"Stories of real lives, like Turning Inside Out, help all of us remember the particularity of our own lives and the challenges we have faced or avoided in living authentically as who we are. These stories are critical in the changing of attitudes and the ending of violence. These stories also offer hope that all of us may finally be able to accept and love ourselves as all we are. I love Emily’s candid and engaging writing.
I love the details she re- members and shares of her journey. I was moved by the times when her heart was broken and the moments of reconciliation. But my strongest reaction is gratitude for Emily’s willingness to share the truth of her life and the remarkable example of courage her story offers us all as a gift."
"The Spirit of Life does not privilege one identity over another. We are loved in all of our identities and each of our particularities. A melting pot will never lead us toward the Beloved Community.
As bell hooks wrote: “Beloved community is formed not by the erad- ication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the world.”"
"Emily Pittman Newberry is a World War II baby whose life has bridged the world of easy answers and secure lifelong jobs, and the confusion and shifting sands of the present. After a life as a machinist she made two major life transitions. To working as an independent consultant in conflict management, and transitioning to living fully as her female self. She believes that the dilemmas that transsexual women face can be a learning point for every human who hopes to live more fully as themselves."
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