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First Person: I Am a Racist, Bigoted, Audist, Homophobe: Or “Why I Believe a Unified Dialogue Can Heal Our Community”
An Open Letter to the Gallaudet University Community
By Adam Bartley
The title of this writing may seem at odds with the Adam that many of you may know, but it is true. All this will be made clear in due course as I proceed with my thoughts on the need for Unified Dialogue to address LGBTQA students, faculty and staff concerns on campus. Let me first be clear at the outset on what I mean by Unified Dialogue.
First Person: A Page from Drago’s Journal
October 15, 2012
Magnus placed his paw on my arm, pushed down firmly and gave me “the look”. This is his way of communicating to me that he needs to go out. It was time for our nightly walk and he had business to take care of, and like, right now.
Being the devoted doggy dad that I am, I obliged.
First Person: What We Can Expect from Dr. McCaskill’s Press Conference
By M. Matton
Ever wish you had a crystal ball that could predict the future? I bought a crystal ball at a fair once when I was 10. This morning, I took it out of the attic; I wanted to see if it would give me a glimpse of what we can expect at today’s news conference. It wasn’t much help but I do have some hunches.
Vote Yes to Question 6
Check out this blog post from long-time ally, Patti Durr.
[Photo courtesy Jan, Sharon, Candace, and Jehanne]
First Person: An Open Letter to Dr. Angela McCaskill
An Open Letter to Dr. Angela McCaskill, Chief Diversity Officer at Gallaudet
Dr. McCaskill, Angela, as I am sitting down to finally carve the pumpkin I had hoped to donate to the Office of Diversity and you, I am moved to set down my thoughts to share with you. I don’t yet know if I will send it to you, or if I will share it with the community. I only know I need to write these thoughts and still the dizzying whirl of feelings and reactions that have my mind abuzz. We shall see when the pumpkin is carved and the lines here written what is worth the sharing.
Thank You for Sign Dancing – NOT!
By John McBride
I’m an interpreter who works on-stage at queer events. Once, after a concert, a hearing dyke came up to me. She said, “Thank you for sign dancing! I don’t know sign, but it’s so pretty – it’s dancing!”
Sign dancing???? She meant well. But like many hearing queers, she had a funny ideas about signed music and interpreters. So here are some thoughts for CTN Magazine’s hearing readers. First, the sad tale of a love gone wrong:
Once upon a time, I had two lovers. One lover was ASL. My other lover was Music.