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Soon · 03-25-2012, 02:47 PM

Transgender Miss Universe Canada Finalist Jenna Talackova Disqualified From Competition

EnderD_503 · 03-25-2012, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow

Transgender Miss Universe Canada Finalist Jenna Talackova Disqualified From Competition

This makes me so sick. I really don't understand why it matters that she was AMAB. It shouldn't matter. Just another reason why the current system of sex assignment at birth is damaging to trans and intersexed kids and the way the public views them. She is just as "naturally born female" as any other contestant as far as I'm concerned. I find it interesting that it seems its pretty much always female levels of competition (whether in sport or in other competitions like beauty pageants) that are so strictly policed by "sex criteria."

This comment made me sick, in particular:

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Davila insisted there is no bad blood between Talackova and Miss Universe Canada, and that they wish her the best.

“She was excited about the competition. Just because she can’t compete doesn’t mean we stopped loving her.”

Yes, of course you "love" her...you've just refused to recognise her as a woman, claimed that she's not a "real girl" and publicly humiliated her...but yeah...you love her.

Nadeest · 03-26-2012, 04:06 AM

I didn't see that quote in the article, but it does not surprise me in the least, either. That seems extremely typical of people like that. They discriminated against Miss Talackova and then lied like hell about the fact that they discriminated against her.

EnderD_503 · 03-26-2012, 09:22 AM

I took the quote from the Toronto Star article, and didn't realise it wasn't in the Huffpost one. But yes, that is what's angering about many organisation's approaches to trans issues in Canada. It's basically a form of liberal/passive discrimination that is still very harmful and affecting how Canadian society sees trans people. "You're a real woman...but according to the contest you aren't a real woman."

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a...m-pageant?bn=1

weatherboi · 03-27-2012, 08:02 AM

this is a follow up to a story that ran earlier this year but couldnt find it in this thread.

http://www.examiner.com/lgbt-relatio...-german-courts

A German court has decided an 11-year-old transgender German girl should be institutionalized rather than live her life as a girl. Having been born a boy, Alexis Kaminsky, has always felt she was a girl.

When Alexis' parents decided to get divorced, the German court learned of Alexis’ circumstances. Throughout the process, the child’s mother tried to get her help, mental health treatment, to help her cope with thoughts and feelings about everything taking place. Somewhere along the way, the courts decided Alexis is better off in the country’s mental institutional system, where she may be‘re-programmed’ if you will, and have her views of her gender ‘corrected’.

Activists in the transgender community will hold protests in reaction to the decision to have Alexis Kaminsky institutionalized on Monday, March 26th, 2012. They protest:

‘Stop Alex forced into institutionalization at once’: “Institutions like the youth office and the Charité use force on humans through enforcement and psychological pressure! Each gender and each gender identity is a right, not a disease.”

The transgender community posits that gender identity is something that is developed at the individual level, not something that the community or state can dictate. Gender is a societal construct; sex is a biological one. How should these concepts be used, if at all, as factors in deciding what would most benefit Alexis?

Continue reading on Examiner.com German transgender girl to be institutionalized by German courts - National LGBT Relationships | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/lgbt-relatio...#ixzz1qKBodJoZ

TCB · 04-22-2012, 11:01 PM

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Nadeest · 04-24-2012, 10:48 PM

This is very big news, I think:
http://transgenderlawcenter.org/cms/blogs/552-24

Nadeest · 05-22-2012, 04:55 AM

It appears that the Department of Justice has accepted the EEOC's ruling that gender identity and transgender status are covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. YAY!!!

03-27-2012, 08:02 AM	#5
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Nadeest Member How Do You Identify?: as myself Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Leesburg, FL Posts: 595 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,876 Thanked 2,118 Times in 501 Posts Rep Power: 17077997	I didn't see that quote in the article, but it does not surprise me in the least, either. That seems extremely typical of people like that. They discriminated against Miss Talackova and then lied like hell about the fact that they discriminated against her.

03-26-2012, 09:22 AM	#4
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04-24-2012, 10:48 PM	#7
Nadeest Member How Do You Identify?: as myself Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Leesburg, FL Posts: 595 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,876 Thanked 2,118 Times in 501 Posts Rep Power: 17077997	This is very big news, I think: http://transgenderlawcenter.org/cms/blogs/552-24

05-22-2012, 04:55 AM	#8
Nadeest Member How Do You Identify?: as myself Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Leesburg, FL Posts: 595 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,876 Thanked 2,118 Times in 501 Posts Rep Power: 17077997	It appears that the Department of Justice has accepted the EEOC's ruling that gender identity and transgender status are covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. YAY!!!