Embracing Differences

If there is one lesson that teacher Scott Loren Moore would like everyone to learn, it is that by embracing differences we open our own lives to greater discovery and awareness.  Scott Loren Moore is an educator that works closely with the transgender community and strives to open the eyes of all to create a more cohesive and accepting society.

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Recognizing that society can come in all sizes and styles, from small workplaces to neighborhoods, when all the members of the society see everyone else as more like them than as different from them, a sense of solidarity and unity forms and creates a strong bond.  Remember that it was not even 100 years ago that it was considered wrong for people of two different races to marry.  The thought that this was wrongheaded and purely prejudiced was not even open for discussion at that time (and perhaps some people still have trouble accepting this concept).

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Of course, back then to even admit that you were not heterosexual was also not a particularly safe stand to take.  So consider the circumstances and feelings of today’s transgender person.  It may seem to be easy to dismiss a whole group of people who think, feel and want to live just like you, but once you personally know someone in the transgender community, you will probably change your tune.

Scott Loren Moore has done more than hold workshops and seminars to illustrate the similarities as well as differences of the transgender person.  He has also contributed by editing “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves” which has become a major resource for the transgender community.  Keeping in mind that it is what we do not know or understand that creates the most fear and discomfort within an individual, the workshops that Scott Loren Moore leads are a great way to open your eyes to the truth that differences are what bring beauty to the world.

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Just like a song has more than one note, think of the world as a symphony and each person within the universe as just another note to hear and appreciate.  This is a way of embracing differences to make yourself a better and happier person!