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don't askTopic: Civil Rights
In the United States, November 20th is National Transgender Day of Remembrance.
A list of victims may be found on
http://www.gender.org/remember/day/
The widespread hatred of transgendered and gender variant people is symptomatic of the spiritual ignorance that has predominated in recent centuries, and it represents the areas in which many still resist true democracy. It's always cognate with a hatred of (or false pretense to) spiritual freedom, sexual freedom, women, Earth, Eros, alchemy, the Great Work. Transgendered identity archetypally represents full self-possession and sovereignty over the body and the imago. Violence against the transgendered is the pathological lashing out of a soul against its own deep nature. It's a spiritual problem afflicting culture and it will cease only with spiritual work that changes self and culture.
On Live Journal, tristissima (italics) and yezida (not) produced this prayer:
Hermaphroditus, look at the names of the dead.
Ardhanarisvara, read the names of the dead.
Melek Ta'us, remember the names of the dead.
Eris, look at the names of the dead.
Antinous, read the names of the dead.
Hoor-paar-kraat, remember the names of the dead.
Tlazolteotl, look at the names of the dead.
Azathoth, look at the names of the dead.
Pomba-Gira, read the names of the dead.
Inanna, remember the names of the dead.
Baphomet, look at the names of the dead.
Avalokitesvara, read the names of the dead.
Faro, remember the names of the dead.
To which I add, preserving the formula:
Tiresias, look at the names of the dead
PerAa Hatschepsut, read the names of the dead
Heru-Suti, remember the names of the dead.
Go to the Site. Remember the Names!
Are YOU "Other" ?
