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Title: Trans student protests school gender policies
Post by: Shana A on November 14, 2010, 08:48:57 AM
Post by: Shana A on November 14, 2010, 08:48:57 AM
Trans student protests school gender policies
NEW BRUNSWICK / But mixed messages leave media and university adminstrators scratching their heads
Nick Logan / National / Saturday, November 13, 2010
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Trans_student_protests_school_gender_policies-9425.aspx (http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Trans_student_protests_school_gender_policies-9425.aspx)
Michelle Rayner's first day of classes at Fredericton's St Thomas University (STU) was meant to be a new beginning. Instead, she started her first year off, on Sep 13, with a punch in the face after entering a women's washroom on campus. The alleged assailant thought she was a man.
The 22-year-old Rayner describers herself as androgynous and identifies as transgendered. So, she says, a quick trip to the toilet isn't so simple in a world of gender-designated lavatories.
"It's kind of an anxious part of the day, for something that should be so normal," she explains. "Anyone that is androgynous, we deal with that on a daily basis."
NEW BRUNSWICK / But mixed messages leave media and university adminstrators scratching their heads
Nick Logan / National / Saturday, November 13, 2010
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Trans_student_protests_school_gender_policies-9425.aspx (http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Trans_student_protests_school_gender_policies-9425.aspx)
Michelle Rayner's first day of classes at Fredericton's St Thomas University (STU) was meant to be a new beginning. Instead, she started her first year off, on Sep 13, with a punch in the face after entering a women's washroom on campus. The alleged assailant thought she was a man.
The 22-year-old Rayner describers herself as androgynous and identifies as transgendered. So, she says, a quick trip to the toilet isn't so simple in a world of gender-designated lavatories.
"It's kind of an anxious part of the day, for something that should be so normal," she explains. "Anyone that is androgynous, we deal with that on a daily basis."
Title: Re: Trans student protests school gender policies
Post by: spacial on November 14, 2010, 11:01:59 AM
Post by: spacial on November 14, 2010, 11:01:59 AM
Don't understand why she didn't call the police or at least, report it to the university authorities.
An assailent will now feel more empowered to ssault someone else.
An assailent will now feel more empowered to ssault someone else.