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Title: Louisville Forum on Transgender Issues Doesn't Include Any Transgender Panelists
Post by: Olivia P on July 02, 2014, 05:42:56 AM
Post by: Olivia P on July 02, 2014, 05:42:56 AM
June 30 2014 Laura Ellis
The Louisville Forum's July discussion will tackle the issue of growing up transgender in Louisville—though none of the four panelists are transgender.
The move has prompted criticism from some LGBTQ and transgender activists and writers.
Dale Josey, co-chair for the programs and issues committee for the Forum, a nonpartisan public issues group, said organizers asked Karen Berg, the mother of a trans student, to take part in the panel and represent the human side of the issue.
More: http://wfpl.org/post/louisville-forum-transgender-issues-doesnt-include-any-transgender-panelists
The Louisville Forum's July discussion will tackle the issue of growing up transgender in Louisville—though none of the four panelists are transgender.
The move has prompted criticism from some LGBTQ and transgender activists and writers.
Dale Josey, co-chair for the programs and issues committee for the Forum, a nonpartisan public issues group, said organizers asked Karen Berg, the mother of a trans student, to take part in the panel and represent the human side of the issue.
More: http://wfpl.org/post/louisville-forum-transgender-issues-doesnt-include-any-transgender-panelists
Title: Re: Louisville Forum on Transgender Issues Doesn't Include Any Transgender Panelists
Post by: suzifrommd on July 02, 2014, 08:01:00 AM
Post by: suzifrommd on July 02, 2014, 08:01:00 AM
We're having the same problem where I am. Increasingly the parents of trans folks are called upon as the "experts" on what it's like to be trans.