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Category: In the News

Articles in the mainstream news media that I think it worth drawing attention to, often because they have a gender or transgender bias.

In the News

14th January 2015 Hay LlamasIn the News, Transgender2 Comments on In the News

I don’t know if it’s just because I am more aware of it, but there does seem to be a lot more media coverage about transgender issues and Gender Identity in the mainstream media at the moment. Tonight at 9pm…

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Transgender in the driving seat

12th January 2015 Hay LlamasIn the News, Opinion, Transgender1 Comment on Transgender in the driving seat

You’re probably aware that Russia recently passed a law that effectively bans all transgender and transsexual people from driving, on the grounds that it is a ‘mental disorder’. Also affected, amongst many others, are amputees – even those with “prophetic…

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Gifts for boys – a Tesco Tweetstorm

27th November 2014 Hay LlamasHumour, In the News, OpinionLeave a Comment on Gifts for boys – a Tesco Tweetstorm

Tesco were recently in the news for having a sign which referred to a superhero alarm clock as a “gift for a boy”, and suffered a Tweetstorm of bad press after a complaint from a seven-year-old girl, resulting in them…

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Transgenderism – in the news

5th November 2014 Hay LlamasIn the News, Transgender1 Comment on Transgenderism – in the news

My friend Jo T brought two articles to my attention today. The first was a Huffington Post Blog article by Marvi Matos called On the Other Side: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly about how her husband became her…

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Kellie (née Frank) Maloney

11th August 2014 Hay LlamasIn the News, TransgenderLeave a Comment on Kellie (née Frank) Maloney

I must confess that I know almost nothing about boxing. However the news is buzzing with reports about former boxing promoter Frank Maloney announcing that she is transsexual and is transitioning to female and henceforth wishes to be known as…

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Eurovision 2014 (cont’d)

12th May 2014 Hay LlamasIn the News, Opinion, Social, TransgenderLeave a Comment on Eurovision 2014 (cont’d)

Now that people have had a few days to think about Eurovision a bit more, and the implications of Conchita Wurst’s act, some interesting debates are coming out. And rather than update my previous post again, I thought I would…

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Eurovision 2014

11th May 2014 Hay LlamasIn the News, Opinion, TransgenderLeave a Comment on Eurovision 2014

Got to say that I’m absolutely sickened to read people referring to Conchita Wurst (the winner of Eurovision 2014) as “it”, “that” and “that thing”. Comments like that speak volumes about the person saying it, and their narrow-minded bigotry. She’s…

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