MILWAUKEE- Bex Streit may be serving up ice cream sundaes in his ideal world.
” You do n’t need to come to me for housing, discrimination, or any of those kinds of things,” he said.” My goal is to possibly just be here to figure out how to get some ice cream so we can have a social.”
He works as the trans and female non-conforming program coordinator at the LGBT Community Center until his dream comes true.
Regarding his position, Streit said,” I try, actually, just to be present with other trans people who are beginning their journey.” ” Just to be someone they can talk to, have a discussion with, and be able to reassure.” I almost feel as though I have to create all of these choices at once when the light bulb goes out. And being the one to say,” Hey, this is amazing,” can be frightening. Congratulations on making such a significant discovery about yourself now. This is the time when it can be happy.
Streit studied medical architecture at Marquette, but his job at the LGBT Community Center was influenced by his own trans-male experience. He was aware that something was different in middle class.
He shared,” You know, I started to feel different and away from my peers in some ways at the first menstruation time.”
He claimed that he eventually learned how to convey those feelings in school. After receiving his degree, he came out as trans-male.
First on after graduating from college, there were undoubtedly a few years when it felt as though I was leading two different lives and not being completely authentic to myself, according to Streit. Nothing can force you to reevaluate your life’s work like a world pandemic.
The act of embracing himself was energizing.
It felt really liberating every step I took, whether it was changing my title or some physical things like getting my first manly hair. He shared that it felt like all I was doing was lightening my load a minor.
He desires that sentiment among those he collaborates with at the LGBT Community Center.
Streit expressed his satisfaction at the rise in rankings during Transgender Awareness Week, but the next step must now be taken.
How do we make sure that we are creating accepting areas rather than just accepting locations now that people are aware of what this is?
One of the many activists in our neighborhood who is attempting to construct those areas is Streit.
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