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08-20-2008, 01:43 AM
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Through the Looking Glass
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Excuse me Sir, I mean Maam..
Does anybody else think this will confuse kids? 
A school janitor spent the summer break having a sex change. Now when kids return to school they will have a janitor named "Brianna" instead of "Brian".
Worcester Telegram & Gazette News
I find things like this odd to say the least. Good luck to Brianna and hopefully she won't regret the decision... 
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08-20-2008, 02:10 AM
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She's transgendering but have yet to go through sex reassignment surgery. Anyway, I have a feeling that transgender people are more "out" in the UK and are seen as less deviantly shocking.
They integrate better and people around them, although they will pass an initial shock, won't make it too much of a big deal enough to incite a national debate (like I imagine it would in the US). It's the impression I get when I read their tabloids  . Brits are welcome to correct such impression.
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08-20-2008, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by viLky
At our school we never talked or mentioned the janitor in any of our conversations. Heck, we rarely saw him. He only came out after lunch to clean up and after school.
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No pun intended?
The article says she's the night custodian so the kids probably won't see her much anyway except at special functions.
I think children are very accepting, it's only when they hear the adults whispering about the 'wrongness' of something that they become intolerant themselves.
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08-20-2008, 11:13 AM
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Unless the former "he" was popular with the kids in some friendly way I don't think they'll notice much unless they see the article and become aware. Eventually a few kids would catch on but unless they pay attention to the janitor closely it would take a while.
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08-20-2008, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ysabel
I have a feeling that transgender people are more "out" in the UK and are seen as less deviantly shocking.
.........(like I imagine it would in the US). It's the impression I get when I read their tabloids . Brits are welcome to correct such impression. |
Its still a bit of a taboo subject and that conservative streak is still there. You are right though I think we are liberal enough to dismiss and not arise to it, at least I hope not though Pugz posted an article recently about pregnant mannequins.  There are a few comedians and talk-show hosts who cross-dress- (Dame Edna and Lilly Savage) so its in the public eye at least.
BTW you do realise that the article is about Oxford, Massachusetts, USA
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08-20-2008, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Bananas
Its still a bit of a taboo subject and that conservative streak is still there. You are right though I think we are liberal enough to dismiss and not arise to it, at least I hope not though Pugz posted an article recently about pregnant mannequins. There are a few comedians and talk-show hosts who cross-dress- (Dame Edna and Lilly Savage) so its in the public eye at least.
BTW you do realise that the article is about Oxford, Massachusetts, USA |
Actually I didn't. I saw Worcester and Oxford and thought of England right away.
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