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MELBOURNE, Australia , – What happens when a good Catholic girl marries the man of her dreams, and then he tells her he thinks he's a woman? It yields heartbreak and a lifetime of emotionally stunted relationships, according to an autobiographical essay in Sunday's  Sydney Morning Herald   that asks society to consider “the other side” of the transgender debate. The woman, whose name has been withheld, was 18 years-old when she met “ Ryan ,” a musician who slowly worked his way into her heart. His sense of humor made the self-described “good Catholic girl” fall for the young man, who was trying to get ahead in the 1980s Australian music scene. When he asked her to move to Melbourne with her, she had second thoughts. “I did not want to 'live in sin,'” she wrote. So, he asked for her hand in marriage. Although she believed their life was idyllic, he became sullen and withdrawn. Soon, he left her a letter saying he believed he was a woman trapped inside a...

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 22, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A bill to amend the Ontario Human Rights Code to include “gender identity” and “gender expression” in the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination passed its second reading on May 10 in the provincial legislature. Bill 33 is sponsored by NDP Cheri DiNovo , MPP (Parkdale-High Park). It is the fourth time the bill has been introduced, but the first time it has reached its second reading. During her presentation of the Bill prior to the vote, DiNovo referred to Joan of Arc as an historical transgendered person and compared Toby Dancer, a deceased transgender person whom Bill 33 is named after, to the highly revered Catholic saint . St. Joan of Arc “At Toby’s funeral, I said, ‘We may be the first church … to put a stained glass window in the sanctuary depicting a trans person,’ because we had one made of Toby playing the piano. … somebody called out, ‘What about Joan of Arc?’ … What about those trans people in history th...

Image via Wikipedia  In its last session the Massachusetts legislature considered a radical “ Transgender Equal Rights” law.  It didn’t pass, but we can expect it to be back again next session. According to the proposed legislation, ‘transgendered’ persons would receive special legal protection. The term “ gender identity or expression” would be added to current laws and defined as “a gender-related identity, appearance, expression, or behavior of an individual, regardless of the individual’s physiology or assigned sex at birth.” The law would apply not only to people who have undergone surgery to create the appearance of the other sex, both above and below the waist, but anyone who is simply wants to dress as the other sex.           This would effect all public accommodations , because according to the law “ all otherwise lawfully sex-segregated facilities, accommodations, resorts and amusements shall grant persons adm...

Image via Wikipedia People will be able to choose what gender they want to be listed as on new Australian passports , even if they have not undergone a sex change. In the past, Australians could only change their gender on their passports if they had had a sex change operation or were travelling to get one. Now the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has introduced new guidelines so that instead of surgery, all that is needed is a letter of support from a medical practitioner. Labor Senator Louise Pratt says international travel can be downright dangerous for people whose appearance does not match the gender listed on their passport.   The changes mean Australians can identify their sex of choice and select Male, Female or X.   Senator Pratt is the first member of Federal Parliament to have a transgendered partner, who was born female but has transitioned to male.    The Labor Federal Government is now captive to the Gay militants of Australia....

Image via Wikipedia This past Friday, the Obama Administration became the first administration ever to host a meeting at the White House focusing exclusively on the discussion of federal policy related to “transgender” issues. According to a report in the Washington Blade , the meeting, which was hosted by the Office of Public Engagement (OPE), was attended by transgender activists and White House officials from the White House Domestic Policy Council , the Office of Cabinet Affairs, the Office of Public Engagement, and the counsel’s office, among others. The president himself was not in attendance, however. “While transgender issues have been covered in previous OPE meetings, and transgender leaders have been included in other OPE meetings, this would be the first time OPE has held a meeting solely focused on transgender issues,” Shin Inouye, a White House spokesperson, said. Beyond general information about who would be in attendance, the White House reportedly would not reveal...

Image via Wikipedia The 47 Member States of the Council of Europe are close to finalizing a new convention that defines “gender” as a social construct , rather than as a distinction grounded in biology. According to the new Council of Europe convention on eliminating violence against women, gender “shall mean the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men.” Even though “gender” has appeared in other documents, no binding definition of the word has ever been accepted by Council of Europe members. This draft Convention would be the first international treaty to add a sociological component of gender to the universally understood biological context. Luca Volontè, a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, told the Friday Fax, “The ideological thrust of many movements and lobbies linked to the ideology of ‘gender’ has ruined the text of a convention that could be very important. D...