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When Should Newspapers Mention A Person Is Transgender?

Started by Butterfly, June 11, 2010, 04:52:36 PM

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June 11, 2010, 04:52:36 PM
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/ 🔗


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.
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