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Gender DynamiX Speaks Out Against Xingwana's Bigotry

Started by Shana A, March 11, 2010, 01:18:38 PM

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Shana A

March 11, 2010, 01:18:38 PM
Gender DynamiX Speaks Out Against Xingwana's Bigotry
-Media Statement Gender DynamiX 10 March 2010-

http://www.genderdynamix.org.za/content/view/443/143/

Gender DynamiX is deeply concerned about the policing of bodies by the State.  A very large part of our work is centred on examining the practices of the Department of Health (DoH) and the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and their unethical activities towards Transgender people.  We are now faced with the question whether this is becoming a government trend.

Has the Department of Arts and Culture now joined hands with the DoH and the DHA in their discriminatory practices towards gender variant bodies?  Minister Xingwana's recent behaviour regarding the work of gender activist artist Zanele Muholi adds to the gravity of what seems to be a growing conservative trend in state departments.
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