transsexuals

The Julie Burchill Outrage

By Dee / January 14, 2013 /

Suppose most will have heard about the article written by Julie Burchill !  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/13/julie-burchill-suzanne-moore-transsexuals Burchill’s piece was written in defence of her friend and fellow writer, Suzanne Moore, who attracted hostility on Twitter for suggesting in a New Statesman article that women were too often expected to look like “a Brazilian transsexual”. Moore then said…

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Gender, Sex and Marriage

By Dee / December 10, 2012 /

I recently published a post about April Ashley, in the post it mentions her divorce from a gentleman…”the divorce was declared invalid and annulled in 1970 the judge ruled that despite her surgery she remained a biological man”. This ruling ended the hopes of any transsexuals marrying until 2004 when the Gender Recognition Act allowed people…

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Transgender MBE … yes an MBE

By Dee / August 6, 2012 / Comments Off on Transgender MBE … yes an MBE

It’s probably me but I am still taken with a sense of wonder when I read stories like the one I read today, totally inspiring. April Ashley born in Liverpool 1935 as George Jamieson was recently awarded the MBE for services to transgender equality in the 2012 Summer Queen’s Birthday Honours. On hearing the news…

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