feministe.us - 11/28/2008
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This article in the Atlantic about transgender children is really interesting, but for all the (often legitimate) worry about how to handle kids with “gender identity disorder,” I can’t help but think that we’d all be better off if our understanding of maleness and ...
feministing.com - 11/24/2008
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feministing.com —
There's a really in depth piece in this
month's Atlantic about the growing movement to honor the...
wishes of transgender children and all the complexities therein. Though I don't claim to be anything near an expert on this issue, I thought that writer Hanna Rosin did a commendable job of bringing ...
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Friday Blogaround
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... Friday Blogaround | posted by Melissa McEwan | Friday, November 28, 2008 lol your blogaround Recommended Reading: Renee: Teaching the Young to Disrespect Indigenous Culture Lisa: Anachronism and American Indians Kevin: Am I Not Human? Katecontinued: Use Less Ginmar: Just Donate a Dollar Jill: A Boy's Life Leave your links in comments... View Comments |
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... that he lets their son wear pink and paint his nails. Ulracher said, "It doesn't make him feminine. It doesn't make him gay." Also, read Jill on how "we'd all be better off if our understanding of maleness and femaleness weren't so straightjacketed." And check out ...
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