Oy! Will the Media Ever Get it Right?

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Oy! Will the Media Ever Get it Right?

By JillPage Fri, Dec 3 2010 Patent Pending

http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/patentpending/archive/2010/12/03/oy-will-the-media-ever-get-it-right.aspx

Terminology again!

All of the reports I am seeing about the LPGA decision's this week to remove the "female at birth" clause are saying it opens the door to transgender people playing in the tournaments.

Now, as we all know, the word transgender is an umbrella term covering many kinds of transgender people, from weekend crossdressers who identify mainly as males to drag queens, and all sorts of people in-between the two official binary gender designations.

Of course (!) we know the LPGA is opening the door to women who have transitioned, ie. have had gender reassignment surgery and have been on female hormone replacement therapy for, say, two years.

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The media are more concerned with selling copy than minor inconveniences like truth.