When Should Newspapers Mention A Person Is Transgender?
Queerty
by: Daniel Villarreal
11 June, 2010
http://www.queerty.com/when-should-newspapers-mention-a-person-is-transgender-20100611/ (http://www.queerty.com/when-should-newspapers-mention-a-person-is-transgender-20100611/)
When the Santa Fe New Mexican reported the arrest of 60-year-old Randey Michelle "Mikeh" Gordon for impersonating a police officer and illegally pulling over another vehicle, they opted for the headline "Transsexual faces charges of police impersonation." Replace the word transexual with "African-American", "lesbian", "Iraqi", or "pole dancer" and you'll understand why this is a problem.