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News and Events => Opinions & Editorials => Topic started by: Hazumu on June 24, 2008, 10:26:18 PM

Title: What Does Transphobia Look Like?
Post by: Hazumu on June 24, 2008, 10:26:18 PM
Queers United (http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-does-transphobia-look-like_24.html)

Quote17. Belieiving that someone is using the wrong bathroom because they dont appear gender typical.

18. Treating hormones therapies and gender re-assignment surgeries as elective medical procedures, rather than basic health care for transsexual individuals.

19. Asking someone what their genitals look like.

20. Failing to rent an apartment, give a job or promotion, or to provide a service to a person because the person is assumed to be transgender.

21. Excluding a Transgender person from activities, discussions, or decisions because that person "doesn't fit in."