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Transgender Woman Shares Advice for Service Travel

Nine-time Global Volunteers alumni Linda Roberts says from an early age, the concept of the Peace Corps inspired her. As she neared retirement, she sought out similar programs with a shorter time commitments. Global Volunteer’s policy of inclusivity encouraged her to inquire how she might share her skills with similarly inclusive partner communities who need support. Eight years later, she reflects on her volunteer service journeys and our accommodations she’s appreciated for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people along the way .

By Linda Roberts

For my first Global Volunteers service program in 2015 to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, I had no misgivings about volunteering as a transgender woman. I had been to Montana previously on business, and found it a beautiful state to visit. Serving there would fulfill my desire to learn more about Native American history and the present-day community.

At that time, I had not yet fully transitioned socially, but wanted to be registered and treated as a female. Global Volunteers accommodated my request, although they had a little concern with my safety. But, it was not a concern of mine nor did any situation arise that made me or others uncomfortable. Both my teammates and the community received me with open arms. At one point, the other women on my team inquired about my journey, and I was pleased to share it. At the end of the week, one teammate bestowed me with the name “Woman of Great Courage” to signify our shared understanding.

Since that first journey in service, I have never encountered any threats or bias on any of my trips. I have felt very safe wherever I have volunteered. The most difficult aspect of volunteering as a trans women has been just adapting to the sleeping/dressing environments – but all has gone very smoothly on my Global Volunteers program. As far as changing my routine, I generally arise early to shower/dress to avoid any awkward situations with the other women. I have done that on all of my trips. I do choose single accommodations whenever they are offered.

When I first meet my teammates I don’t necessarily discuss my gender identity. But usually it comes up in conversation during the week and I don’t hesitate to share my journey. For those who serve with me or other transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) volunteers, my advice is that you merely accept us for who we are and feel free to communicate if there is any discomfort so that we can be sensitive to that.

Over the years, volunteering has added purpose to my life. For instance, for my first service program on the Blackfeet Reservation, I helped out at a summer program involving physical and educational activities and the Blackfeet Care Center (nursing home). There, I chatted and played games with the residents and organized the activity room. I knew very soon that I would enjoy more experiences, and that has inspired me to continue serving and seeing more of the world.

For my second Global Volunteers program in 2016, I served in Sancti Spiritu, Cuba because I was intrigued by Cuban history and relationship with the USA. During orientation, we were asked to speak to our initial experience there, and I presented that “I see the world through a lens that few others do.”

I continue to volunteer annually for a sense of purpose, to learn new experiences and cultures, and to promote visibility for my TGD community. While I prefer labor-type work such as gardening and landscaping, I’ve had a good experience practicing English with college students and other adults in Cuba. This year, I will be going back to Cuba – this time to the town of Ciego de Avila – and expect to participate in gardening work and English conversation with the local people. I will also be joining the new program in Puerto Rico – again doing light labor, providing psycho-social support and possibly helping with grant writing.

Other of many “best moments” on my trips include:

• In Costa Rica, I was asked to present a class on Transgender 101 to a group of 12 th graders as well as my fellow volunteers. With only a few hours to put together an outline, the 90-minute class was both challenging and rewarding for me – and well-received by the students and teachers.
• In St. Lucia, we prepared a total of nearly 100 container gardens for the local community. It was hard work, but the gratitude of the local people made it all worthwhile.
• In  the Cook Islands, I prepared the accounting books for two full years for the non-profit organization Women and Girls with Disabilities so that they could be audited and apply for continuing grant monies.
• In Cuba, I served with a Global Volunteers group of 20 college kids from the University of Central Missouri. It was really fun and rewarding to work and play with these young people.

I think Global Volunteers is a safe choice for TGD volunteers because the organization is sensitive to our community, and accommodates our needs as best they can. I encourage other TGD people to serve – it will not only expand our visibility, but it will increase your cultural awareness and sense of purpose in life. While I’ve met other members of the LGBTQ community on my programs, sadly I have not met any other TGD individuals. I don’t know to what to attribute this, other than we are small in numbers and perhaps others don’t have the financial ability or comfort level to solely represent our community. I’ve urged Global Volunteers not to limit the opportunities to serve based on the culture or social justice policies of any country, but to enable TGD persons to decide for themselves if they wish to volunteer – knowing the potential challenges that they might face. I’m pleased to have the opportunity through Global Volunteers to speak to potential volunteers personally about my experiences and encourage them to serve.

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Komsomolskaya metro station looks like a museum. It has vaulted ceilings and baroque decor.

Hidden underground, in the heart of Moscow, are historical and architectural treasures of Russia. These are Soviet-era creations – the metro stations of Moscow.

Our guide Maria introduced these elaborate metro stations as “the palaces for the people.” Built between 1937 and 1955, each station holds its own history and stories. Stalin had the idea of building beautiful underground spaces that the masses could enjoy. They would look like museums, art centers, concert halls, palaces and churches. Each would have a different theme. None would be alike.

The two-hour private tour was with a former Intourist tour guide named Maria. Maria lived in Moscow all her life and through the communist era of 60s to 90s. She has been a tour guide for more than 30 years. Being in her 60s, she moved rather quickly for her age. We traveled and crammed with Maria and other Muscovites on the metro to visit 10 different metro stations.

Arrow showing the direction of metro line 1 and 2

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To Maria, every street, metro and building told a story. I couldn’t keep up with her stories. I don’t remember most of what she said because I was just thrilled being in Moscow.   Added to that, she spilled out so many Russian words and names, which to one who can’t read Cyrillic, sounded so foreign and could be easily forgotten.

The metro tour was the first part of our all day tour of Moscow with Maria. Here are the stations we visited:

1. Komsomolskaya Metro Station  is the most beautiful of them all. Painted yellow and decorated with chandeliers, gold leaves and semi precious stones, the station looks like a stately museum. And possibly decorated like a palace. I saw Komsomolskaya first, before the rest of the stations upon arrival in Moscow by train from St. Petersburg.

2. Revolution Square Metro Station (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) has marble arches and 72 bronze sculptures designed by Alexey Dushkin. The marble arches are flanked by the bronze sculptures. If you look closely you will see passersby touching the bronze dog's nose. Legend has it that good luck comes to those who touch the dog's nose.

Touch the dog's nose for good luck. At the Revolution Square station

Revolution Square Metro Station

3. Arbatskaya Metro Station served as a shelter during the Soviet-era. It is one of the largest and the deepest metro stations in Moscow.

Arbatskaya Metro Station

4. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station was built in 1935 and named after the Russian State Library. It is located near the library and has a big mosaic portrait of Lenin and yellow ceramic tiles on the track walls.

Lenin's portrait at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station

5. Kievskaya Metro Station was one of the first to be completed in Moscow. Named after the capital city of Ukraine by Kiev-born, Nikita Khruschev, Stalin's successor.

Kievskaya Metro Station

6. Novoslobodskaya Metro Station  was built in 1952. It has 32 stained glass murals with brass borders.

Novoslobodskaya metro station

7. Kurskaya Metro Station was one of the first few to be built in Moscow in 1938. It has ceiling panels and artwork showing Soviet leadership, Soviet lifestyle and political power. It has a dome with patriotic slogans decorated with red stars representing the Soviet's World War II Hall of Fame. Kurskaya Metro Station is a must-visit station in Moscow.

Ceiling panel and artworks at Kurskaya Metro Station

8. Mayakovskaya Metro Station built in 1938. It was named after Russian poet Vladmir Mayakovsky. This is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world with 34 mosaics painted by Alexander Deyneka.

Mayakovskaya station

One of the over 30 ceiling mosaics in Mayakovskaya metro station

9. Belorusskaya Metro Station is named after the people of Belarus. In the picture below, there are statues of 3 members of the Partisan Resistance in Belarus during World War II. The statues were sculpted by Sergei Orlov, S. Rabinovich and I. Slonim.

10. Teatralnaya Metro Station (Theatre Metro Station) is located near the Bolshoi Theatre.

Teatralnaya Metro Station decorated with porcelain figures .

Taking the metro's escalator at the end of the tour with Maria the tour guide.

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January 15, 2017 at 8:17 am

An excellent read! Thanks for much for sharing the Russian metro system with us. We're heading to Moscow in April and exploring the metro stations were on our list and after reading your post, I'm even more excited to go visit them. Thanks again 🙂

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Hi, do you remember which tour company you contacted for this tour?

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Los angeles dodgers | dodgers’ dave roberts credits win streak to ‘more urgency’, after a lackluster homestand, the dodgers have won six in a row, with the manager saying he sees 'a different edge'.

TORONTO — Don’t tell Dave Roberts it looks like his team has flipped a switch over the past week. But he does see a different urgency from the Dodgers during the six-game winning streak that has followed their desultory 2-6 stretch at home.

“I don’t want to say flip it on. But I think there’s more attention paid to certain situations, certain at-bats, making sure the defense is tightened up. The pitchers are a little more focused on going a little deeper, making better pitches,” the Dodgers manager said before the latest win Saturday. “There’s just a little more urgency. We knew we weren’t playing good baseball. We knew we weren’t playing up to expectations.

“Not to say our guys were complacent. But I don’t think there was enough urgency to play a complete baseball game. I think our guys got tired of playing middling baseball. You see a different edge. Yeah, we’ve seen a different edge these last five or six games, which was very welcome.”

In winning six consecutive games through Saturday, the Dodgers have outscored their opponents (the New York Mets, Washington Nationals and Toronto Blue Jays) by a combined score of 43-7. The offense has put up double-digit run totals in three of the six games while the pitching has not allowed more than two runs in a game. The Dodgers have trailed for a total of just four innings during the streak.

“Not that I’m aware of,” shortstop Mookie Betts said of any lack of urgency dragging the Dodgers down, nearly to .500 (12-11) a week ago. “But I’m sure someone on the outside could probably see it – not that Doc is on the outside. I know that internally there was no panic or anything. We just keep playing the game. You’re going to go through your ups and your downs. It’s just important to show up every day.”

If the Dodgers were playing “middling baseball” for awhile, that’s just going to happen from time to time, Betts said.

“That’s part of it,” he said. “It’s 162 games. There’s no way you’re going to be on your A-plus game every day. So you’re going to go through your stretches. Every team does. It’s just important to understand it.”

Roberts said it shows in the Dodgers’ offensive approach recently. Saturday was the second consecutive game in which everyone in the starting lineup had at least one hit. During the winning streak, they are batting .338 (22 for 65) with runners in scoring position – and they have dropped to seventh in the majors in strikeouts.

“I think, for me, 1 through 9 I see there’s more intent as far as the hit tool, getting a hit, finding outfield grass,” Roberts said. “I think our swings are getting shorter. We’re controlling the zone significantly better. And with that, we’re still finding ways to slug, putting guys on base and drive them in.

“We’ve done a good job this week and as a unit having much better at-bats.”

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The Dodgers will go with another “bullpen game” for Sunday’s series finale in Toronto. Right-hander Michael Grove will start the game.

This will be the Dodgers’ third bullpen game of the season. They won the first two – on April 2 against the San Francisco Giants and April 16 against the Washington Nationals.

The bullpen game sets up a rotation of James Paxton, Landon Knack and Yoshinobu Yamamoto for their three-game series in Arizona beginning Monday. Each will be pitching on five days of rest.

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The Dodgers have moved right-hander Kyle Hurt to the 60-day injured list with shoulder inflammation. The move was made in order to clear a 40-man roster spot for right-hander Nabil Crismatt, who was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Left-hander Nick Ramirez was sent back to OKC.

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Linda Evangelista Makes Rare Appearance with Son Augustin, 17, as They Pose Together at New York City Event

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Linda Evangelista stepped out in New York City with a special guest this week.

The supermodel, 58, was photographed attending the 2024 Groundbreaker Awards Dinner during Design on a Dime 2024, posing with her 17-year-old son Augustin. Evangelista wore a partly sheer black button-up tucked into a black skirt and held hands with her teenager son.

Augustin gave a soft smile as he stood next to Mom, wearing a fitted suit and white shirt.

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Evangelista shares her son with ex François-Henri Pinault.

In September, Evangelista walked the red carpet at the second annual Caring for Women Dinner  with her son. Augustin's father and his wife,  Salma Hayek Pinault , were co-chairs of the event.

The mom and son duo wore coordinating black dress suits, making the outing a sweet family moment as they posed for photos together. Augustin wore his blazer buttoned up, while Evangelista opted to wear hers open and showcased her formal white shirt.

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In a February 2022 interview with PEOPLE, Evangelista revealed that Augustin was  someone who gave her the strength  to share  her experience with CoolSculpting , a fat-freezing body contouring procedure.

"It is very important for me to raise him knowing that he is beautiful and knowing that everyone is beautiful," she said. "It's so messed up that I truly believe that, except it doesn't pertain to me."

Although the two are very close, Evangelista shared in a 2013 interview  with  Harper's Bazaar   that she and her son  don't share a common love of fashion .

"Let's just say I have a child who doesn't like fashion," she told the outlet at the time. "He wants jerseys. We watch sports and go to games. I do boy things now."

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