RantWoman lifts up many Friends who have found freedom among Friends to be fully who they are. RantWoman especially wants to lift up two people in her orbit.
Here, slightly edited are comments RantWoman posted elewhere.
Remember last year? Some of RantWoman's social media was filled with complaints that transgender people were trying to steal Easter because Transgender Day of Visibility fell on or near Easter. Here are two people especially to lift up, whether it's Easter or not.
Julia P. memorable for favoring Value village formal wear for daytime events. Julia and her friend Maria are both deaf-blind and have many stories about interpreter challenges. They now live somewhere in CA.
Mateo Hayes Hansen of Bellingham who passed away recently. RantWoman has known Mateo since before he transitioned so RantWoman has to keep checking herself to avoid deadnaming him. Mateo was a special ed teacher. He lost vision in mid-life and for a time was not in contact with Friends in places where he had previously worshipped. RantWoman never had the impression that he was interested in either blindness consumer group in spite of his tireless encouragement to RantWoman to keep speaking up about ableism and patience with other Friends struggling with vision loss.
For RantWoman it is remarkable that the article mentions nothing about Mateo's blindness even though he and his guide dog Batik and RantWoman did a presentation one time for the children's class at our Quaker meeting. Children sometimes are much more interested in guide dogs than in the humans who come with them. Enough said?
Mateo served on the board of Western Friend, wrote at least one book of historical fiction about Quaker history and is remembered for many insights.
RantWoman will link further information when a memorial minute is published.
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