Transgender: Being second class
Almost, but not quite
Who oversees the overseer?Straight Jacket Problem:Lingustics, political correctness, and politics
Straight-jacket ProblemI personally believe that Singaporeans should be sensitive and
sensitised to issues on gender identity and sexuality, before they
willingly don the mass produced straight-jackets of gendered society.
In essence, transparency and the access to new/alternative sets of
knowledge should be created for ourselves by ourselves, through the
raising of this form of awareness.
What does it mean/take to be
man/woman? What does it mean/take to be
gay/straight/bisexual/pansexual/asexual/etc? What does it mean/take to
identify as or be transgendered?
Are you a masculinist masculine male man?
There
is another tension that exists, one that I have far greater difficulty
in communicating. I am weary of the culture of "political correctness"
that might shroud such a campaign/movement, taking into consideration
SinQSA strives for social integration. The paradox is there for all of
us to see when we become intolerant, forceful and righteous in our
attempts to fight these very same properties.
To avoid that, I
propose the "politically correct" use of terminology. A gay is not gay.
He/she is someone who identifies as gay. At the same time, "homosexual"
should be an adjective rather than a noun, the latter implying some
simplistic reductionism of a person's identity. This
linguistic/grammatical strategy is problematic too, as some members of
the sexual minority community are still oriented towards the previous
discourse of identification.
Gender identity policy in Fairbanks:
Fairbanks school board tackles gender identity policy
Medical basis for transsexuality
Two for the Reference LibraryChristian Conservative Opposing -
GLBT schools:
Students Deserve Better than Gay Chicago School CEO HubermanGLBT adoption:
What is a pregnant man?
Pregnant Man: Reloadedhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=qrbggrhhg8o
Transsexual teen surgery:
Teen sex swap girl talks
