Lauren La Rose
Wed Sep 21 2011
Bono boosts visibility of trans people, but discrimination persists
http://www.therecord.com/living/article/598018--bono-boosts-visibility-of-trans-people-but-discrimination-persistsTORONTO — As the first transgendered participant on Dancing With The Stars, Chaz Bono had controversy swirling around him before he even set foot on the ballroom floor.
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"'Does (Bono) belong on the show?' And of course he belongs, as much as anybody else. But this question of 'Do you belong? Can you be in this space?' is a profoundly painful one, and has large-scale implication for trans people in every sphere of their lives."
"Some of these spheres are very high stakes — employment, housing, health care; the kinds of things that we recognize as being really fundamental social determinants of health for people."
