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Title: Gender identity, gender change: Stratham school child case brings issue to foref
Post by: katia on December 12, 2007, 11:30:25 AM
Post by: katia on December 12, 2007, 11:30:25 AM
Gender identity, gender change: Stratham school child case brings issue to forefront
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/GJNEWS_01/712120058
BY CHARLES McMAHON
12/12/2007
"Most recently, after a letter was sent out to the parents of a Stratham Memorial Elementary School classroom regarding a student's choice to be recognized as transgendered, the frequency of the situation has surfaced as being more common than generally thought"
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/GJNEWS_01/712120058
BY CHARLES McMAHON
12/12/2007
"Most recently, after a letter was sent out to the parents of a Stratham Memorial Elementary School classroom regarding a student's choice to be recognized as transgendered, the frequency of the situation has surfaced as being more common than generally thought"
Title: Re: Gender identity, gender change: Stratham school child case brings issue to f
Post by: LostInTime on December 12, 2007, 11:39:44 AM
Post by: LostInTime on December 12, 2007, 11:39:44 AM
This article is a good example on why columnists need to spend more time researching an article before actually writing it.
Title: Re: Gender identity, gender change: Stratham school child case brings issue to f
Post by: Hypatia on December 12, 2007, 12:50:09 PM
Post by: Hypatia on December 12, 2007, 12:50:09 PM
QuoteUnlike transsexuals, people who identify themselves as transgendered can be physiologically male or female, but feel as though they're trapped in a body of the wrong sex.Huh?? I want to say to the writer: Would you care to try that statement again? You're writing gibberish.
QuoteShe eludedActually, that's alluded... back to journalism school with you... no, back to remedial freshman English...
Quoteto a condition known as gender identity disorder, and said she believes that the term is a misnomer in that it suggests that there is a distress involved in the condition and the individual. She said that it's everyone else that has the distress with the issue and not the people themselves.This is very well said! :) It should be carved in stone over the main entrance to the APA. Until people finally get it.