Social activism based on respect and not on fear mongering

I have noticed an uneasy trend among the transgender community. I am not saying it is everywhere and it is with every transgender person but it is something that I have been seeing more of and that is the "over bearing of our rights and ideals" against people who do not deserve to be attacked.

I am an activist and I volunteer with many humanitarian not for profits to push equality for all LGBT people. With that said, there is a right way of going about doing this and there is a wrong way.

The wrong way is to send angry letters to everyone "you heard" have been unfair to us. Please, before sending out angry letter or emails to someone you "heard about" on the Internet, make SURE you get BOTH sides of the story.

When you approach an issue with respect, you will more than likely get respect in return. If you act out in anger against someone you do not know the whole picture of, you certainly will not create change. Take the Christian Church and LGBT for example. More and more churches are accepting and embracing anyone who is Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgender, etc. Each year, dozens of more churches are embracing us and each year more Denominations are doing likewise.

This was not done because a bunch of angry LGBT people wrote angry letters to church leaders. Rather, we used our abilities to approach them in a respectable manner and to show them various Bible transliterations to show that LGBT issues are not a sin. As a result, you see acceptance in an area where you would least likely see acceptance. I am a living example of this. I am an out of the closet full time TG girl who goes to a Christian Seminary. Twenty years ago, this would have been impossible.

Another important point is, teach through education and not through angry emails. If someone had said something wrong, don't go off on them. More than likely they are ignorant of the issue and even if they are being biased, you can still educate them without stooping down to their level.

Martin Luther King, Jr did plenty of activism but he did not resort in low balling and the such. He showed his vision through respect and integrity and so many of his dreams have been fulfilled.