NY Times: "Transgendered" People Who Don't Out Themselves Are Immoral
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
July 11, 2010 1:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/07/ny_times_transgendered_people_who_dont_out_themsel.phpToday's Sunday New York Times contains an article from "The Ethicist," Randy Cohen, entitled "When To Out A Transgendered Dater?"
Mr. Cohen, who has no reputable credentials in the field of ethics, suggests that transgender people have a responsibility to out themselves on a first date, and implies that their failure to do so is morally wrong. He compares transgender history to the case of sexually transmitted disease and adultery. He suggests, however, that notifying the local community via handbills or having local clergy announce it from the pulpit would be inappropriate.
This is dangerous nonsense. Hundreds of transgender people are murdered every year, and more subjected to violence, many from partners and potential partners. What is morally wrong and reprehensible is lending the credence of The New York Times to this idea.
