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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

aishah · 05-04-2012, 12:26 AM

http://www.lingerietalk.com/2012/03/...red-women.html

really neat article about a new lingerie line for trans* women.

DapperButch · 05-04-2012, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aishah

http://www.lingerietalk.com/2012/03/...red-women.html

really neat article about a new lingerie line for trans* women.

This is great! Thanks for posting. I will pass it along to the transwomen I know.

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!!!

Thinker · 06-16-2012, 07:01 AM

Neat little story on China's oldest transgender woman. Also, at the end of the article is a series of 20 short videos on 20 transgender "pioneers".

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...806,b=facebook

Quintease · 06-18-2012, 01:10 PM

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03-27-2012, 08:02 AM	#3
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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.

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04-24-2012, 10:48 PM	#5
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

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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!!!