http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/11/transgender/

"Transgender people are not beggars at the civil rights table set by gay and lesbian activists. They are integral to the struggle for gender freedom for all.

By Susan Stryker"

I read that earlier too... great, no-holds-barred article, IMHO. It kinda opened my eyes and turned my opinion around on all this.

~Kate~

i agree (with Kate?) it is a really good article. thank you, Z

Finally something great to read instead of rants, rants, and more rants.... 
Thanks for posting the article! 

tink

Thanks! I thought this was among the best rebuttals I read.

zythyra

Be sure to also read some of the editors choice comments

Salon

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What makes Aravosis' disregard for transgendered people so heinous is not that so many of them fought for the rights and safety that he now enjoys, but that he knows the truth and is deliberately attempting to mislead the uninformed public while giving a handjob to the bigots to help himself get ahead. John Aravosis knows what happened at Stonewall and he knows who was there. His willful attempt to re-write history for the deliberate purpose of attempting personal gain at the expense of transgendered people, the very people who helped force the first serious discussion of queer rights in American history, is beyond disgusting.
--Anonymous

a very good read.  thank you.