Can a boy grow up to be a woman?
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Thursday 11th June, 2015 at 7.30 pm
The Victoria, 48 John Bright Street, Birmingham, B1 1BN
Does gender have an
essence?
Chrissie Daz will be in conversation with Helene Guldberg. Chrissie Daz is a cabaret performer and writer who is currently writing a book about gender. Helene Guldberg is an associate lecturer in child development and author of "Reclaiming Childhood; Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear" and "Just another ape"
The story of two transgender children: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32037397
The rise of the 'third gender': http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-rise-of-the-third-gender/14714#.VUkyDUvpVmA
Bruce Jenner is not a woman. He is a sick and delusional man: http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/bruce-jenner-is-not-a-woman-he-is-a-sick-and-delusional-man/
No, Bradley Manning, you are not a woman: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/no_bradley_manning_you_are_not_a_woman/13951#.VUkymkvpVmA
The Victoria, 48 John Bright Street, Birmingham, B1 1BN
Bruce Jenner, Lana Wachowski and Chelsea Manning all
made the news recently by coming out as trans. This wave of high-profile cases
prompted feminist campaigner Julie Bindel to condemn the prescription of hormone
blockers to prospective trans kids as 'child abuse'. She was widely censured as
a result.
But is Bindel right? Is indulging a child's gender
confusion in any way problematic?
Some would argue that individuals who are born and socialised as males can only ever become men. However hard they try to alter this fundamental reality – with surgery, hormones, and even by looking like a woman – the change will only be illusory. They are still men in essence.
Some would argue that individuals who are born and socialised as males can only ever become men. However hard they try to alter this fundamental reality – with surgery, hormones, and even by looking like a woman – the change will only be illusory. They are still men in essence.
Chrissie Daz will be in conversation with Helene Guldberg. Chrissie Daz is a cabaret performer and writer who is currently writing a book about gender. Helene Guldberg is an associate lecturer in child development and author of "Reclaiming Childhood; Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear" and "Just another ape"
The story of two transgender children: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32037397
The rise of the 'third gender': http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-rise-of-the-third-gender/14714#.VUkyDUvpVmA
Bruce Jenner is not a woman. He is a sick and delusional man: http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/bruce-jenner-is-not-a-woman-he-is-a-sick-and-delusional-man/
No, Bradley Manning, you are not a woman: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/no_bradley_manning_you_are_not_a_woman/13951#.VUkymkvpVmA
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