An event to enlighten the community about the transgender lifestyle will be presented in October by the Los Angeles County Transgender Task Force. As the Trans-World Turns . . . The event is being held as part of the National Day of Wholeness and Wellness sponsored by the Unity Fellowship Church Movement through Minority AIDS Project. Distinct problems Kelli Trombacco co-chair of the Los Angeles County Transgender Task Force, says that members of the transgender community often face isolation and other challenges. You can't do it necessarily in the gay community because we're not homosexual, we're transgendered.
Homosexual issues are totally different.
And society, if they do know they tend to lump you in a homosexual category, which really you don't fit. And you're not necessarily accepted totally in the heterosexual environment unless you are able to assimilate which means you have to have a lot of tricks up your sleeves. Simple things like dating or making an appointment to see a gynecologist can be especially difficult for transgenders. What is so horrible is that it's 15 years later and our community is still No. Now is the time for us to accept responsibility for our own health.