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Title: Those hard lines we draw between "sexual orientation," "gender identity," and "g
Post by: Shana A on December 24, 2008, 10:27:27 PM
Post by: Shana A on December 24, 2008, 10:27:27 PM
Those hard lines we draw between "sexual orientation," "gender identity," and "gender expression"
Filed by: Alex Blaze
December 24, 2008 4:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/those_clear_lines_we_draw_between_sexual.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/those_clear_lines_we_draw_between_sexual.php)
This man in England just won his appeal to have his anti-gay discrimination case heard. It was originally rejected because he was straight and married to a woman.
Stephen English says he was forced to quit his job at an awning manufacturer because the company refused to stop workers from calling him a ->-bleeped-<-got and other gay slurs.
English filed a complaint with the Employment Appeal Tribunal alleging the harassment began when fellow workers discovered he had been educated at a boarding school and that he lived in largely gay Brighton.
Filed by: Alex Blaze
December 24, 2008 4:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/those_clear_lines_we_draw_between_sexual.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/those_clear_lines_we_draw_between_sexual.php)
This man in England just won his appeal to have his anti-gay discrimination case heard. It was originally rejected because he was straight and married to a woman.
Stephen English says he was forced to quit his job at an awning manufacturer because the company refused to stop workers from calling him a ->-bleeped-<-got and other gay slurs.
English filed a complaint with the Employment Appeal Tribunal alleging the harassment began when fellow workers discovered he had been educated at a boarding school and that he lived in largely gay Brighton.
Title: Re: Those hard lines we draw between "sexual orientation," "gender identity," and "g
Post by: Hypatia on January 29, 2009, 10:03:56 AM
Post by: Hypatia on January 29, 2009, 10:03:56 AM
This lines up with a new concept: "Straight fairies"...
http://www.salon.com/weekly/fairies960729.html (http://www.salon.com/weekly/fairies960729.html)
It pretty well describes the unfortunate bloke in the news story.
http://www.salon.com/weekly/fairies960729.html (http://www.salon.com/weekly/fairies960729.html)
QuoteAny place where a gay or lesbian scene flourishes, you'll find this new breed of breeders, gay culture's gift to the hetero world. In towns and cities with an in-your-face gay population, straight fairies feel free to act however they please. Unconsciously guided by the uneasy impression that Main Street, USA will never really feel like home, the unconventionally gendered hetero-man naturally migrates to urban pockets of queer-positivity.
It pretty well describes the unfortunate bloke in the news story.