Each fall, Mother Nature transforms Gunnison-Crested Butte from a valley lush with wildflowers to a spectacular mountain panorama of gold, orange and crimson. Perhaps best known for Kebler Pass, the largest aspen grove in the United States, the area offers eye-popping vistas at almost every turn on five autumn drives and the countless trails that dot this southwest Colorado area.
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For the Gay Games in Cleveland I registered for 2 sports. Swimming which is the sport I competed in Germany and the triathlon as well. Instead of renting a bike in Cleveland I chose instead to pack up my own bike and bring it with me. Walking through the airport I must’ve been the biggest princess given that I had 4 large pieces of luggage with me! I arrived the day before the opening ceremonies, to give myself enough time to unpack, assemble my bike and ensure I have a lot of rest and recovery time prior to the first day of competition. Best part about flying into Cleveland was all the “Welcome GG9 (Gay Games 9) athletes to Cleveland!” at the airport and around town! Walking around the city itself, especially the first time is always an awesome experience. Cleveland really did #GoAllOut for this event, every shop had a rainbow flag, the busses had "Welcome GG9 Athletes" on their displays, one of the skyscrapers were lit up in rainbows! I could really tell that the city of Cleveland really wanted us there and even just stepping on the train at the airport, I felt like I belonged and was apart of something great.
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By Matt Kailey
Below, we have two letters regarding allies (the second one is a stretch, but I figured it could loosely go with an “Ally” theme). And here they are:
A reader writes: “I am a cis teenager who tries her hardest to be a good ally. Recently, I was talking with someone I’d just met (‘Bob’) who attends my school. We walked past another student, who is trans (we’re in an intersectional feminist club together and he’s talked about it). Bob referred to the trans kid using female pronouns.
“I know that the trans kid only transitioned last year, and Bob had met him before his transition, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt that he didn’t know that the trans kid had transitioned. Instead of confronting Bob, I continued to talk about the trans kid using male pronouns. Bob got the memo and then used male pronouns.
“Was that the right thing to do? I wasn’t sure if I should have confronted him more directly (‘Actually that kid uses male pronouns’), but I didn’t want to out him, even though he’s out at school as far as I can tell. I also didn’t want to just let it slide and use the wrong pronouns. In case this situation comes up again, do you have any advice on the course of action that I should take?”
This is a tough one and an easy one. It’s a tough one because, as an ally who knows this person from a particular club only, you might not necessarily know if he is out everywhere. If you refer to him by male pronouns outside of the club, and he is not using male pronouns outside of the club, then you will out him. But if you refer to him by female pronouns just because someone else does, then you will disrespect his identity, whether he’s out or not, but particularly if he is out everywhere.
The easy part is that you can ask him. You’re in the club together, and even if you don’t know him well or have never talked to him directly, there’s nothing wrong with approaching him and saying, “Here’s the deal. What do you want me to do from now on?”
Now, with regard to the situation at hand, I think you did exactly the right thing, and I think you should do it in the future if it happens again before you are able to ask the person about his preferences. In this case, you did exactly what you were asked to do – to refer to this person with male pronouns.
You didn’t try to “explain” his situation to Bob, which is not your place to do. You simply respected his wishes. At that point, Bob can do whatever he wants – and he did. He caught on and started using male pronouns. In my opinion, your decision, given the circumstances, was spot on.
What do readers think?
Second letter after the cut.
More than two decades in research and writing, Lance Ringel's new eBook FLOWER OF IOWA is a sprawling tale of battle, courage and the resilience of the human spirit. It concerns an American soldier – Tommy Flowers – and a British soldier – David Pearson – who meet during the summer of 1918 in France behind the battle lines in the final months of the war.
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Ringel first began work on the book in 1992 at the height of the controversy surrounding President Bill Clinton’s campaign promise to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” He envisioned a saga that examined a relationship between two soldiers set against the backdrop of WWI. This idea launched Ringel into a five-year journey across America and through Europe in a quest to make sure that FLOWER OF IOWA was as historically accurate as possible. The author visited former battlefields across the French countryside, their surrounding towns, as well as numerous museums in Europe and the United States.
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