Today's Battle

[Shana A]

Monday, 20 September 2010
Today's Battle
Over at the Orlando Sentinel : How should schools handle transgender kids?.
Zoe Brain

http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2010/09/todays-battle.html

    An outspoken Florida mom who goes only by the name Rene said she has been condemned for her decision to let her child, Jazz, who's biologically male, live as a girl. Several videos on YouTube feature Jazz, a confident youngster with long, dark hair, dancing, singing or explaining what it's like to live in the wrong body.

    "I get some terrible e-mails — people that basically say that I am the worst parent, I am evil, I should be killed," Rene told "60 Minutes Australia" last year.

Some of the commenters might well agree, though most don't go nearly that far. There's little actual hatred, merely ignorance. The following is typical: