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Title: The Perennial Transgender Toilet Debate
Post by: Shana A on August 30, 2010, 08:35:28 AM
Post by: Shana A on August 30, 2010, 08:35:28 AM
Sarah, The Bringer of Tea - The Perennial Transgender Toilet Debate
29th August, 2010
05:50 pm
http://auntysarah.livejournal.com/249530.html (http://auntysarah.livejournal.com/249530.html)
The toilet debate seems to have flared up on my twitter feed today, with much discussion taking place at Jack of Kent's blog.
I always find this very frustrating, but I think an important point is highlighted by the way this debate is typically framed.
The "trans people in public toilets" debate is almost always framed in terms of protecting cis women from trans women
Quite often this framing is not explicit, but is implicit in the language used to frame the issue, and in terms of what is and is not said.
29th August, 2010
05:50 pm
http://auntysarah.livejournal.com/249530.html (http://auntysarah.livejournal.com/249530.html)
The toilet debate seems to have flared up on my twitter feed today, with much discussion taking place at Jack of Kent's blog.
I always find this very frustrating, but I think an important point is highlighted by the way this debate is typically framed.
The "trans people in public toilets" debate is almost always framed in terms of protecting cis women from trans women
Quite often this framing is not explicit, but is implicit in the language used to frame the issue, and in terms of what is and is not said.