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Title: The Transgender Culture Wars
Post by: Amelia Pond on August 29, 2013, 08:56:58 AM
The Transgender Culture Wars (http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/2527/the_transgender_culture_wars.aspx#.Uh9RextvP-a)
Anne Hendershott, August 27, 2013

A few weeks ago, readers of the New York Post were confronted with a story... "I'm a Guy Again! ABC newsman who switched genders wants to switch back..." The article informed readers that the ABC news editor "strolled into the newsroom last May wearing a little black dress and an auburn wig and announced he was transgender and... He wanted to be called Dawn."

By August, Ennis said that he had suffered a bout of amnesia, which led to the realization that he wants to live his life again as Don. The newsman is now asking his co-workers and "all who accepted me as a transgender to now understand that I was misdiagnosed..." He also has reassured the [LGBT] community that... "I promise to remain a strong straight ally, a supporter of diversity and an advocate for equality and other LGBT issues..."

It is no surprise that Ennis would feel compelled to continue his support of the LGBT community—even though he is no longer participating in the transgender lifestyle. It is likely that if he were viewed as unsupportive of those who experience gender-identity disorder, he would be quickly ostracized in his newsroom community—and beyond.

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