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McLeod defends 'transphobic' column
The Dominion Post replied to criticism, saying the column is McLeod's opinion
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 5:40p.m.
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Despite an online backlash accusing her of transphobia and 'hatespeech', columnist Rosemary McLeod has said she stands by her latest column.
The column, which was published on the Dominion Post section of stuff.co.nz today, discusses what McLeod calls "rather strange" modern methods of getting pregnant – including the children of transgender people.
In the column McLeod says transgendered men who have given birth and "boasted about it publicly" are "ego-trippers" seeking fame at their childrens' expense, and frequently uses the outdated pronoun 'he/she'.
"He/ she is now married to a woman, had all along kept his/her ovaries and stuff... this, to my mind, makes him/ her a woman who may shave in the morning and have short hair and a deep voice," McLeod wrote.