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Title: Todd Hartley: I'm with Stupid
Post by: Natasha on June 27, 2008, 03:09:46 AM
Post by: Natasha on June 27, 2008, 03:09:46 AM
Todd Hartley: I'm with Stupid
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20080627/COLUMN/274769685/1061/AE&parentprofile=-1
6/26/2008
"according to advocates for transgender rights, emphasizes the need to redefine the legal definition of what is considered "male" or "female." You and I might think that the presence or absence of a penis makes one's gender pretty obvious, but apparently we're wrong. Gender, the advocates say, is much more fluid than that. Thus, "it's not deceptive for a transgender person who lives their life as a gender different from the gender they were assigned," according to Cole Thaler, an attorney with gay-rights legal group Lambda Legal."
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20080627/COLUMN/274769685/1061/AE&parentprofile=-1
6/26/2008
"according to advocates for transgender rights, emphasizes the need to redefine the legal definition of what is considered "male" or "female." You and I might think that the presence or absence of a penis makes one's gender pretty obvious, but apparently we're wrong. Gender, the advocates say, is much more fluid than that. Thus, "it's not deceptive for a transgender person who lives their life as a gender different from the gender they were assigned," according to Cole Thaler, an attorney with gay-rights legal group Lambda Legal."