Many of you know me, as much as I’ve been in the media for the last 30 years between television and radio interviews and publications and papers.

I’m a 66-year-old transsexual lesbian by your terminology.

I’m a human first.

People say that people like me are grooming. There’s no such thing for LGBTQ person to be a groomer. A groomer is somebody generates genocide hate and ignorance that comes from political parties, religious groups, and school boards that govern. They don’t want the truth.

The real God knows I’ve been dead, not brain dead but body dead. There’s a difference and the sad part is that the school board wants to rescind from what I understand a policy that protects LGBTQ people to freely express who they are and feel safe to play sports.

No one on this earth has a right to define you, your gender, your sexual orientation.

The photo is of me today and also a picture of the rainbow jeep project that I have funded all by myself.

I started five years ago to show people that they are loved and people do care about them. Just be yourself.

Rachel Genthner lives in Waldoboro