News and Events => Opinions & Editorials => Topic started by: Hazumu on March 22, 2009, 02:43:32 AM Return to Full Version
Title: GLB Against T: Who’s Man Enough to Escape a Beating?
Post by: Hazumu on March 22, 2009, 02:43:32 AM
Post by: Hazumu on March 22, 2009, 02:43:32 AM
Posted by Amanda Hess on Mar. 18, 2009, at 11:41 am
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtoncitypaper.com%2Fimages%2Fchunk-header-logo-wcp.jpg&hash=4e8ce8c113f39e4d3b65495bce3bdb9ecad2117d) (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/03/18/glb-against-t-whos-man-enough-to-escape-a-beating/)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtoncitypaper.com%2Fimages%2Fchunk-header-logo-wcp.jpg&hash=4e8ce8c113f39e4d3b65495bce3bdb9ecad2117d) (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/03/18/glb-against-t-whos-man-enough-to-escape-a-beating/)
QuoteNobody knows the double standard better than Graffeo. Before transitioning, Graffeo says he endured 33 years of gender discrimination—as a woman. "I had a lot of experience with people being prejudiced against me because I was female," says Graffeo. "I was told I wouldn't be hired because they thought I was going to run off and get pregnant. I was denied loan applications for a house because I was female," he says.
The discrimination began in childhood—"nobody likes a little girl who doesn't act like a little girl"—and lasted up until seven years ago, when he transitioned with the full support of his co-workers and social circle. At that point, Graffeo re-applied for the home loan "with a male name and worse credit," and was accepted. "Women are just given the raw end of the deal," he says.