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No ‘him’ or ‘her’; preschool fights gender bias

Jennifer Vanasco — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:55:52 +0000

(Stockholm) At the “Egalia” preschool, staff avoid using words like “him” or “her” and address the 33 kids as “friends” rather than girls and boys.

From the color and placement of toys to the(...)

Corvino: When gender matters

logointern1 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:12:22 +0000

Many years ago I was invited to present a paper at a philosophy conference. As usual, a respondent was assigned: a Professor Robin Somebody (I don’t recall the last name). I found out about(...)

Most LGBT adults agree: U.S. far from full gender equality

logointern1 — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:19:33 +0000

Among LGBT adults in the U.S., 73 percent agree that the U.S. still has a long way to go to reach complete gender equality, according to a new study by Harris Interactive.

Among all adults in(...)

Police arrest transgender woman in bomb plot

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:20:23 +0000

(Payette, Idaho) A transgender woman at odds with police over the way they listed her gender was arrested for investigation of rigging what appeared to be four pipe bombs to a propane tank at(...)

Semenya to discuss outcome of gender dispute

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:30:48 +0000

(Johannesburg) Caster Semenya will hold a news conference Thursday to discuss the outcome of the gender dispute involving the 800-meter world champion.

Semenya’s public relations advisers said(...)

ASA: Semenya should ‘talk to the right people’

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:02:34 +0000

(Johannesburg) After Caster Semenya’s lawyers announced they will take legal action to allow her to run, Athletics South Africa said Thursday the 800-meter world champion at the center of a(...)

Culhane: Legal misadventures in gender

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:00:32 +0000

Emma Ruby-Sachs’ post about the first genderless person that ran on this site a few days ago was the most popular post for a few days. That’s not surprising.

Not only was the post(...)

Ruby-Sachs: The world’s first genderless person

ERubySachs — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:26:36 +0000

The call for an end to the gender binary is not new. Sure, it’s gaining momentum slowly and there are many who have yet to really grapple with the intellectual concept of an individual who is(...)

Neff: You CAN’T tell if Weir is gay by looking

Jennifer Vanasco — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:03:57 +0000

Seems the big gay story out of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games is Johnny Weir and the Kinsey scale.

But why?

The figure skater has not commented publicly about his sexual orientation. Rather, he(...)

McDonald’s fires anti-trans manager

logointern2 — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:09:13 +0000

Earlier this week, Zikerria Bellamy filed a complaint against McDonald’s for refusing to hire her because she is transgender.

One of the managers left a detailed voice mail message on Bellamy’s(...)