at=20the=20center=20commented,=20"You=20do=20y=
our=20job=20so=20
well,
=20sometimes=20I=20forget=20you're=20blind!"=20Seeing=20the=20teachable=20m=
oment,=20
Mr.
=20Omvig=20brought=20up=20this=20incident=20to=20his=20students=20during=20=
a=20
philosophy
=20class,=20and=20to=20illustrate=20his=20point=20he=20said=20to=20the=20wo=
man,=20"You=20
are=20such
=20a=20good=20teacher,=20sometimes=20I=20forget=20you're=20a=20woman!"=20Fr=
om=20what=20I
=20recall,=20the=20staff=20member=20got=20a=20bit=20upset=20and=20insisted=
=20that=20"no,=20
what=20I
=20said=20about=20you=20being=20blind=20was=20very=20different=20from=20wha=
t=20you=20said=20
about
=20my=20being=20a=20woman.=20=20I=20was=20just=20trying=20to=20give=20you=20=
a=20compliment!"
=20Now,=20as=20blind=20people=20most=20of=20us=20understand=20the=20problem=
=20with=20her
=20comment-the=20implication=20that=20being=20blind=20must=20not=20be=20ver=
y=20good,=20
so
=20someone=20who=20does=20a=20good=20job=20isn't=20like=20other=20blind=20p=
eople.=20=20To=20
me=20this
=20sounds=20like=20the=20same=20problem=20as=20making=20the=20analogous=20c=
omment=20to=20
a
=20woman-but=20she=20didn't=20see=20it=20that=20way.=20=20Why=20not?=20Is=20=
there=20a=20
difference
=20here?
=20I=20have=20often=20been=20quite=20frustrated=20when=20people=20I=20know=
=20and
=20trust-friends=20or=20family=20members,=20who=20have=20very=20liberal=20v=
iews=20
about
=20race,=20would=20never=20utter=20a=20racial=20slur=20or=20support=20discr=
imination
=20against=20racial=20minorities,=20women,=20gays=20etc.=20=20who=20nonethe=
less=20
have=20no
=20qualms=20about=20saying=20negative=20things=20about=20blindness.=20=20Li=
ke=20
saying=20blind
=20people=20are=20all=20worse=20than=20the=20sighted=20at=20something,=20or=
=20that=20
blind
=20people=20are=20more=20dependent=20or=20less=20successful=20than=20the=20=
sighted,=20
etc.
=20They=20will=20sometimes=20say=20these=20things=20to=20my=20face=20and=20=
don't=20
understand
=20why=20I=20don't=20like=20to=20hear=20these=20things.=20=20Sometimes=20fa=
mily=20members=20
will
=20make=20comments=20comparing=20me=20favorably=20to=20other=20blind=20peop=
le.=20=20
They=20think
=20they=20are=20giving=20me=20compliments,=20and=20fail=20to=20understand=20=
that=20I=20
don't
=20want=20to=20hear=20negative=20things=20spoken=20about=20the=20blind=20as=
=20a=20
collective.
=20Yet=20these=20same=20people=20would=20never=20tell=20an=20African=20Amer=
ican=20that=20
they
=20are=20"smart=20for=20a=20black=20person"=20etc.=20=20I=20remember=20duri=
ng=20the=20
protests
=20against=20the=20Blindness=20film=20in=202008,=20I=20was=20perplexed=20by=
=20how=20many=20
people
=20just=20didn't=20get=20it,=20and=20didn't=20see=20what=20harm=20the=20fil=
m=20could=20
do-and=20yet
=20an=20analogous=20film=20where=20everyone=20developed=20black=20skin=20or=
=20female
=20anatomy=20with=20such=20dire=20consequences=20would=20never=20be=20accep=
ted=20in=20
our
=20modern=20society.=20=20And=20finally,=20in=20my=20research,=20I=20have=20=
observed=20
that=20the
=20college=20students=20in=20my=20experiments=20have=20no=20problem=20sayin=
g=20on=20a=20
survey
=20that=20the=20blind=20are=20much=20less=20competent=20than=20the=20sighte=
d,=20yet=20
would
=20never=20say=20such=20things=20directly=20about=20another=20minority=20gr=
oup-in=20
fact,
=20lots=20of=20fancy=20indirect=20measures=20have=20been=20developed=20to=20=
tap=20those
=20attitudes=20because=20people=20nowadays=20are=20so=20unwilling=20to=20ad=
mit=20
their
=20prejudices,=20unless=20it's=20toward=20the=20blind.
=20So,=20what's=20up?=20Are=20stereotypes=20about=20the=20blind=20somehow=20=
more=20
accurate
=20than=20stereotypes=20about=20ethnic=20minorities?=20Is=20discrimination=
=20
against
=20the=20blind=20somehow=20more=20justified?=20Or=20is=20it=20just=20that=20=
we=20are=20such=20
a
=20small=20group=20that=20we=20haven't=20developed=20the=20same=20history,=
=20had=20the=20
same
=20scale=20of=20civil=20rights=20activism,=20etc.=20=20to=20raise=20people'=
s=20
awareness?=20Do
=20you=20guys=20think=20we=20deserve=20the=20same=20considerations=20as=20o=
ther=20
minorities
=20in=20this=20country?=20If=20not,=20am=20I=20missing=20something?=20If=20=
so,=20how=20do=20
we=20get
=20members=20of=20the=20public=20to=20see=20this?
=20Also,=20as=20an=20aside,=20I'm=20curious=20to=20hear=20from=20those=20of=
=20you=20who=20are=20
"dual
=20minorities"=20being=20both=20blind=20and=20a=20member=20of=20a=20minorit=
y=20group=20in=20
this
=20country=20(ethnicity-wise,=20or=20a=20different=20group=20like=20GLBT,=20=

uncommon
=20religious=20beliefs=20etc.)=20How=20do=20you=20think=20your=20two=20iden=
tities=20are
=20similar?=20Different?=20Do=20you=20feel=20they=20interact=20with=20one=20=
another?
=20I=20look=20forward=20to=20the=20discussion.
=20Best,
=20Arielle

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