My prior expectations to this event was that Urvashi Vaid was going to talk a lot about issues affecting LGBT communities.
I was amazed when Urshavi mentioned the two lesbian couple from St. Cloud who were sitting the front row and she even praised.
I believe that it made Urvashi Valid an authority on the topic she seemed very knowledgeable of all her facts and statistics in her presentation by sourcing where she got her information from.
One thing that can assist me on my Alternative Viewpoints paper is at the beginning of her presentation on the movement as a whole and when she talked about post LGBT movement and I liked her view of acknowledging there is some disagreement among the movement. She even mentioned there is some discrimination and some of the colored people are not allowed in the leadership positions of the movement.
Hi Abdi,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post on the Urvashi Vaid presentation. I am glad to hear that it was helpful for your Alternative Viewpoints paper.
Yes, the couple that Urvashi Vaid addressed in her presentation are famous. What is sad is that they became famous due to the fact that, at the time, Karen Thompson could not become the legal guardian of her disabled partner, and had a long battle in court in order to be able to take care of her:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Guardianship_of_Kowalski
If it was not for them, and the court's decision, I would not have been able to provide any assistance whatsoever for my partner when she had her stroke.
Sincerely,
Professor Wexelbaum