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Title: Transgender issues get airing
Post by: LostInTime on November 16, 2006, 09:50:16 AM
Post by: LostInTime on November 16, 2006, 09:50:16 AM
link (http://presstelegram.com/news/ci_4668292)
Their challenges are as complex as finding medical coverage for hormone treatments or as elemental as being able to use a restroom without fear.
These and other issues faced by transgenders - a collective term that encompasses transsexuals, crossdressers and genderqueers (those who define their gender as somewhere between a man and a woman) - were brought to the forefront Wednesday at a Gender Identity and Expression session that kicked off Cal State Long Beach's inaugural Transgender Day of Remembrance program.
Their challenges are as complex as finding medical coverage for hormone treatments or as elemental as being able to use a restroom without fear.
These and other issues faced by transgenders - a collective term that encompasses transsexuals, crossdressers and genderqueers (those who define their gender as somewhere between a man and a woman) - were brought to the forefront Wednesday at a Gender Identity and Expression session that kicked off Cal State Long Beach's inaugural Transgender Day of Remembrance program.
Title: Re: Transgender issues get airing
Post by: Sarah Louise on November 16, 2006, 09:57:06 AM
Post by: Sarah Louise on November 16, 2006, 09:57:06 AM
They should have that at all of their campuses. If they had one at San Bernardino campus my roommate would probably be out there protesting against it.
Sarah L.
Sarah L.