Four years ago, Lana Wachowski (one half of the Wachowskis, directors of The Matrix trilogy), came out as transgender. This week, Lilly Wachowski has announced her presence in the world; formerly brother Andy, she decided to come out after being threatened by that most grubby of all newspapers, the Daily Mail. In the Windy City Gazette, she writes: There’s the headline I’ve been waiting for this past year. Up until now with dread and/or eye …
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For some it will be news that Fintan Harte stepped down as head of the Monash Gender Dysphoria Clinic at the end of 2015. His replacement, Jaco Erasmus has this to say about the challenge of his new role: I do realise that I am taking over the reins during very challenging times. With increased demand for our services, and inadequate human and financial resources, our current waiting list is unacceptably long. He also makes a …
Today in The Age, commentator Bronwyn Winter laments the problems of socially imposed gender roles. I would like to live in a world where ‘male’ and ‘female’ cease to be categories of social distinction, to the considerable advantage of those labelled ‘male’ and the considerable disadvantage of those labelled ‘female’. And this sounds like a great idea. However, she then goes on to conflate gender identity as imposed by society, and gender identity as known …