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Title: Bono boosts visibility of trans people, but discrimination persists
Post by: Shana A on September 22, 2011, 09:17:16 AM
Post by: Shana A on September 22, 2011, 09:17:16 AM
Lauren La Rose
Wed Sep 21 2011
Bono boosts visibility of trans people, but discrimination persists
http://www.therecord.com/living/article/598018--bono-boosts-visibility-of-trans-people-but-discrimination-persists (http://www.therecord.com/living/article/598018--bono-boosts-visibility-of-trans-people-but-discrimination-persists)
TORONTO — As the first transgendered participant on Dancing With The Stars, Chaz Bono had controversy swirling around him before he even set foot on the ballroom floor.
[...]
"'Does (Bono) belong on the show?' And of course he belongs, as much as anybody else. But this question of 'Do you belong? Can you be in this space?' is a profoundly painful one, and has large-scale implication for trans people in every sphere of their lives."
"Some of these spheres are very high stakes — employment, housing, health care; the kinds of things that we recognize as being really fundamental social determinants of health for people."
Wed Sep 21 2011
Bono boosts visibility of trans people, but discrimination persists
http://www.therecord.com/living/article/598018--bono-boosts-visibility-of-trans-people-but-discrimination-persists (http://www.therecord.com/living/article/598018--bono-boosts-visibility-of-trans-people-but-discrimination-persists)
TORONTO — As the first transgendered participant on Dancing With The Stars, Chaz Bono had controversy swirling around him before he even set foot on the ballroom floor.
[...]
"'Does (Bono) belong on the show?' And of course he belongs, as much as anybody else. But this question of 'Do you belong? Can you be in this space?' is a profoundly painful one, and has large-scale implication for trans people in every sphere of their lives."
"Some of these spheres are very high stakes — employment, housing, health care; the kinds of things that we recognize as being really fundamental social determinants of health for people."