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Monica Roberts

I was excited about Monica Roberts. "A blogger," I thought, "must be someone who's with it, with the modern era."

However, I was rather disappointed. She started off by saying "You may wonder why I'm here today." I leaned forward to listen, expecting at least a condescending, "You young people need to hear what I have to say," or "I have this specific cause I'm interested in right now that you need to hear about." Instead... she started listing awards she had won. I waited for her to get to the point, but from there she went straight into the body of her speech. To me, this said that she was only there because we had paid her to be there, because we wanted her, because she was super-awesome. This was a turn-off, right at the beginning.

However, she did have a few good points. The one I was most interested in was her anger at the lack of "T" representation on the boards of major LGTB organizations. I hadn't known this was an issue.

Kate Bornstein

Kate Bornstein, on the other hand, blew my mind. I want to be her when I grow up. She was so certain of her ideals, yet so willing to discuss and clarify them, and consider the ideas of others. And she liked the idea of a woman's college! Her visit was great.