For 8 Years, She Convinced The World She Was A Boy. Now, She's Making Us Rethink Sexuality

[justiceischeap]

What if most of us aren't "gay" or "straight," but somewhere in between? Artist and activist iO Tillett Wright makes a passionate case for accepting the complexity of individuality -- without making anybody feel like a second-class citizen. If her words don't persuade you, the images she shares just might.

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tedtalks/io-tillett-wright-ted_b_5295619.html

It's about 20 minutes long but well worth the watch.

[planetc]

1. Hard to recommend this enough

To avoid discrimination, you always have to focus on the individual anyway. You don't have to like or hate every person in a given class--indeed that's impossible, since you will never meet them all anyway. But you do have to meet lots of people in your life, and to meet them all as the person they are is the only civilized way to do it.

[BainsBane]

2. "We are all responsibile for equality"

Beautifully statement, completely true.

[countryjake]

3. I can't kick this hard enough...

excellent presentation!

Thanks for sharing this, justiceischeap.

[riderinthestorm]

4. Kick! Really good! nt

[Whisp]

5. Huge K&R! wow

[redqueen]

6. Can't wait to watch this later. nt

[me b zola]

7. Love this!

I had never found the right "box" for me as defined by others, so I came to call myself "mostly hetero". I too would have preferred to live my childhood as a boy, but like O Tillett I was not born into the wrong body, only someone whose identity was fluid.

[MadrasT]

8. This is so great.

Thank you so much for sharing it.