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Title: Transgender male on ladies bowls team
Post by: Shana A on October 17, 2009, 07:57:52 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 17, 2009, 07:57:52 AM
Transgender male on ladies bowls team
Nick Dalton
Saturday, October 17, 2009
© The Cairns Post
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/10/17/70425_local-news.html (http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/10/17/70425_local-news.html)
QUEENSLAND'S first transsexual bowler has been accepted as a full playing member of the conservative Edge Hill Ladies Bowls Club in Cairns.
Robyn Stott is going through the process of changing from a man to a woman and has been recognised as a lady bowler by both the female and male bowlers at the club.
Bowls Queensland believes Ms Stott is the only transgender lady bowler in the state.
Club members have no qualms about the IT computer expert playing for the ladies and they treat the 36-year-old as "one of the girls".
Nick Dalton
Saturday, October 17, 2009
© The Cairns Post
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/10/17/70425_local-news.html (http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/10/17/70425_local-news.html)
QUEENSLAND'S first transsexual bowler has been accepted as a full playing member of the conservative Edge Hill Ladies Bowls Club in Cairns.
Robyn Stott is going through the process of changing from a man to a woman and has been recognised as a lady bowler by both the female and male bowlers at the club.
Bowls Queensland believes Ms Stott is the only transgender lady bowler in the state.
Club members have no qualms about the IT computer expert playing for the ladies and they treat the 36-year-old as "one of the girls".
Title: Re: Transgender male on ladies bowls team
Post by: The None Blonde on October 17, 2009, 09:26:59 AM
Post by: The None Blonde on October 17, 2009, 09:26:59 AM
I know her! Well... shes goes in the chatroom I do... shes quite a nice person.
Title: Re: Transgender male on ladies bowls team
Post by: r.morgan on October 17, 2009, 10:50:27 AM
Post by: r.morgan on October 17, 2009, 10:50:27 AM
Glad to see some good news. :)
Also glad that she was accepted. It seems the news always focuses on the negative. Sometimes we need feel good stories. Although not extremely light hearted - this one did the job for me. :)
Also glad that she was accepted. It seems the news always focuses on the negative. Sometimes we need feel good stories. Although not extremely light hearted - this one did the job for me. :)
Title: Re: Transgender male on ladies bowls team
Post by: Calistine on October 17, 2009, 10:52:16 AM
Post by: Calistine on October 17, 2009, 10:52:16 AM
Yeah thats a cool story. Good for her :) Its nice not to hear something about discrimination
Title: Re: Transgender male on ladies bowls team
Post by: Suzy on October 17, 2009, 09:14:59 PM
Post by: Suzy on October 17, 2009, 09:14:59 PM
Very good story. I wonder how heavy her ball is.
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Title: Re: Transgender male on ladies bowls team
Post by: Janet_Girl on October 17, 2009, 09:50:35 PM
Post by: Janet_Girl on October 17, 2009, 09:50:35 PM
The title is so discriminatory however. And some of the pictures still refer to her as a transgendered Male.
@ Kristi. But the pictures it isn't American bowling. More like lawn bowling.
Janet
@ Kristi. But the pictures it isn't American bowling. More like lawn bowling.
Janet
Title: Re: Transgender male on ladies bowls team
Post by: The None Blonde on October 22, 2009, 10:22:23 AM
Post by: The None Blonde on October 22, 2009, 10:22:23 AM
its actual lawn bowls... rather than 10 pin...
I saw the references as 'transgender male' and so did Robyn, she said shes not too bothered by it because the girls in the club and pretty much all people dont say that... shes just one of the girls to them.
There's also a TV spot coming up with her tomorrow (its shot)
I saw the references as 'transgender male' and so did Robyn, she said shes not too bothered by it because the girls in the club and pretty much all people dont say that... shes just one of the girls to them.
There's also a TV spot coming up with her tomorrow (its shot)
Title: Re: Transgender male on ladies bowls team
Post by: Arch on October 23, 2009, 12:43:44 PM
Post by: Arch on October 23, 2009, 12:43:44 PM
The headline seems to have been changed since this link was posted. Now she's being called a transgender female.
Title: Re: Transgender male on ladies bowls team
Post by: The None Blonde on October 26, 2009, 11:40:07 AM
Post by: The None Blonde on October 26, 2009, 11:40:07 AM
i guess they just didnt know the term huh? people make these mistakes when uneducated... clearly that happened.