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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 2003)
19.2003 13 L’ M ü ü i v j + . i m e w s More More More More wrote an article. It named me, the agency I And C alvo is not one to quibble over worked for and had specifics of everything. It vocabulary. Though many people struggle was in The Grants Pass Daily Courier, where I with pronouns when referring to trans people, she has never felt offended by anyone’s word used to live. I was out to the world.” And the results have been nothing hut choice. “ But if I’m out in public, and I’ve taken the time to l<x>k pretty, I sure as hell positive. “Since that time it’s been amazing. don’t want to he called ‘sir.’ It’s rude. But it Not one single negative thing has happened doesn’t happen.” to me since I came out.... It’s just one thing According to Calvo, people get hung up after another that’s been positive.” Not one to sit on her hands, C alvo has on pronouns because society is so geared toward thinking of gender in binary terms. become active in politics. She is among many queers supporting Howard Dean, front “ With the pronouns and that kind of thing, they’re trying to organize runner in the race to how much time you become the Democratic egar single negative spend one way or another. presidential nominee. thing has happened a to me Sometimes you see things C alvo is not troubled from one point of view, by the fact that the can since I came o u t . I t ' s just sometimes another. It’s a didate does not mention blending o f the two. trans people in his stump one thing after another 1 don’t have to metamor- speeches or brochures. that's been positive. phosize to be happy She is concerned today's anymore.” voters might he scared — Laura Calvo For now, C alvo is con of the word “ trans gender" and feels winning is more important tent in her male fxxJy. Though she feels she probably wouldn’t miss being a man, she has than vocabulary. experienced such joy since coming out, she’s “ I don’t think he really needs to throw that trump card down," C alvo says. “When I hesitant to make any big changes like therapy or hormones. first started Uxiking at Howard Dean as the “ Down the road maybe. Possibly. This is all-inclusive candidate, I was ltx>king for still a work in progress. I’m catching up for a something in the hrtKhures saying he was in favor of equal rights including trans- lifetime right now. T hat’s a tough one, and 1 gender... hut 1 thought that what he’s saying don’t have an answer to it. Life is good— I live in a nice house, with a wonderful family, gixzs for everyone.” Calvo points out that trans people have ben around people who love me.” JH efited hugely from the gay rights movement. M ichael B urdick is a recent graduate of Reed “ It’s a slingshot effect. If it weren’t for the gay College. 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