The Pulse on Gender Equity in Seattle & Beyond
If you’re a supporter of gender equality, I bet you also support LGBTQ rights.
This is true for me, but I’ve never been quite able to articulate why.
It just seemed right. It just seemed to make sense.
As the first post in the “It’s All Connected” series, I explored this topic with David Ward, an attorney at Legal Voice, who has worked to pass laws in Washington State addressing both the fight for LGBT equality and gender equality.
It’s hard to see the world from the perspective of someone else. Really hard. Even people who have been in relationships for years have trouble with this. But we especially struggle to imagine what it’s like to be someone from a different background, who’s life experiences look nothing like yours.
As a white, middle class woman, I’m privileged to only have to worry about one main form of discrimination, based on my gender. Knowing this, I’ve worked to better understand other types of oppression, from what I studied at university, to traveling and volunteering long-term in developing countries like Guatemala, to working in a nonprofit with team members from 9 countries.