I was struck recently by something Holly Boswell wrote in 1997 (at least, it was published then, she may have written it long before). Holly lives around these parts… in fact, I saw her today at a barbecue… though I neglected to introduce myself, I suppose she’s somewhat of a local celebrity, and I’m sometimes intimidated by the thought of saying “by the way, i read something you wrote, and loved it/hated it,” whichever way the axe falls that day. Though I did send her an e-mail right after I stumbled upon it, in response to something she had sent, to let her know I found it thought-provoking.
The piece is titled “The Transgender Paradigm Shift Toward Free Expression,” and was published originally (as best I can tell) in Gender Blending (1997). Here’s the quote:
For us, the experience comes first, then our conceptual explanation of it – unlike the academic approach of postulating a hypothesis that must then be proven.
More after the jump… (more…)
