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What Makes Robyn Deane A Woman “In Process”?

Started by Butterfly, July 19, 2010, 05:22:34 PM

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July 19, 2010, 05:22:34 PM
What Makes Robyn Deane A Woman "In Process"?
Posted by Amanda Hess
19 July, 2010


http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/07/19/what-makes-robyn-deane-a-woman-in-process/


From whose perspective is Deane "a man who is in the process of becoming of [sic] woman"? The state of Virginia? The Washington Post? Deane's herself?

The Post identifies Deane with feminine pronouns. It also implies that Deane very much considers herself a woman—it mentions that "she changed her name from Bob to Robyn, and transformed herself from a cleanshaven, dark-haired man to a blond woman saving her pennies for sex reassignment surgery."
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