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Title: Transgender Issues: Some Media Still Confused About the ‘LGBT’ Term
Post by: Natasha on March 02, 2012, 01:56:54 PM
Transgender Issues: Some Media Still Confused About the 'LGBT' Term

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/03/02/transgender-issues-some-media-still-confused-by-church-prejudice/ (http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/03/02/transgender-issues-some-media-still-confused-by-church-prejudice/)
3/2/12
Jillian Page

Another media story today, this one on the CBS site, seems to think that being gay and being a trans person are synonymous. It's a myth perpetuated by some religious organizations, ie. that if you are a trans woman in a relationship with a man, you are gay. And it seems that some media organizations are still stuck in that mindset.