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Title: How to wrap your head around the pregnant man
Post by: Shana A on May 01, 2008, 07:13:57 AM

How to wrap your head around the pregnant man
30 APR 2008  •  by Steven Petrow

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A257157 (http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A257157)

Over the years I've spoken publicly—in my former role as president of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association—about transgender nomenclature and issues as well as the difference between sexuality (male vs. female) and gender identity (masculine vs. feminine). Without doubt, I have found even educated groups (if you care to refer to journalists that way) somewhat confounded over the language: "male-to-female," "female-to-male," "->-bleeped-<-," "transsexual," "transgender" and "intersex." More than ever in these discussions, language is crucial, and I know many of my colleagues worry about using the wrong word choice for fear of being pegged ignorant or, even worse, prejudiced. Just last week, a longtime leader in LGBT rights issues said to me from San Francisco in reference to Beatie: "I completely get the transgender thing, but this ... ?"