"..there's so much focus on bullies and the youth that are being bullied, and so little focus on the institutions that are not creating safe spaces. and the heterosexism and heteronormativity in our schools...teachers aren't taught how to mediate...and having real dialogue about it. and creating safe spaces for people of all sexualities and gender expressions, and -- let's face it -- when we're talking about school age kids, they're not getting bullied because of their sexuality, they're being bullied because of whatever gender expressions are coming out of them." --andrea gibson.
andrea gibson, speaking about something that was recently brought to national attention: transphobia and the inability of mainstream america to see beyond the gender binary. a boy and his mother appeared in an ad campaign for J. Crew, the boy with pink nail polish on his toes.
