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News and Events => People news => Topic started by: LostInTime on January 24, 2007, 09:40:41 AM

Title: 'Transitioned' Bagger wants respect
Post by: LostInTime on January 24, 2007, 09:40:41 AM
Link (http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,,21111838-23213,00.html?from=public_rss)

Bagger's main gripe is over "poor terminology" that follows her.

She gets particularly upset at being branded a "transexual", pointing
out the term applies to a medical condition.

"It's like calling someone a cancer," she said. "The correct word
is 'transitioned'."