Should Transgender People Educate Society?
The other day, a dear friend of mine named, Marlo Bernier had posted something very interesting on her Facebook page. It was an article called, " Transgender People Are Not Responsible for Educating You ," written by Parker Marie Molloy. I have to say I loved reading this piece. It was well written and she made some great points. However, part of me has another opinion on it since society is either too lazy or too prejudice to get informed on certain issues. Part of it goes onto say, "Writers, activists, and professional educators like myself have chosen to use our time to instruct individuals on these matters; but it really, truly needs to be stressed that it is not any individual trans person's responsibility to educate others. For most, being transgender is only one facet of their existence. They can be teachers, lawyers, doctors, or accountants, and they should not feel obligated to take on the role of educator in addition to these already time-consuming care...