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I've just got home from talking at a diversity high table dinner hosted by one of the Halls at ANU.
I have to say it was great to see 40 + young people interested in diversity. :)
After a glass of champers and a couple of glasses of Red, a wonderful meal I got up to do my bit. It seemed to go down well. I got laughs in the appropriate places!
The other speakers were also really interesting. The head of the ANUs disability unit, an international student form Kenya and a young MTF trans girl.
The last of these really touched me. I found it incredibly sad when she said that she hoped that hers would be the last generation of trans people to have to deal with the hardships she had dealt with. Unfortunately I remember thinking the same thing 10 - 20 years ago and I don't see society changing that much over the next ten years due to our political climate. I live in hope that things will change but in all honesty I can't see how. :(
Damn this ended up being more depressing than I hoped it would be when I started.
Off to bed me thinks.
I have to say it was great to see 40 + young people interested in diversity. :)
After a glass of champers and a couple of glasses of Red, a wonderful meal I got up to do my bit. It seemed to go down well. I got laughs in the appropriate places!
The other speakers were also really interesting. The head of the ANUs disability unit, an international student form Kenya and a young MTF trans girl.
The last of these really touched me. I found it incredibly sad when she said that she hoped that hers would be the last generation of trans people to have to deal with the hardships she had dealt with. Unfortunately I remember thinking the same thing 10 - 20 years ago and I don't see society changing that much over the next ten years due to our political climate. I live in hope that things will change but in all honesty I can't see how. :(
Damn this ended up being more depressing than I hoped it would be when I started.
Off to bed me thinks.
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