Lies about transgender people (and how to spot a rubbish journalist)
I see so much rot written about trans people that I just don’t know anymore. Does anyone – from legal correspondents to sports editors – really know what they’re writing about?
By Paris Lees | Notebook | Friday, 31 August 2012 at 6:00 pm
Bodily autonomy: confessions of a transsexual sex worker
When Channel 4 screened Ria: Diary of a Teen Transsexual last Tuesday I was prepared for ignorant comments. I didn’t predict though that criticism towards 17 year old Ria would focus so heavily on her sex work.
By Paris Lees | Arts, Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 18 June 2012 at 3:00 am
Heard the one about the ladyboy? Media jokes about trans people are not acceptable
“Transsexual” has become shorthand for someone ridiculous, someone unnamed, someone that nice, middle-class people probably don’t know. Transphobia has passed the dinner table test because those who mock trans people simply don’t expect to see one of us at their dinner tables. I’d like to petition high profile trans newsreaders and politicians to raise awareness, but none exist. Trans people are today’s Aunt Sallys – and comics throw pies at us with impunity.
By Paris Lees | Notebook, Opinion, iPolitics | Thursday, 31 May 2012 at 4:00 am
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