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Title: Gender identity questioned in 2008
Post by: Butterfly on January 23, 2009, 05:26:15 AM
Gender identity questioned in 2008
The Snapper
By Dr. Barb Stengel
January 21, 2009


http://thesnapper.com/2009/01/21/gender-identity-questioned-in-2008/ (http://thesnapper.com/2009/01/21/gender-identity-questioned-in-2008/)


2008 was the year that a man had a baby and Pope Benedict XVI warned that those who question gender threaten the Creator's plan for humanity. Against this backdrop, Millersville's Women's Studies Program voted to change its name to Women and Gender Studies. What's up with that?

Before answering, let's return for a moment to 2008. Thomas Beattie, the man who gave birth to a daughter, was born female. He is legally married to the woman who is his daughter's mother.