CBI

As we continue to watch in horror at the cruel and unjustified violence being perpetrated by the Department of Homeland Security in Minneapolis, and other places, I am heartened by the growing chorus of voices from across our country strongly condemning the actions of ICE. I am very pleased that leaders of the Conservative movement were part of a Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement that was issued last week. 

I grew up as a boy, but as you can see, I am a woman. I’m a lot older than the others who will be speaking today. I lived in a time when it was extremely difficult to come out as trans. All of the images I saw of people like me were either hated or laughed at. I did not want to be hated, and I did not want to be laughed at.