[Gennee]

Originally Posted by Vanessa White

Your support means a great deal to me and to others here. I have to say, I sometimes have assumed the issues related to discrimination, oppression, hatred, even violence, were all the same for LGB people as transgender persons. In your posts, as you speak about your embracing of the gay and lesbian community, I understand that the issues are not always the same, and understanding should not always be assumed. I appreciate your desire to "stretch" yourself in a new way of love and understanding toward us.

Thank you for your presence here.

I lost a brother to AIDS fourteen years ago, and besides the anniversary of his death, no date stings more each year than December 1st. The impact is long felt, and overwhelming, because this disease has robbed us of so many vital, precious human beings and continues to do so, in the US and all over the world. My fear is that apathy has set in and it no longer matters to the general public. I constantly feel that it is my job to keep it fresh in other people's minds, lest they forget........

The fact that I have met so many people who lost someone to AIDS is something that touches me personally. If more people understood how AIDS affects ALL of us, I think that they would start thinking differently about it.

Gennee