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I watched The Project. It was a brief segment about 2 married couples where the transwoman partner was faced by the dilemma of being forced into a divorce if they proceeded with gender reassignment. The link to marriage equality as the solution was made explicitly.

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As well as by you Caty, this was recommended to me by my wife and then by my female electrologist (who only knows one TG person, me). Goes to show these programs are watched by the general community. I caught it later on Prime 7’s internet catchup. It will be available there for 14 days after the original showing.

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I watched the debate. The motion was “Society Must Recognise Trans People’s Gender Identities”. It will repeat at 4pm on Sat 19 Mar if you are interested.

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Wait till you try the real deal. That’s when the fun really starts. Makes shows like this look like Play School.

Start your own TV show and transition. It’s character building. :woohoo: :pinch:

Catherine

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Let’s hope that just for once a good set of facts can spoil a ridiculous transphobic rant.

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Let’s look at the silver lining in all this. The hard right have regularly engaged in over-reach (remember “Work Choices”)?. At the moment the right wing of the of the Liberal party are busy exposing themselves as the puppet masters with the PM appearing to have less and less authority. The electorate doesn’t like it as demonstrated in the polls. Perhaps the other Liberals will wake up to what is happening before they go down the same track as the Republicans in the USA, slaves to the Tea Party.

Meanwhile in the USA the Catholic Archbishop of St Louis has taken on the Girl Scouts accusing them of supporting sex education, reproductive rights and of welcoming TG children.

We should apply the principles of judo – use the enemy’s strength to expose his weakness.

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I think the ABC discussion was an item in “The Drum”. Eric Abetz argued that having LBGTI acceptance as part of a Safe Schools anti-bullying program was tantamount to promoting a Gay or Trans lifestyle. He had issues with students wearing the other gender’s uniform. Every member of the panel jumped on him from a great height, including Jane Caro who was in raptures about Newtown High School of the Performing Arts gender rules.
Eric’s best bit was when he complained about transgirls using the girls’ toilets. He said “It might make HIM feel better but what about how the other women feel”. Then he choked when he realised what he had said.

There is a huge amount of TG stuff in the media at the moment, possibly because we are in Mardi Gras season. Watch for Calpurnia Adams on One Plus One and Inside Story about a transitioning teen Thurs 7.30pm on Nine.

Also if you can find a repeat of the last Hatch, Match and Dispatch where Julia gets a name change but isn’t eligible for a gender change.

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As someone who was too much of a coward to do anything serious about transitioning until after I had retired, I am continually in awe of those of you that take the leap while still working. Once retired though I can still throw immense tantrums when my journey hits a hurdle. Good luck Donna.

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Remember Norrie who managed to use the courts to get the registry to issue a revised birth certificate as a non-specific gender person. Norrie starred in episode 1 of the ABC documentary “Hatch, Match and Dispatch” wanting to marry a male partner. No joy, non-specific gender people can’t marry anyone. Roll on marriage equality.

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Fair enough, but how do you know that you are “being seen as weak” until someone says something? My point was that ignorant people say ignorant things & smart people (like Adam Hills) sometimes say ignorant things (in this case trying to score a cheap laugh) & the only way to deal with it is to rise above it. I’ve wasted around 50-years battling the “Not a real man” issue – being skinny, wearing glasses, hopeless at sport, having a big nose, being a nerd etc – let alone desperately hiding my trans issues (totally unacceptable when I was a kid). So yes it really hits a nerve with me too when I hear comments like that, but I’m (slowly) learning that it’s OK to be me. As others have said in other forums, I don’t even worry about “not passing” any more (well, maybe a teensy bit), I’m just happy being me – it’s probably the ‘strongest’ thing I can do with my life.

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Christina I saw this program too & I think you’re reading too much into it. Surely the whole ‘Be a man’ thing has been relegated to the ‘Blue is for boys, pink is for girls’ dustbin of history by anyone with any sense. I’m amazed & disappointed that the comment wasn’t edited out. It was clearly typical Adam Hills behaviour in trying to be so funny & clever all the time. Yes he is a likeable & insightful character, well suited to host/straight-man roles of shows like ‘Spicks & Specks’ & ‘The Last Leg’ (the latter has become one of my favorite shows). However someone needs to take him aside & explain that he is nowhere near as funny as he likes to think he is. I’ve tried watching some of his ‘stand up comedy’ shows & have always had to give up. Last night’s was typical – barely five minutes into the show he was already discussing clitoris’ & had humiliated an interpreter for the deaf & a 12-year old boy about his testicles dropping etc. Contrast that with say, Dara O’Briain doing a similar show the night before – I had tears streaming from someone who is genuinely witty & clever, not having to resort to cheap smut & endless use of the ‘f’ word like Adam & so many of today’s so-called comedians. Anyway, having the courage to ‘Be our selves’ (however difficult) is surely the way forward, not succumbing to the sort of cheap, school yard bullying that Adam displayed in that segment. Regards, Pam. P.S. I wonder what Adam would have (posthumously) said to Alex if the plane had indeed crashed!

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I had a temporary disappointment when my local Hoyts advertised it as coming soon but removed it from the list by release date. I checked other chains and independents in the area and there it was. Look around Claire you might get lucky.

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Thanks Caty and Sammie. This sounds good and is only a minor diversion from my regular route from the south coast to Sydney. I must make time to check it out on my next trip.

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I agree Liz. My wife invited me to see it with her on Australia Day. Strangely I found myself empathising with Gerda, the wife, rather than with Lili.

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Hi Sammie,

Self acceptance always goes a long way to defeating those fears that never eventuate. The easiest way to disarm agression is not to take personal ownership of other peoples opinions. How you perceive yourself is essentially how the world perceives you. Just focus on being who you are, that’s all you can ever expect to do in life. What outcomes occur from that is simply the icing on the cake.

Hope to see you round in 2016

Huggs
Catherine