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Some Good News for a Change!

Inisdale Secondary School student Kyle Rehling

From the Barrie Examiner, Ontario, Canada

http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3123550

With thanks to Stana and her Femulate Website. Like the old Aesop Fable of the Tortoise and the Hare said, Slow and Steady Wins the Race. Hope reigns eternal. Andrea

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*sighs*

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Guess I find myself sighing a lot...

Are things better than they were? Yes... But, they're far from good.

That article even has trouble with a few "bits".

He, he, he... & even one ?he. Then, there's the bit that "... the tall, lanky boy who would rather be a girl ..."

The author just doesn't "get" it. *sighs* Unless there's a difference involved. It's not that I WANT to be a girl... I AM one, at least on the inside...

At least the article isn't blatantly critical and it DOES point out how bad things can be.

Thanks for sharing,
Anne

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I took the time to register and post several comments, anybody else care to give it a stab?

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Andrea Lena's picture

Thanks for bringing that to our attention.

Here's another web article - I would be proud to be this child's parent!
http://www.simcoe.com/news/article/997658--changing-genders-...
Yes, I know it says changing genders; we know it's more a case of confirming gender, but the article seemed fair.

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re: Kyle Rehling

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Robyn B's picture

I'm glad that something will be able to be done for this person at such a relatively young age. I say relatively in the sense that changes will be made at a much earlier age than for the most of us. It is the decades of androgenisation that many of us have experienced that makes our own journeys that much more difficult. The decades of learning male pattern habits and body language that was part of our systems of protection as we were all growing up.

I notice in the articles referenced here, that there is no mention of Kyle in the feminine person or of her female name. Maybe Kyle hasn't announced that to the world yet.

I wish her well in her journey in becoming the woman she knows she wishes to be. With a presentation already that of a very attractive young women, she is well on her way.

Robyn B
Sydney

Robyn B
Sydney

Grrr....

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Although the reporter kept the article fairly neutral, they could still do with attending a diversity course - as others have commented above, the constant use of masculine pronouns coupled with "boy who would rather be a girl".

Then again, if the comments below are typical of the calibre of that publication's typical reader, then perhaps the reporter was being very restrained. Apart from the typical nonsense, I was surprised by people passing negative comments on, what to me at least, looks a very modest dress. If commentators there think such a dress is "provocative" and "very short", they evidently lead a very sheltered existence and have never visited any watering holes or consumed almost any form of visual media. Heck, if they visited a typical UK town centre at pub closing time, you'd probably need paramedics on standby to revive them from passing out due to what they'd probably assume to be the "scandalous" attire worn by many young, female drinkers... :)

 

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