Response to your arrival

[Gennee]

I have read much about the Soulforce bus tours. I am curious to know if the colleges that let you on campus were friendly and positive? Was there a LGBT community with many questions? Were there students on these campuses who were struggling with their gender and sexuality who were happy you came?

I will be teaching some time in the future and I have a heart for transgender and gender variant people. I'm seeking all the info that I can so I can be an ally and supporter. I am transgender myself and I want to help these young men and women as much as I can.

Gennee

[BenL]

Genee,

I'm a gay man married to an FTM transman. There was at least one trans person on the E-Ride this year, Angel Collie. Here's his page: https://www.soulforce.org/angel_collie

He may be a good resource for you to communicate with. I would be happy to correspond, too, as would my partner. PM me.

[kara speltz]

Originally Posted by BenL

Genee,

I'm a gay man married to an FTM transman. There was at least one trans person on the E-Ride this year, Angel Collie. Here's his page: https://www.soulforce.org/angel_collie

He may be a good resource for you to communicate with. I would be happy to correspond, too, as would my partner. PM me.

Actually I think there were at least 3 t's on the ride, if I recall. But I'm blanking on who they were besides Angel. kara

[BrentRichards]

Angel and Shawn on the East bus ... Kourt on the West bus. Others?

[kara speltz]

Originally Posted by BrentRichards

Angel and Shawn on the East bus ... Kourt on the West bus. Others?

Yea, just looked at the riders, and remembered it was Tab. Last year Angel was the only T on the bus. I'm really proud the increasing diversity of the Equality riders

kara

[Progo35]

Hi, Genee,

There is a thread on Gordon College and its response to the E-ride. It also has a booklet that was written by Gordon LGBT people. I am a Gordon student, and on that forum I recorded my various responses to the Ride, from when I first heard about it to after it left.

I'd say that on my campus, the response was very positive. The presentations, at least the evening one that I know of, had a HUGE turnout of people who were really seeking to welcome these people with their hearts. I know that I, myself, have felt more enlightened since then, particularly because I had not previoulsy known of any specifically Christian groups that talked with other Christians about this issue. Knowing about soulforce has given me the opportunity to diaglogue about LGBT issues with Christians who are gay. I knew that there were plenty of such people out there, but all of the advocacy groups I had known of up till then had been secular, and I do think that secular groups of any kind seem to be very angry at Christianity to the point that I feel it is stereotyped as being the root of all social bigotry, which is really unfair.

I'm so glad to read your post. I thank God that there are caring, empathetic teachers out there who are dedicated to helping their students. .WE NEED YOU.