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91/9")’fl9m8)’0“ The momentum of volatility was kept alive in the workshop "Gender, Sexual

 it could  Identity and Sexual Preference.” The panel had been selected for its diversity in

.  - living and experiences. There was a moment when the discussion became more

_ 7' ‘-32-  of a shouting match between a transgendered person in the audience demanding

to *@!éa¢77/ change in the attitudes of NOW members who have ‘issues’ or’ ‘problems’ includ--
ing transgendered people in the membership.

As I strolled back to the registration area, the charged discussion was still
_ ebbing and flowing. Down the hall from the workshop noise stood the most
Dmpm or Callus [0 _ _ inviting scene. A well-respected, radical feminist was listening intently to a
m’c1k_C YOUY remodeling . .. ii _ H : transgendered individual. They were deep in conversation. Here were two very
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‘ ‘ group of ‘sided people’. They had already moved together to better understand

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