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What compassion brings to storytelling
Clayton Collins
In culture wars, labels get lobbed like grenades: You鈥檙e ludicrously and dangerously 鈥渨oke.鈥� Or you鈥檙e a hopeless guardian of outmoded social mores. There鈥檚 a zero-sum feel: Gains for some must carry costs for others.聽
A layer beneath, in affected communities, are people just trying to live with dignity.聽
Last May, a Monitor reporter wrote and spoke about the weaponized politics around health care for transgender people. What he stressed: a Monitor obligation 鈥渢o understand the nuance and bring it to readers.鈥�
That鈥檚 a requirement that Jackie Valley fulfills today from Oklahoma. Her compassionate report on the perspectives of individuals within LGBTQ+ communities is a sober, agenda-free exploration 鈥� and a very Monitor story.
