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Title: 'Abnormal desire' was Akash's defining moment
Post by: Shana A on December 21, 2010, 09:03:29 AM
Post by: Shana A on December 21, 2010, 09:03:29 AM
'Abnormal desire' was Akash's defining moment
Paul Tatnell
December 21, 2010 - 1:18PM
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/abnormal-desire-was-akashs-defining-moment-20101221-193sl.html (http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/abnormal-desire-was-akashs-defining-moment-20101221-193sl.html)
Sydneysider Akash Arora was shocked when he read The Macquarie Dictionary's definition of "transvestism".
"Transvestism", the dictionary stated, is "the abnormal desire to wear clothing typical of the opposite sex".
That, felt the 32-year-old sub-editor who had been looking for the difference between the meanings of "transsexual" and "transvestite", was not only incorrect but offensive.
Paul Tatnell
December 21, 2010 - 1:18PM
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/abnormal-desire-was-akashs-defining-moment-20101221-193sl.html (http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/abnormal-desire-was-akashs-defining-moment-20101221-193sl.html)
Sydneysider Akash Arora was shocked when he read The Macquarie Dictionary's definition of "transvestism".
"Transvestism", the dictionary stated, is "the abnormal desire to wear clothing typical of the opposite sex".
That, felt the 32-year-old sub-editor who had been looking for the difference between the meanings of "transsexual" and "transvestite", was not only incorrect but offensive.