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Tampa Bay Times Thinks 'GENDER BENDER' Is a Good Description Of Trans People

Started by Natasha, July 11, 2011, 06:33:46 PM

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July 11, 2011, 06:33:46 PM
Tampa Bay Times Thinks 'GENDER BENDER' Is a Good Description Of Trans People

http://www.bilerico.com/2011/07/tampa_bay_times_thinks_gender_bender_is_a_good_des.php
7/11/11
Jillian T. Weiss

The University of South Florida has just done a great thing for its trans students' safety and comfort: gender-neutral housing options.

So, of course, the Tampa Bay Tribune had to go and ruin it all by putting a trans student's picture on the newspaper's front page with "GENDER BENDER" stamped across hir face. As the Transgender Network Tampa observed in its blog,

"Trans issues should not be treated with the sensationalism that they evidenced in putting Taylor on the cover of their paper, with "GENDER BENDER" slapped over it in huge letters... [They] treated Taylor like ze is some kind of freakshow. It has also outed Taylor not only to the entire campus, but to the entire city. Having spoken to hir the past few days, ze is mortified and embarrassed."
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