I love this response, *and* I think it's important to protect the anonymity of folks who might be in positions of marginalization or vulnerability in our public conversations generally. I've been thinking about this a lot re: asking for folks to identify themselves in open public forums, meetings, Town Meeting, etc.
Rachel On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 4:04 PM Michelle Barnes via Lincoln < lincoln@lincolntalk.org> wrote: > Dear Claire and LincolntTalk, > > Someone privately, and respectfully, engaged with me about my below post > and made me realize that in essence I may have been overprotective of the > 16 year old and/or may have assumed the worst about Claire’s intent with > her post. As a result, I want to formally apologize to both Claire and the > LT community for that. I certainly don’t want to pile on anybody on LT, as > I firmly believe that we need to hold each other up in our community, > regardless of who we are and what our differences may be. I also should > have known better than to effectively assume the worst. For civil, > supportive and progressive discourse, I believe we need to assume good > intent until proven otherwise. I’d like to contribute to and perpetrate > civil discourse, and not galvanize anyone to pile on somebody, and it seems > my post may have had the latter impact which I regret. > > Thank you, > Michelle Barnes > SGR > > > On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 01:43:02 PM EDT, Michelle Barnes < > la_v...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Agree; we have no right to know this. Feel it is even more egregious— if > that is possible — since the entertainer told us they are 16 years of age. > If I were them, I would not feel safe in the current political climate > telling the public my name on a list serve, even as an adult. IMHO, > we should welcome their creative efforts to culturally enrich and > entertain our town, and not worry about who they are. We have the right to > go or not go, irrespective of who they are, depending on our personal > tastes and preferences. > > Best, > Michelle Barnes > SGR > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_> > > On Thursday, May 18, 2023, 1:29 PM, Carol Ryan <urch...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > Not a fair request IMHO. It is common for entertainers to have pseudonyms. > CR > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 18, 2023, at 4:03 PM, Claire Mount <mounts...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > who is velvet seems good to know the real name of an entertainer claire > mount > > On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 9:48 PM Velvet Vision <queenvelvetvis...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi there, It's Velvet! > > For those who don’t know me, I’m Velvet Vision and I’m a 16 year old > Lincoln resident and drag queen. This past December I did an all ages drag > holiday drag show and it was a huge success. I received such great feedback > so I am so excited to say I am putting on another show! I’m On Saturday, > May 27th I am hosting an all-ages, family drag show at Bemis Hall which > will be Disney villain-themed. I would absolutely love it if you were to > join us for yet another exciting show featuring 8 local drag talents > portraying all different Disney animated villains. Bring your family for an > amazing night with everything from marvelous drag fashion to rousing > lipsynchs that you won't forget. Though this show is villain themed there > is no need to be nervous about scares, the cast and I are taking great care > to make this fun for everyone, even your little ones. Don't know Disney? > Don't worry! No matter your Disney movie knowledge this show is going to be > a blast. Doors for the show will open at 6:45 with the show starting at > 7:00 PM. The show is not expected to go longer than an hour to an hour and > a half to accommodate the kids. Tickets will be available at the door or at > this > link online > <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/velvets-house-of-villains-family-drag-show-tickets-623227760007>. > Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns you may have. I hope > to see you there! > > Yours, > Velvet > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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