A girl on Friday, a boy by Monday

TES.co.uk – By: Hannah Frankel

The average primary may have as many as three transgendered pupils. Avoiding the issue is the worst response, but as Hannah Frankel reports, there is much that schools can do to offer support at a deeply traumatic time…

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Survivor revisits her battle of the sexes

TheAge.com.au – Raymond Gill

Vanessa Van Durme is a tall, 60-something woman of handsome looks and slightly imposing manner who comes across as an amalgam of Vanessa Redgrave and Germaine Greer, though somewhat warmer.

Like those two redoubtable …

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Translating Gender

Temple-News.com – by Maria Zankey

Since last year’s merge with TransAction Student Network, Queer Student Union has expanded both its membership and diversity. Still, some issues in the transgender community are beyond reach of a student organizatio…

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Good luck raising that gender-neutral child

Salon.com – Tracy Clark-Flory

Your book was released just as a storm began brewing over South African runner Caster Semenya’s “true” sex. What do you make of the situation?

Caster Semenya is psychologically a woman. She has apparently always been…

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When Gender Isn’t So Clear

Parenting.blogs.NYTimes.com – By Lisa Belkin

Tests on the South African runner Caster Semenya continue, as race officials try to decide whether the 18-year-old athlete – who says she is female – is a man or a woman. Martha Wilson, an American writer…

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Getting a Leg Up on the Sequined Competition

NYTimes.com – By Jennifer 8. Lee

Antoine Ashley, 29, a dancer and model, has worked full time for three years as a drag queen known as Sahara Davenport. Originally from Gaithersburg, Md., he went to college in Dallas, where he started performing in …

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