Transracial author Rachel Dolezal says transgender people face less abuse than she does.
The former director of the Spokane, Washington NAACP is a Caucasian woman who identifies as black. She says there is more acceptance for people who identify as transgender than there is for her.
Dolezal, who recently came out as bisexual, told Salon magazine she identified as transracial around the same time Bruce “Caitlyn” Jenner came out as a heterosexual transgender.
“What’s not similar is the stigma right now. There was stigma [for transgenders] in the past, for sure, and that still perpetuates,” she said.
Dolezal added: “But there’s more acceptance for gender fluidity than there is for race fluidity right now, and I don’t think anybody would deny that. There was a time when we did call transgender, and even gay and bisexual, people crazy … just stigmatized and rejected [them].
“Maybe we will evolve and grow, and racial fluidity will become a thing in 20 years? I do hope that inclusivity does expand to all people of all stripes.”
The 39-year-old mother-of-3 legally changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo. she is currently busy promoting her new book, In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World.
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