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Title: Transgendered/Activism - Fighting Bigoted Journalism A well-articulated objection to Dea Birkett's article slamming the rights of transuals to gender reassignment surgery. Includes rules and tips for non-trans journalists.

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Gender_Patriots Article by gay columnist argues that gays are not part of a broad transgender movement. He's a man, and proud of it.

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Lambda_Letters_Project Helping members and friends affect public policy in areas of concern to the communities of HIV/aids, l/g/b/t, women and people of color.

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fumingWHY SO ANGRYToday I rose spectacularly early, thought "yey! I can get to work before anyone else, put my music on loud and sort out that bug in my program before lunchtime". Felt really good. Picked up a morning paper to read on the train, scanned through the main paper and decided to leave the nasty bits till later. Turned to the supplement, and saw the headline "Mutilation won't make a man a woman" above an article slamming reassignment surgery for tranuals. And in my favourite morning paper!Wham, bang and good mood was replaced by seething angerLast night showed the third program in a series of four depicting the life of a male-to-female transual over the course of around twenty years, and was, I assume, the impetus for this tirade along with the recent judgement that the NHS should pay for surgery.Essentially Dea Birkett said that most tranuals are mtf, as evidenced by the numbers wanting surgery. She also claimed tranuality was due not to any physical reason, poo-poohing evidence suggesting hormonal influences in the womb have any effect, and declared that"Such theories deliver a below-the-belt blow to the ual revolution"No, in Dea's book, tranuality is caused by the fact that it is still not possible in today's society for men to wear skirts. She went on to describe this surgery as "mutilation" and ended with the soundbite"It's our attitude towards acceptable behaviour for a man that needs a few nips and tucks, not a couple of hundred penises on the NHS."Why has this so upset me? To be honest I'm not sure. I have heard far worse said about tranuals in a more blatant manner. Perhaps it was because it was presented in such a "I'm a bit of a liberal, don't you know, and these tranuals are messing with my gender politics ideas" kind of way. Perhaps because the Guardian is my almost-daily paper and I expected better. Perhaps because I thought that if even the Guardian, normally a bastion of the left, ready to support equal rights for all at a moments notice, could print this, then what hope have got for understanding from the rest of society.Other ResponsesOthers, more eloquent than me, have written directly to the Guardian or expressed their own views on the article in writing.Stephen Van Doren from Dublin sent this letter, challenging and correcting many of the completely erroneous statements made by Dea Birkett.Many more can be found at the Press for Change site, under their news-archive. In particular, seeWill the Guardian Take the Challenge ? initial letter from Christine Burns, from PFCThe Missing Voice followup letter from Christine Burnilation by Dea Birkett - Episode Two letter from Eleanor LynallFurther discussion can be found at the PFC Forum Archive for August 1999. Threads generally entitled "... Dea Birkett ..." or " ... Guardian ... ", from Thur 5th August onwards.Other (semi-) relevant informationRules for non-trans writing about trans advice for writers by Jacob Hale, hosted on Sandy Stone's site. A useful reference for journalits - though they may need a pointer towards its existance. Also useful for transpeople writing about cross-trans issues. $dub\'s ftm page$ chest surgerystand and peepackingbindingshavingpassingUK resourcesfriends / partnersonline resourcestrans homepageswho is dub?life storyphotosgender thoughtsbigotted journalismsign guestbookview guestbookemail

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A	well-articulated	objection	to
Dea	Birkett's	article	slamming	the
rights	of	transuals	to
gender	reassignment	surgery.	Includes	rules
and	tips	for	non-trans	journalists.

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