AP Legitimizes Genderbender With Idaho Inmate Who Castrated 'Herself'

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By Warner Todd Huston | August 4, 2007 - 06:52 ET

The ridiculousness of the state paying for criminals to get sex changing therapies, treatments and operations aside, the AP calls Randall Gammett a "she" throughout the story. He is certainly a confused fella, but a "she" he isn't.

What happened to just reporting the "facts"?

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In case you could not tell, NB is a right wing site.

[Hazumu]

I guess 'it' doesn't care about following the librool Associated Press Styleguide guidance--

What guidance does AP Stylebook give about the use of pronouns in stories about transgender persons? Should the pronoun reflect the gender with which the person identifies or the person's actual sexual anatomy? – from Greensboro, N.C. on Wed, Jan 17, 2007
See the AP Stylebook entry on transgender: Use the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired the physical characteristics of the opposite sex or present themselves in a way that does not correspond with their sex at birth. If that preference is not expressed, use the pronoun consistent with the way the individuals live publicly.

Right-wingers tried and convicted Galileo for heresy...

Karen