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“Do I contradict
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I contradict myself I
am large, I contain
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— Walt Whitman

his quotation has been
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I’m reminded of it every time I
become involved in a conversa-
tion about how we describe our-
selves as a community. I was
struck by it recently when I
attended a meeting about creating
a community center, and a dis-
cussion took place around the
name.

When we discussed what our
community looked like, and who
we wanted to feel welcome in
this community center, it was
large. Who is “our community?”

The list of Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, Trans, Questioning and
Ally labels encompass a‘ number
of people in our community, but

My apologies to
Shakespeare,
but I ’m just
not sure a rose
would smell as
sweet.

we’re trying to get away from
identity politics. Even as I typed
out that list I was struck by the
order in which we tend to list our
sub-groupings. We also decided
against the term queer, because it
does alienate some members of
our community.

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